• Anastasia Murphy• never believed that some people are meant to cross your path at exactly the right moment. Independent, guarded, and determined to build a life on her own terms, she's learned that trusting others often comes at a cost. -Graham Wellington-has spent years hiding behind responsibility and routine, convinced that love is something that happens to everyone else. Calm, dependable, and carrying secrets of his own, he's not looking for anything to change his carefully planned future. When an unexpected encounter brings their worlds together, neither of them expects a simple conversation to become the beginning of something unforgettable. As chance meetings turn into late-night talks, shared laughter, and quiet moments neither wants to end, Anastasia and Graham begin to discover that finding the right person isn't always about perfect timing-it's about choosing each other, even when life makes that choice difficult. But the road to love is never easy. Past heartbreaks, family expectations, and the fear of losing what they've found threaten to pull them apart before they've truly begun. Together, they'll have to decide whether love is worth the risk or if some stories are destined to remain unfinished.

Éireann O'Brien and Tadhg Lynch were best friends once. Now, starting first year at Tommen, they can barely exchange a glance without it turning into a fight. She's closed-off and fierce, with too much responsibility for someone her age. He's angry, unpredictable, and always one wrong word away from snapping. They're constantly at odds-but behind every glare and argument is a history neither of them can forget. Because some bonds don't break. They just change. And what happens when the person you can't stand... is the only one who really sees you? [tadhg lynch fanfic]

Cordelia Williams , Isabeau Stevens, Isabella Brewer-Jorden, Marcilotte Blake, Marcelline Perez, Soren Perez, Redmond Stevens, and Xander Williams Blake West have spent their lives bound together by family, friendship, loyalty, and secrets. As they leave childhood behind and step into adulthood, each must face the challenges that come with growing up and discovering who they truly are. From first loves and heartbreaking losses to unexpected pregnancies, complicated relationships, and life-changing marriages, their paths intertwine in ways none of them could have imagined. Dreams are tested, trust is broken and rebuilt, and every choice carries consequences that shape their futures. As the years pass, the group learns that adulthood is not the fairytale they once imagined. Family expectations, personal ambitions, and the responsibilities of parenthood force them to confront difficult decisions and make sacrifices for the people they love. Through triumphs and setbacks, they discover the strength found in friendship, the meaning of commitment, and the courage required to build a life of their own. A sweeping family saga about love, growth, and the bonds that endure through every season of life, this story follows eight unforgettable individuals as they navigate the joys and challenges of adulthood, proving that the journey to finding happiness is rarely simple-but always worth taking.

Some people survive things that never really let them go. Camila Bennett, Juliet Blake, Seraphina Brewer, Amora Hernandez, Timothée West, Knox Stevens, Roman Williams, and JJ De Luca are strangers brought together by something none of them ever wanted to have in common: trauma. Each of them carries scars-some visible, most hidden-from abuse, addiction, mental health battles, and the quiet, exhausting fight just to stay alive. They joke. They fight. They pretend they're okay. But behind the sarcasm, the anger, and the smiles are panic attacks, sleepless nights, cravings, memories that won't fade, and a constant fear that they're broken beyond repair. What starts as a forced group becomes something none of them expected: a family. Together, they learn how to sit with each other in the dark. How to listen when someone can't speak. How to stay when running would be easier. Healing doesn't come all at once - it comes in late-night talks, shaky confessions, and small, brave moments of honesty. This is a story about survival. About choosing to live when it's hard. And about finding people who don't just see your scars - they stay anyway. A raw, emotional story about trauma, recovery, and the kind of love that saves lives.

A broken girl who was born on the wrong side of the tracks and the golden boy who never knew she was all he was ever missing When Lucy Bradley is transferred from her school to St. Bartholomew's Academy after years of consistent harassment and bullying from her own classmates that nearly beat the abuse she was already suffering at the hands of her own father, she just wants one thing. Peace. But Jack Foster, star football player at St. Bartholomew's, has different plans. The moment he set his eyes on her, he knew he needed to have her, and he wasn't going to stop until he did. The story of a girl who believed she was incapable of being loved, and a boy who gave her all the love he never knew he had. Half-Light Series-Book #1-Series Discontinued

