At two years old, she was taken from everything she knew - a powerful father, devoted brothers, and a home where she was treasured beyond measure. Kidnapped by the one person meant to protect her, she vanished without a trace. Raised in cruelty by her mother and stepfather, she grew up believing pain was normal and love was something earned. She never knew she had been stolen - or that an entire empire had been quietly searching for her. For fourteen years, her father and brothers tore through cities, secrets, and bloodlines to find the daughter and sister ripped from them. Now, as she turns sixteen, the truth begins to unravel. And when a mafia family finally finds what was taken from them, they don't let go easily.

Abigail is a 16-year-old girl who has never known anything but pain. Raised by her mother and stepfather, she has been abused since she was 4 years old. But her life changes when she receives the news that the monsters who raised her have died and she will now live with her 7 siblings she never knew existed. Will she be willing to trust anyone again? Will she be able to let them in and help her heal? And most importantly, will the secrets that both sides hide destroy this small spark of hope? Note: This story may contain sensitive themes such as abuse, drug use, and eating and psychological disorders.

'Dancing is a beautiful way to tell your truth, it's also a devastating way to get lost in the expression.' Ariana Noor Van Doren. A prodigy in ballet at just nineteen, said to be a star. Yet one thing about stars is that they always burn out. A ragdoll for her father to throw around and abuse, a target of her mother's insults, commonly about her weight, and victim to a family friend who thinks of her body as something he owns. The one solace in her life currently is her older brother, who, despite caring for and protecting her, assumes that he's lived a harder life than her and dismisses all her problems as whining. Alies Nicholas Van Doren, a menace in the ring and a well-known boxer at only twenty-four, is not unaware of his father's temper, and worries for his sister as he is going out of town for a while for an once in a lifetime oppourtunity to fight someone he's looked up to for years. Because of this, he forces Ariana to learn how to fight from his best friend. Rowan Lance Harlan, a twenty-two-year-old champion in the ring, said to hold no remorse, whether it's for men or women, young or old. People fear him because he wants them to, so imagine his surprise when a long-time boxing partner of his, Alies, asks him to train his younger sister. When the two meet theres an instant click. It unsettles them both. Because Rowan doesn't date, and Ariana doesn't trust. So when the stars align and destiny pushes them together, they're quick to ignore it. But destiny doesn't like being told no. And the two lovers are going to be dragged together, even if it means boundaries are crossed, and secrets are spilled.

When Lucia and Lorenza are only three years old, the Russian mafia tears them from their home, erasing their past and thrusting them into a world ruled by fear and blood. Clinging to each other, the twins survive as best they can-until, at seven, Lucia orchestrates a daring plan to have them adopted by the French mafia, hoping to give Lorenza a life of protection and freedom. But safety eludes Lucia. Before Gabriel Gaspard can adopt her and offer her a life of warmth and security, she is taken elsewhere-remade into something unrecognizable. Trained as a killer, forged through pain, and stripped of her childhood, Lucia learns obedience only through suffering, her innocence buried beneath skill, strategy, and lethal precision. At twelve, she accomplishes the impossible: she escapes. Broken yet unbowed, she finds her way back to Lorenza, now thriving under the protection of five formidable French mafia brothers. Alongside them are four loyal friends from the orphanage, children who, like Lucia, survived without family-but now have one they can call their own. By seventeen, the twins are drawn back into the orbit of their seven biological brothers, heirs to an empire grown darker, deadlier, and more cunning with every passing year. Tensions flare when the family discovers Lorenza's love-a man whose very presence threatens to unravel everything they have built. Arguments erupt, alliances fracture, and fear coils tight around every heart in the room. But while they argue over the danger standing beside Lorenza, the man by Lucia's side is a force all others fear: a legend in the shadows of the underworld, whispered about even among kings of crime. And as the layers of her secrets are peeled back, the family will finally see the truth-the deadliest threat has never been outside the family. It has been hiding in plain sight all along.

'There are only two ways to survive in my world: kill or be killed. And as far as I'm concerned, they don't plan on killing me anytime soon...' Athena Everford understands pain better than most people understand love. At seventeen, she has memorized it. The rhythm of footsteps in a hallway. The warning in a voice before it changes. The way bruises bloom and fade. Patterns are comforting. They make chaos predictable. She could have left her foster home at any time. She chose not to. When her foster parents die, the silence feels wrong. Too wide. Too empty. A DNA test reveals she is the missing daughter of one of the most powerful Italian Mafia families in the world. They welcome her back with warmth and relief, mistaking her stillness for fragility. They think they rescued a broken girl. They did not. Athena is the Donna of the Greek Mafia, ruling from the shadows while men pretend to hold power. She is Nyx, an assassin spoken about only in whispers. Control is everything. Pain is useful. It sharpens her. Grounds her. Keeps the emptiness away. Then a man from her past returns. Quiet. Patient. He understands that her tolerance for suffering is not endurance. It is appetite. He does not try to destroy her. He gives her what she wants. As her family watches the subtle shift in her smile, Athena begins to blur the line between survival and desire, between punishment and permission. The question is not whether she can escape the darkness. It is whether she ever intended to. Start date: 12/07/2026 Finish date: ??

