Eight-year-old Nova Vale arrives at her brothers' house clutching a stuffed fox and a silence too heavy for her age. Returned to the four older brothers she barely remembers, Nova is a stranger in her own family - and they are strangers to the girl shaped by years in a home that was anything but safe. As the brothers struggle to rebuild trust, they begin to uncover the truth behind their parents' deaths, the altered will that tore them apart, and the shadowy figure who's been circling Nova for years. Secrets buried in old letters, missing pages, and long-forgotten debts begin to surface, revealing a past more dangerous than any of them imagined. started : 13/08/2025 published : 26/08/2025 finished : 00/00/0000

Sixteen-year-old Leah D'Amore thought survival meant silence, foster homes, and pretending not to care. But when a single phone call rips her from her gritty life in Australia and drags her across the world to Italy, she finds herself face-to-face with the family she never knew she had-six overprotective brothers, a powerful father, and a past soaked in secrets. Now Leah must navigate a world of whispered warnings, forbidden memories, and loyalty that could cost her everything. Because in this family? Love isn't safe. And the truth might kill her.

Estelle Hawthorne was never part of the game. She's seven years old. She likes ballet, vanilla cupcakes, and glitter (sorry, Grayson). Being the youngest-and the only girl-in a house full of Hawthorne boys means: someone is always carrying her someone is always panicking about her safety someone is always deeply regretting what they just said out loud This isn't a story about solving riddles or winning fortunes. It's a story about a tiny girl being loved loudly, protected fiercely, and accidentally causing absolute chaos simply by existing. Seven years old. Four brothers. Zero survival instincts. Welcome to Hawthorne House.

The only thing Mia Hope has in common with Jake Carpenter, Artwood High's most popular quarterback, is a love for the coffee served at The Coffee Pod. He wants her to tutor him - and if she can do it without a single cup of coffee, he'll pay her triple. Easy. Nothing could go wrong, right? ***** When Jake learns he's failing English, he knows he needs to pull his grades up or he'll risk being kicked off the football team. He strikes a deal with the elusive Mia - the quiet girl with secrets. If she can't go without a single cup of coffee, she has to tutor him for free. If she can, he'll pay her triple, and with Christmas around the corner, there's nothing Mia needs more than money. But as the pair grow closer, Jake learns the real reason for Mia's bad habit, and what starts as an innocent bet between enemies grows into something more serious. Can the pair survive the next two months with their hearts - and secrets - still intact? Content/trigger warning: This story contains themes of assault and abuse. [[word count: 60,000 - 70,000]] Cover designed by Jenna Conrad The Coffee Pact now has a sequel: The Kissing Pact

She survived the basement. She survived him. But surviving alone wasn't enough. Eleven year old Sienna thought her life had ended with her mother's death and her stepfather's cruelty, until she discovers the family she never knew existed: six older brothers, each dangerous in their own way, each bound by loyalty, secrecy, and the Italian mafia code. Dominant, calm, harsh, gentle, redeemed, soft - they are her protectors, her judges, and the only hands that can pull her out of the shadows. But in a world built on blood, power, and unspoken rules, can Sienna truly find safety - or even herself - without breaking everything around her? #1 in adorable (01/2026) #1 in six brothers (01/2026) #1 in mafia brothers (01/2026) #1 in eleven year old (01/2026) #1 in family issues (01/2026)

Saudade- a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or has been loved, then lost; "the love that remains" Marlowe Wanless, just 11-years-old has spent the better part of her life that she can remember in the house of her abusive and drug addicted stepfather. After he has been arrested for possession of illicit substances, Marlowe's custody has been shifted to her 7 terrifying older brothers who are surrounded by rumors regarding their line of work. The Valente's now juggle healing a mentally destroyed child while simultaneously sheltering her from lurking rival business' that will stop at nothing to harm the littlest Valente. Have the rival businesses just brought more danger then her stepfather? Who can be trusted? Or the bigger question, who can't?

Born from rape and the death of her mother, seven-year-old Amara has never known love - only whispers of hate and words no child should hear. Her tiny heart, already fragile, begins to fail her, as the weight of her family's cruelty grows heavier each day. Will her six brothers and extended family see the damage they've done before it's too late - or will silence be the last lullaby Amara ever hears? #1 - family - 27th December 2025 #1 - neglect - 30th October 2025 #1 - littlesister - 8th November 2025 #1 - heartdisease - 8th November 2025 #1 - olderbrothers - 20th November 2025