Lily Malen was never meant to be seen. She was trained to obey without question. To smile on command. To lie still and survive the kind of hell that strips a girl of her name, her past, her voice. She was property. Invisible. Disposable. Until she ended up in his house. Adrian Rossetti lives in a world of cold steel and quieter sins-where power is currency, loyalty is bought in blood, and monsters wear silk ties. At twenty-two, he's already carved his name into the underworld with bone-deep precision. Emotionless. Untouchable. Absolute. Lily is a mistake. One the House should have buried. But Adrian sees her. And the moment he does, he doesn't want to let her go. Not to save her. To destroy her. To peel back the pretty, obedient layers and see what she looks like when she breaks. To ruin the untouched thing fate dropped in his lap just to see if she bleeds differently. But Lily is softer than anyone he's known. And somehow, softer is worse. Because she isn't just breaking beneath him-she's making him feel. And Adrian Rossetti does not feel. He punishes. He controls. He owns. And if he's not careful, Lily Malen might ruin him first.

⋅⋅•⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅∙∘☽༓☾∘∙•⋅⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅• She believed she was born to be broken. He had spent years searching for someone he had lost before he was old enough to understand what losing meant. And somewhere between them stood a man who had built an empire in the shadows, carrying his own darkness while becoming the light in hers. Isha Kapoor had spent years running from a life that had only ever taught her pain. She believed she knew who she was, where she came from, and why she had been left with nothing but scars. She was wrong. Avi Rajvansh had power, wealth, and a world that feared his name. But when Isha enters his life, the man who never lets anyone close finds himself willing to destroy everything to protect the girl who believes she is impossible to love. And then there is Dev Malhotra. For years, he has been searching for his missing little sister, the only family he has left. Fragments of a past that refuse to stay buried. Until his search leads him to a girl who has no idea that she may be the person he has been looking for all along. As buried secrets rise, old enemies return, and the truth begins to unravel, three shattered lives find themselves connected by a past none of them remember the same way. One girl who never knew where she belonged. One brother who never stopped looking for home. And one man who would turn the world upside down to keep her safe. She thinks she is the darkness. He sees her as the light of his life. But some truths don't just change the future. They rewrite everything you thought you knew about the past. ⋅⋅•⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅∙∘☽༓☾∘∙•⋅⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅• Tropes & Themes :--> ╰┈➤ Mafia & business rivalries ╰┈➤ Found family / Hidden Identity ╰┈➤ Long-lost sibling mystery ╰┈➤ Trauma, healing & love ╰┈➤ Slow-burn romance ╰┈➤ Dark secrets & hidden past ╰┈➤ Touch her and die ╰┈➤ Suspense

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐋 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋 "Senza di te non sono niente," he growls. I blink up at him breathlessly, his faint smile striking through me like an earnest passional. "What does that mean?" "You're a smart girl, baby," he smirks - his lips kissing the pulse at my neck, "Use that pretty little head of yours and dream, it can mean whatever you want it to mean, my words are yours." "What if I say I want it to mean,'I'm Enzo and I'm in love with Nico'?" "Then that would be a lie, butterfly," his eyes darken as he strokes my bottom lip, "because you are the only person who holds meaning in my life, who holds my heart in her hands, I don't need anyone else but you. I need you like the ocean needs the shore. I crave you like the air I breathe, baby. Nothing else matters, I will always come back to you." 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐳 𓂃۶ৎ Kind, pure and innocent. Isabella Rodriguez is an angel with an aura so sweet that sin is eradicated in her presence. She has been wronged and abused by her 'family.' Yet, the girl is too forgiving and trusting to find it in her to hate them. She has been sheltered her whole life, unaware of the danger who is Lorenzo Castillo, who unknowingly claimed her as his the moment she smiled at him. 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨 ‧⁺⋆♱⋆☠︎︎ Ruthless, cruel and cold-hearted. Lorenzo Castillo is the devil in disguise. He is merciless and brutally murdered his enemies in cold blood, their screams of agony satisfactory to his ears. He is an art of seduction, the devil with the face of an angel, for women instantly drop to their knees and worship him; but Lorenzo Castillo doesn't do emotions. But when he lays eyes on his angel, a possessiveness seeps into his veins. He wants her.