Thirteen years ago, a little girl disappeared. The world moved on. Her family never did. Now seventeen, Sofia has built a life entirely her own-a successful company, loyal friends, and a future she fought for herself. The last thing she wants is a family claiming to know who she is. Because the girl they lost no longer exists. As old secrets resurface and buried truths come to light, Sofia finds herself caught between the life she built and the family she never knew stopped searching for her. But coming home isn't as simple as everyone thinks. After all, she's not the girl they lost.

Viviana Falcone's whole life has been a lie. Having been told by her mother that she was the byproduct of a hookup for most of her life, Viviana is raised as an only child for most of her life. Where her mother had failed to raise her, neighbors and close friends step in, raising the girl from a toddler to sixteen. In a bid to get out of the hellhole that's her home, Viviana applies to the odd job here and there, and puts her nose in the books. She gets a scholarship into a prestigious private high school, and now as a junior she's so, so close to escaping. Until, the accident. After her mother dies, Viviana is thrown into foster care. Though no one really wants to foster a seventeen year old, she keeps her head up with the thought that she'll be out within a few months. Except, fate has different plans in mind. Two weeks after the fact, Viviana is placed into a home once it's been proven they're her family. Family she never knew she had, and to top it off, there's another set claiming to be her family. What ensues is paternal, familial, and illegal drama, and Viviana isn't quite sure how it got to this point. From one hellhole to another. As her family drags her deeper and deeper into a world of crime, she isn't sure if she'll be able to make it out this time. As her window time of a few months to eighteen draws closer, Viviana wonders if she'll ever be able to escape this.

SYNOPSIS Jazmine Fonseca never imagined her life would split in two the way it did. Raised in Brazil by her mother, Maria Fonseca, Jazmine grew up believing her world was simple in structure, even if not always easy. It was just the two of them bound together in a life that, despite its challenges, felt familiar and certain. However, that certainty ends the day her mother dies and what follows is not just grief, but a complete shift in everything she thought she knew about her life and her identity. The funeral becomes the beginning of something she cannot reverse. After her mother's death Jazmine is forced to leave everything behind and move to America and learn to navigate life with a father she never knew and six brothers who feel more like strangers than family. But fitting into the House of Drako is easier said than done when she cannot shake the feeling that everyone around her is hiding something. As secrets slowly begin to unravel, Jazmine must decide whether she can learn to trust the people she has been forced to call family and whether the House of Drako can ever truly become a home.

⁂ WHERE EMPIRES BURN ⁂ Once, the De Lucas buried a little girl and the world kept turning as though nothing had happened. It was the greatest mistake humanity ever made. Centuries later, another daughter vanishes beneath the rot of a world built on silence, corruption, and monsters hiding behind power. Empires begin to stir from the shadows. Old families sharpen ancient grudges. Ghosts long believed dead return with blood on their hands and vengeance in their veins. And somewhere beneath it all, hidden behind locked doors and whispered names, lies a truth capable of burning kingdoms to the ground. Because some tragedies are not meant to repeat. And some families were never meant to forgive. Content trigger warning: Contains Mature themes, violence and gore.

Fifteen years ago, the powerful Florentin family ruled the Spanish underworld-until one bloody night changed everything. During a brutal war between the Spanish Mafia and the Russian syndicate, Isabella Florentin was murdered and one-year-old Angélica vanished without a trace. Unknown to the Florentins, Angélica was smuggled to the United States and abandoned in an abusive orphanage, where she grew up surrounded by violence, neglect, and loneliness. Fifteen years later, the Florentin brothers receive a shocking phone call from a hospital in the United States claiming their long-lost sister has finally been found. Desperate to reunite with their long lost little sister they failed to save, they immediately fly across the world. But nothing could prepare them for what they discovered next. Angélica is no longer the innocent child from old photographs. At sixteen, she is guarded, traumatized, and carrying emotional scars from a painful life. And she is not alone. In her arms is a one-year-old baby boy. Before the family can process the truth, a bruised and angry seventeen-year-old boy appears at the hospital and reveals himself to be the baby's father. But unlike what the mafia brothers expected, he is not a criminal or predator. He is simply another broken teenager who had once been trapped in the same nightmare as Angélica. Despite his age, he refuses to back down and abandon either Angélica or the child, even while standing face-to-face with one of the deadliest mafia families in Europe. As old enemies resurface and buried secrets about Angélica's disappearance begin to unravel, the Florentin family realizes the war they thought ended fifteen years ago never truly disappeared. Now, with rival mafias hunting them again and Angélica struggling between revenge, fear, and the fragile family she barely remembers, they must decide whether blood alone is enough to heal a lifetime of pain.

