noun: one who returns, especially from the dead or a long absence They lost her once. They'll burn the world to get her back. Cecilia Bonetti has spent her life locked away in a care home - isolated, overlooked, and surviving in silence. What she doesn't know is that five powerful men have been searching for her since the day she vanished... and they're her brothers. As the feared leaders of the Bonetti mafia, they believed Cecilia was gone forever. Until now. But blood has memory. And when sunshine slips into their dark world, even the coldest hearts begin to crack. They'll fight to keep their composure - ruthless, untouchable - but with Cecilia back, staying cold might be the hardest battle they've ever faced.

Marcello was raised with negligence disappointment and abuse. He was a kind child that wanted nothing but to be loved and adored by his mother. Unfortunately she didn't feel the same way and did nothing but reject and hurt him. He soon finds out that she wasn't who he thought she was after her death and she lied about a lot of things. One being that he wasn't an only child. #Foundfamily #Older siblings #Friendships.

New York never slept, but that night, the Ricci household did. The penthouse, usually filled with laughter, music, and the scent of fresh espresso, had fallen into an eerie silence. The soft hum of the baby monitor sat unnoticed on the bedside table. No one heard the creak of the nursery door. No one noticed the absence of breath from the bassinet. By morning, the world had changed. Three year old Alessandro Ricci was gone. The first scream came from Valentina, the eldest daughter. She was the one who found the empty crib, the soft blue blanket discarded on the floor. Then came the chaos-the panic in their father's voice as he barked orders in rapid Italian, the trembling in their mother's hands as she clutched the baby's last-worn onesie. The police swarmed in, news cameras soon followed, and for days, the Ricci's were a family under siege. A family in mourning. Days turned into weeks. Weeks into months. The trail went cold. The whispers began-speculations, doubts, cruel insinuations that an influential family like theirs should have been able to protect their own. But the Ricci's knew the truth. Someone had taken Alessandro. And three years later, as the city moved on, they never did. Because somewhere out there, their baby brother was waiting to come home.

When he was three, he was the light of his family - adored by his mother and five older brothers. But a bitter divorce tore the family apart, leaving him in the custody of his cold, abusive father while the rest moved on without him. Now sixteen, he's a shattered soul hiding behind empty ocean eyes, carrying scars no one sees. But when his father suddenly dies, he's sent back to the family he barely remembers. As his mother and brothers welcome him with open arms, they begin to uncover the heartbreaking truth he's buried deep inside. Will their love be enough to save him - or has the damage already gone too deep?

Felix Moretti was stolen from his family as a baby by a mother who didn't want him for love, only revenge. Raised in a world of violence, fear, and neglect, Felix has known nothing but pain at the hands of his abusive stepfather, Jack. But everything changes the night Jack dies. For the first time in years, Felix is found and waiting for him are the five older brothers who never stopped loving him. Each shaped by power, pain, and loyalty, the Moretti brothers are dangerous men in a dangerous world, but for Felix, they will become something else entirely: Home.

She longed for love, and the universe answered in the most unexpected way. After her mother's sudden death, Adelina is uprooted from everything she knows and sent across the world to live with seven older brothers she has no knowledge of. Thrown into a new life, nothing feels right: nightmares haunt her, her eating disorder worsens, school is brutal, and some of her brothers keep her at arm's length. Adelina is desperate to feel seen, to be loved, not just tolerated. But with grief pressing in and walls all around her, how can she break through? Can she heal in a house full of strangers? Or will she crumble under the weight of everything she's lost?

"You aren't alone anymore, Atticus. Now, you have seven big, strong brothers to protect you." ~~~~ Pain and cruelty is all twelve-year-old Atticus has ever known. After being taken from his loving family at the mere age of two, he was placed in a cold, cruel world with no one to protect or shield him. In the ten years that Atticus has been missing, he has been abused by people he believes are his mother and father. Locked in a basement his whole life, he is naturally very shy and naive. After his kidnapping, his family has never stopped searching for the youngest member of their large family. So what happens when one day a neighbor reports hearing concerning noises from Atticus's house? One quick call later, his family has been informed of the youngest siblings situation and are quite eager to bring him home. How will Atticus adapt to a loving environment after so many years of being alone? ~~~~ Started: 6/7/22 Finished: XX/XX/XX

Natalie is 15 living with her abusive step father. She is having a normal day, well not normal at all but normal for her, when she finds out that he has passed away. She doesn't know how to feel, on one hand she hated her step father but on the other hand he was all she had. She goes to the station expecting the classic "we'll put you into the system" but finds out that she has 6 older brothers who have been searching for her since she was taken from them. Natalie only has one rule: Don't trust men. But how will she react when these new men in her life treat her with nothing but love, well all except for one. Will they break down her wall and see that broken teenager inside or will her years of abuse keep her isolated from her refound family. If that wasn't enough drama for her 'new life', out of nowhere she finds out there is someone watching her. She found them but he found her TW: mentions of abuse, rape, strong language. This is my first story so please be mindful and I also suck at descriptions but I would appreciate anyone who reads xx.

After she suffers a great loss, life takes Josephine St. Claire on a captivating journey of self discovery, when she is reunited with a family that was hidden from her. A plethora of siblings but a close-knit family nevertheless, one that she was purposely made an outsider from by her mother, Josephine wonders if she will ever fit in or if she's simply destined to forever walk the lonely road.