"So you didn't give me one. Don't you want to befriend me?" Oliver teased, with absolutely no expression on his face. If it weren't for his tone, I never would have guessed. "But you're my husband... my fake husband." My face scrunches in confusion, and he very slowly takes a step closer to me, and I immediately take one back I'm backed up and pinned between the wall and his very huge body. His left hand lands right above me on the wall, and his right one slowly snakes around my waist, and I shiver as a result. My eyes flutter closed, my breathing thickens as he bends until he's right in front of me. My heartbeat is going a thousand miles an hour as I feel his lips brush against my right earlobe. "Listen, and listen carefully, sweetheart," he whispers, his deep voice seeping trouble, and that nickname-I swear to God. "I am your fake nothing," he says, stressing the 'nothing,' his hot air fanning my neck. "Our marriage might've been a contract, but under no circumstances is what we have fake. You are my wife and will be until you have my fucking signature on the divorce papers. Got it?" With a shaky breath, I look up at him as I feel him pull his face away. __________ She was raised to follow the rules. He was born to break them. Sienna Martinez is the golden girl. Soft-spoken, smart, and graceful. She runs her family's business, keeps her reputation spotless, and avoids trouble until trouble walks in wearing a tailored suit and a devil's smirk. Oliver Salvatore is royalty, the next CEO of The Salvatore Group. Ruthless when needed, dangerously charming when he wants. Marriage was never in his plans until his brother and her sister ran away. But one year, one marriage, and one rule-don't fall in love-prove easier said than done. Especially when the girl he's been searching for fourteen years is the one standing right in front of him, and somewhere between the lies and the longing, they've already crossed the line.

"It's just a needle, relax." Forest states calmly as he readies the needle and vial. "Easy for you to say you're not the one being stabbed with a pointy death tube." I thrashed, bucking and trying to free myself from Asher's arms. "Easy! You're going to hurt yourself Gray come help me hold her she won't quit moving!" Asher yells. "Let. Me. Go!" I thrashed harder and landed a good elbow to his ribs. He let go of me momentarily to clutch his stomach and I take this time to run. Freedom on the line, and Satan on my heels, I run like a girl. *** Azure Wilson has been on her own for quite a while. Turning to the streets to protect herself, she joins a gang at 12 and stays under the protection of Declan Henson, the gang leader and her 'personal' protector. Now 15, Azure finds herself as a more involved member of the gang, and gets to be the drug mule to a buy that goes south real quick. Leonardo Vincetti is the Don of the Italian Mafia. He's fed up with the gangs that have been poaching his goods and dealing with his clients under the table. Promising cheaper prices and more product, Devin and the Skulls have become a problem that needs to be eliminated. Setting up a fake deal expecting Declan or one of the men from his inner circle to arrive, he is in for quite the surprise when he's met with a scared teenage girl who looks an awful lot like him. Azure "escapes" and unknowingly leads the Italians right to Declan's hideout. Azure finds herself a prisoner being treated with far more care than the rest of her fellow gang members. Six boys and a Mafia legacy, Leonardo must figure out who this child is and why she has his eyes. Before someone else figures it out first. A past she doesn't remember, and an unsteady future, Azure must think fast, and act faster if she wants to take control of her life.

My name is Seraphina Vale. Once, I had seven older brothers. Seven protectors. Seven liars. They said blood was everything. Turns out blood stains just as easy as it spills. My brothers haven't looked at me the same since that night. Like I'm a sin they can't scrub clean. Maybe I am. Because while they've been busy pretending the past is dead, I've been studying the board they tried to keep me away from- The king, the bishop, the rook, the pawns... The silent pieces moving in the dark. The ones who ruined everything. They forgot one thing. I learned how to play from them. Checkmate, bitches. ｡☆✼★━━━━━━━━━━━━━━★✼☆｡ They say a Valkyrie comes with fire in her veins and death at her feet. That a Valkyrie is born of flame, with death trailing behind like a loyal dog. Seraphina was cast out by the brothers who once held her with gentle hands and soft promises. Forgotten. And the world she was thrown into didn't offer mercy. It carved survival into her bones. It turned her heartbeat into a weapon. Years spent learning the truth they never told her- the truth about the game she'd been thrown into long before she knew she was playing. A game built on kings and bishops. Rooks and pawns. A board drenched in secrets, blood, and betrayal. A game where every piece moves in shadows... and every move costs a life. And Seraphina? She's the player now. Because one day, she's brought back. Back to the home that turned its back on her. Back to the boys who heard her cries yet never came. Back to the family that let her burn. And this time, she isn't returning as their sister. She's returning as their reckoning. With fire in her veins, death at her feet... and checkmate already written in her smile. ∧,,,∧ ~ ┏━━━━━━━━┓ ( ̳• · • ̳) ~ ♡Best Rankings Had♡ / づ ~ ┗━━━━━━━━┛ #1 hated #1 vale #1 seraphina #1 weapon #1 revenge #1 valkyrie #1 seraphina #2 d