Liliana is dead. At least, that's what her brothers and father believe. They were told she died at birth, along with her mother, Elisa. End of story. A truth they never questioned. But what if it was never the truth at all? Liliana is alive. Raised by a woman she believes is her mother and a man she calls her father, Benjamin. A life that feels normal-until it isn't. When tragedy strikes and her parents die under mysterious circumstances, everything begins to unravel. Secrets surface. Lies crack open. And Liliana is forced into a world she was never meant to know existed. Because some families aren't built from love. They're built from loss, lies... and what's left behind when everything falls apart. TW: This story contains themes of child abuse, sexual assault, violence, and substance abuse (alcohol/drugs). Please read with care. If you are sensitive to these topics, this may not be the right story for you. My messages are always open if you need support or someone to talk to

Rafael and Lucifer De Luca-twenty‑seven, ruthless, and ruling the city's underworld with iron fists and blood‑stained crowns. Since their parents' death, the brothers have turned their family empire into the most feared mafia syndicate in the country. One word from them can make a man disappear. One look can make a room fall silent. Everyone fears the twins... Except the one person who doesn't belong in their world at all. Vivian. Twenty‑one, college student, full‑time believer in normal. Their half‑sister. The only soft spot they swore they didn't have. She lives far from their mansion, far from their guns and enemies and secrets-until a single betrayal shatters her carefully ordinary life. A boyfriend who cheats. A best friend who lies. A heart that breaks so loudly even the mafia hears it.

Aria Russo A young girls who sings and loves instruments and finds an escape to all her feeling.A girl who has always believed in kindness and has always held hope even though the world destroyed her almost everyday of her life.Aria wants one thing in life.Peace. Arias life changes when she has to go live with her brothers.How will Aria adapt to her new life and what secrets will be revealed?

Cecilia Marielle Hayes learned how to survive without a family. No one to answer to. No one to come home to. No one to care enough to correct her when she went too far. Until six brothers she never knew existed step into her life. The Ashworths are wealthy, powerful, and don't take disrespect at all -and when Cecilia is suddenly placed in their custody, she quickly learns that in their home, every action has a consequence. But they are not cruel. And they are not unfeeling. Because behind the patience, structure, and discipline is something Cecilia has never truly had before: love. The kind that doesn't let her run wild. The kind that doesn't give up when she pushes too far. The kind that punishes, protects, and stays. And for the first time in her life, Cecilia is about to learn what family really means. _________________________________________________ *warning: contains non-sexual spanking of minors and abusive language, might also contain some abuse which might be triggering*

Your parents are supposed to be the ones who keep you safe. Who protect you at all costs. Who love you no matter what. At least, that's how it's supposed to be... right? ••• Swapped at birth, Ilaria's new parents blame her for their son being gone. Ilaria is just a baby. She has no idea what's going on. She begins to be neglected and mistreated. After a while, it turns to abuse. Ilaria knows this isn't normal. But she also believes it's her fault. It's her fault they're always so angry. It's her fault their precious son is gone. It's always been her fault. But what Ilaria doesn't know, is that just a few towns away, are her parents and her older brothers. The family that has never stopped looking for her. Ilaria hasn't been dealt an easy hand in life. And when her life begins to truly look like nothing good can ever come of it, what will Ilaria do? How far will she go to save herself - if she chooses to at all? And how much are people willing to sacrifice to bring her home to the right family?