Aurora Sinclair has spent years trying to survive the weight of her last name. Returning to Baymount for the winter semester, she wants only one thing: distance from her family's shadows, from her father's memory and from the trauma she has spent her life burying. But when a professor connected to her late father is brutally murdered, that fragile sense of control shatters. Then Marco is assigned to protect her. Fresh out of prison and as dangerous as the rumors say, Marco is the last person Aurora wants watching her every move. He is cold, unreadable and far too used to taking control, while Aurora has spent her whole life fighting the hands that tried to shape, silence and cage her. They clash instantly. But when threatening messages begin appearing, each one tied to her father's past, Aurora realizes someone is not just hunting for revenge. They are hunting her. Content Warning: This book contains themes of trauma, abuse, stalking, violence, and explicit scenes. Reader discretion is strongly advised.

She's pained and broken, but hides it... until she can't. .From being tortured, to being turned into a killing machine. Vienna Thorne can never catch a break. She doesn't think she'll escape until one day, the police invade the base she's stuck in and she's sent back to live with her family she hasn't seen since she was 9, 8 years ago. Add romance to the mix and she might just get the life she always wanted.

LIMINAL - existing in between states (identity, family, morality). Between who you were told you are and who your blood insists you've always been. That's how Mazikeen feels. Liminal. Mazikeen has never belonged to anything except survival. Raised without a family, without a past she trusted, she learned early not to care about things like lineage or home. Those were weaknesses. Sentiment got you killed. Then a car crash rips the truth open. She isn't an orphan. She was stolen. The De Luca family-powerful, dangerous, and sworn enemies of the world that raised her-didn't even know they'd lost a daughter until years later, when her face appeared beside Mara De Luca's. Her mother. With no certainty and nothing but blood tests and instinct, they searched anyway. They never expected to find her so many years later. They never expected to already know her. Because Mazikeen has crossed paths with them before. She's fought one of her brothers more times than she can count-both of them trying to kill the other, never realizing they shared the same blood they drew. Now she's forced to live under the same roof as him. Alongside a father she doesn't know, and four brothers who don't know what to do with her. And the worst part? She fits. But the life she came from doesn't let go so easily. Her past stalks her like a shadow, violent and familiar, and Mazikeen finds herself unwilling to outrun it. Torn between what she was shaped into and what she was meant to be, she remains suspended in the in-between. Liminal. And if she has to choose, she's not sure she wants to be saved at all.

[Free Until End Of Story] ── ─ ┈┈┈┄┄╌╌ Lowly. Illegitimate. Disgraceful. Amaryllis bore the weight of whispers and stares, a child born out of debauchery. She was raised behind iron gates and velvet curtains, in a family whose name was spoken only in lowered voices. A mafia dynasty, steeped in blood and loyalty. Yet even within that empire of power, she remained a shadow in the presence of her brothers, seen but never truly known. However her heart, vast and unyielding, loved them unconditionally. But life is both fragile and cruel. When terminal illness claimed her, she carried it alone behind fragile smiles, unwilling to darken the days of those she adored. Only one wish bloomed before the end, "I hope their feelings might change, even if it's temporary." And when that time comes... Please bring flowers to my funeral. ── ─ ┈┈┈┄┄╌╌ ⚠️ Trigger Warning: This story contains sensitive and potentially distressing themes, including psychological trauma and mature content. Note - The terminal illness described in this story is entirely fictional and included solely for storytelling purposes. - Update: will start updating in the middle of April 2026 - Cover: Canva © 2026 [CherylZielle]. All rights reserved. Do not copy or distribute without permission.

Book One - Regina Series Stolen at four. Forged in blood. Liliana De Rosa barely remembers a life before pain. Torn from her family at a young age, she grew up in chains-manipulated, tortured, and forced to believe the people who loved her most had abandoned her. Twelve years later, she is unrecognizable. Passed between rival mafia families, some who taught her to survive, and others who molded her into a weapon, Liliana has become both lost and lethal. Behind the mask of an innocent schoolgirl hides a girl with blood on her hands-a girl who has forgotten how to simply exist without violence. But when her abusive guardians are killed in a mysterious car crash, her world shatters again. Liliana discovers the truth: She was never abandoned. She is the daughter of the most feared mafia boss alive. She has six older brothers who have been searching for her since the day she was taken. Now, reunited with the infamous De Rosa family, Liliana must face a terrifying reality: she is loved, wanted... but no longer the little girl they remember. She is broken. Dangerous. And feared even within the underworld. What happens when her family learns the truth-that their sweet sorella is one of the most ruthless assassins alive, her name whispered in terror across continents? Liliana is not just a De Rosa. She is The Regina Assassin. A killer. A survivor. And a girl who must learn if love can heal what violence has created. Follow her story through pain and love. Liliana Donatella De Rosa. Started 08/25 Finished ??? Rankings #mexico - 1🥇 #colombiamafia - 1🥇 #loss - 1🥇 #spain - 2 🥈 #albanian - 2 🥈 #assassin - 2 🥈 #mafiaprincess - 2 🥈 #Italian - 2 🥈 #russianmafia - 2 🥈 #loyalty - 2 🥈