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Beneath Her Scars  by NelaSkivnkov
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"My 17-year-old but has seen better and worse days. It has been through ups and downs, through flat and flatter. But regardless of all the shit it had to endure, it still honours the earth by its presence." "That's an awful intro. Although it's not far from the truth." °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Noel Avalon Malcom. A teenager who had to grow up too fast. Abandoned by her family for a false accusation and left to fend for herself. What happens, when she ends up at the police station and has no choice but to call her father? And when she is forced to live there with her brothers and sister? She has her own demons and secrets, but even the family, which seems so perfect on the outside has its demons. Will Noel be able to forgive them for all the wrongdoings against her? Will the truth come out? And will they stand against their demons, or get defeated by them?
Claire by balanceunlimitedDK
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"Let's get a divorce." The words should have broken her. Instead, she felt nothing. Claire Bennett thought she had built a quiet, ordinary marriage with Ethan Miller until the day he asked to leave for his first love, Vanessa Reed. Without tears or arguments, Claire signs the papers and walks away, determined to return her life to the way it was before Ethan. But cutting contact completely is never simple. Vanessa's envy runs deep, and Ethan's certainty begins to crumble as the woman he left behind starts to shine without him. When a mysterious artist named Ryan Carter steps into Claire's life, he challenges everything she thought she knew about love, loyalty, and self-worth. In a world where appearances mean everything, Claire learns that the greatest revenge is peace, and that the right love never asks her to wait.
Blood Ties & Black Roses by LilRaynee
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When Alessandra Roma Morelli loses her mother, the quiet life she's known crumbles. Orphaned, shuffled through the system, and unaware of her legacy, she finds herself lost in a world that doesn't care. But across the ocean, the infamous Morelli brothers have never stopped searching. The only daughter of their family was taken from them as a child, and they have spent years hunting for her. When they finally find her, there is nothing-no law, no lie, no threat-that can keep them apart. Alessandra doesn't know them. She doesn't know the life she was born into. But they know her. And they'll burn the world to bring her home.
After the Silence by WeavingHEA
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Sophie believed love was simple, predictable, and safe - until Lucas, her fiancé - the man she had trusted with her heart, started drifting away. Between glittering galas, family pressures, and the return of an old flame, Sophie found herself sidelined from her own life - and even her own wedding. Lucas thought love could survive on desire and loyalty alone. But when Sophie disappears, leaving behind a silence that shatters his world, he realizes the truth: love must be earned every day, with honesty and presence. In the months that follow, both are tested, changed, and haunted by what they lost - until a single, impossible moment offers a chance at redemption. Can love survive the fractures of betrayal and reclaim the hearts it almost lost?
Heir of Silence by LiteraryLoveAffair_
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Four years ago, Natalia Moretti disappeared. No goodbye. No explanation. Just silence. Once the youngest princess of the Italian mafia, Natalia was raised to obey-to smile, to submit, to accept a future chosen for her. Instead, she chose herself. Now she's back in New York. Her parents are gone. Her brothers rule the Moretti empire. And the boy she once loved-the one who thought she betrayed him-has become a man shaped by power, pride, and unfinished heartbreak. Natalia returns different. Stronger. Untouchable in ways no one expects. She's built a life of her own, far from the shadows she was born into-and she carries a secret that could change everything. As old feelings resurface and fate pulls her back into the orbit of the man she never forgot, Natalia must decide how much of her heart she's willing to risk again. Because love in their world is never simple. And some secrets aren't just dangerous- They're legacy-changing. Heir of Silence is a slow-burn mafia romance about first love, second chances, and the quiet strength it takes to protect what matters most-when the whole world is watching.
𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐞𝐬 by rosecinc
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"𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐲." ~ Marriage was never for love-it was for legacy. A strategy. A performance. And for the Lombardis and the Morettis, it was the most calculated, showstopping alliance of the century. Roman Moretti, Don of the La Cosa Nostra, and Angeline Lombardi, only daughter of the French-Italian Mafia Capo, had been betrothed since her birth --matched to unite two empires under one crown. Hidden from the world, Angeline was raised to be the perfect wife. Groomed. Silenced. Controlled. She learned early that one misstep would strip her of everything-including her name. Everyone's first mistake? They underestimated her. Though no one had ever seen her, the world assumed the Lombardi Princess was a polished doll. Quiet. Disposable. Roman saw the marriage as a formality-another calculated step toward total dominance. He had no plans to love her. No plans to live with her. Just a wife on paper, tucked away from him elsewhere, summoned when needed for appearances. But everything changed the moment he saw her walking down the aisle. She was perfection. Untouchable. She would be his ruin, his weakness, his obsession, his motivation. His everything. But what if that had been her plan all along? Not everything buried stays dead. Not every identity is what it seems. In a world where saints become monsters and monsters are worshipped like gods, Angeline must decide what's worth saving: her bloodline, her love, or herself. ~ -HEA -18+ -Romance/mystery/thriller -No Cheating/OWD -DARK ROMANCE "OMYGOSH. This book was immaculate. I could NOT put it down at all. Every chapter was AMAZING, the writing is shakespears work and each chapter made me laugh, smile, cry so much and this whole thing was a rollercoaster of emotions." -@Sunfloweraate8
Biker's Claim  by baddie_kage
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She hides behind firewalls. He hides behind bullets. When their worlds collide, secrets won't be the only thing exposed. Raven Voss didn't ask for this life. She was doing just fine behind her screens-unseen, unbothered, and in control. That is, until Dante Moretti crashed into her world... literally. One second she's on her way to a job interview. The next, her SUV is smashed, her latte's on the ceiling, and there's a man with a helmet and a stare that could burn through steel. He's trouble. She knows it. But her world was never built for peace-and neither was his. In a city where power comes with blood, and love feels like a weakness, Raven is about to find out what it means to be claimed... body, mind, and soul. ⚠️ Dark Romance | Possessive Male Lead | Slow Burn | Hacker x Mafia | Enemies to Lovers |HEA
Ashes to Blood by ameliaaa_thisside
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She was stolen but never forgotten. And now... she's back. Kidnapped at just two years old, Eden Blackthorn vanished without a trace - until one violent night changed everything. She built a new life in the shadows: underground fights, illegal street races, and a stage name no one dared cross. Eve. But a run-in with the law unravels the truth she never asked for. A mother still grieving. A father desperate. And seven older brothers who never stopped searching. Problem is - Eden isn't their sweet, innocent sister anymore. She's a fighter, a survivor, and she doesn't trust anyone. Now thrown into a world of blood ties and buried secrets, Eden must face the family she can't remember, the past she can't escape, and a war between loyalty and survival. Family means never having to say you're sorry - but sometimes, it means bleeding for people you barely know. Ranks: #1 out of 1.36k : cusswords #2 out of 18.9k : mafiaprincess #2 out of 13k : sarcasm #3 out of 119k : abuse #29 out of 2.51M : love #47 out of 54.8k : trauma
The Silent Heiress [ON HOLD] by ameliaaa_thisside
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The Silent Heiress Sequel to "The Moretti Heiress" Everyone thinks Livia Mitchell Moretti is just the quiet girl. Top of her class. Polite smiles. Nose always in a book. Maybe a little too obsessed with fictional men. Oh-and secretly a world-class hacker, trained by her mafia uncle. But nobody knows that part. Daughter of Serena Moretti and Kayden Martinez-aka the most feared power couple in the European underworld-Livia was born with a legacy that could start wars. But she prefers the shadows. Safe. Silent. Unseen. Until a school trip to France blows everything apart. A strange cyber signal. A sudden attack. And a betrayal that cuts deeper than she ever expected. Now, the girl who never speaks is forced to rise. Good thing she's got her ride-or-die cousin Leo, genius-level Jenny, the chaos twins Maddison and Mason, wild card Ellie, and her sweet little shadow Hugo. Because the silent heiress is done playing invisible. And this time? Silence is deadly. #1 out of 10.5k : spanish #1 out of 11k : hack #2 out of 3.77k : dramaromance #2 out of 14.3k : france #14 out of 16.1k : rivalry #18 out of 164k : mafia
Heels and Wheels by KatFrederick
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Melody Star, the pampered princess from the famous Star family feels like she's suffocating on the rules and expectations her family has towards all of the star children. Wanting to throw away the heels, she's ready to trade them for a set of wheels driven by a man who knows nothing but breaking the law and getting away with it. Shadow, the VP of the Poison Vipers, is a man who wants nothing to do with anything pure and white. Yet he couldn't help but look at the blinding white star named Melody. Just how will these two get along?