Book 1 of the Romano Series 4-year-old Valentina Romano was the centre of her family's world. She had anything and everything she could've ever dreamed of. What happens when her mother takes her away from all of it? 12 years later, Valentina has no recollection of the family she once had. What happens when they finally reunite after her mother's death? Needs Major Editing! [Unedited]

Fifteen-year-old Ainsley Myers doesn't look like someone who's afraid. She's quiet, loud when needed to be, flat, and sarcastic. The kind of girl who fills silence with humor and defiance, who keeps people laughing just far enough away that they never get too close. Where her twin sister Athena learned to move gently through the world, Ainsley learned to hit it first, using noise, wit, and distance as armor. Athena was protected. Ainsley was not. Athena grew up kind, soft-spoken, and trusting, never fully knowing the depth of what her sister endured, only sensing that something was wrong. Ainsley never told her. Not because she didn't love her, but because she didn't know how to explain it. Because the worst parts didn't feel explainable. Because silence felt safer than truth. When their current foster dad is arrested, everything they believe about their lives collapses. They weren't abandoned. They were stolen. Waiting for them is a family that never stopped searching: a father who left space at the table, brothers raised on stories and hope, and a home built on patience instead of punishment. For Athena, the return feels like a chance to finally breathe. For Ainsley, it feels like danger. Because sarcasm doesn't survive gentleness. Armor doesn't work in a house built on patience. And distance becomes impossible in a family that refuses to give up on you. As Athena begins to settle into safety, Ainsley resists closeness with jokes, walls, and emotional deflection. But the longer this family stays, the harder it becomes to pretend she doesn't care. The harder it becomes to keep fighting a world that no longer looks like a threat. Surrounded by people who don't demand, don't push, and don't leave, Ainsley must face the one truth she's spent her life outrunning: That maybe she doesn't have to be loud to be safe. That maybe she doesn't have to be sharp to survive. And that love doesn't have to hurt to be real.

Eight-year-old Athena Dimitriou has never known safety. Raised by a mother who loved her but resented her, and a man who hid his violence behind closed doors, she learned early how to stay small, quiet, and invisible. Until the night everything shattered. When her mother is found dead and her stepfather vanishes, DNA results reveal an impossible truth-Athena is the illegitimate daughter of one of America's most powerful Mafia dons. Whisked away to New York, she finds herself in a palace of cold steel and burning loyalty, under the protection of five ruthless brothers who rule a criminal empire. She was born in silence. They raise her in steel. But beneath the violence lies something unexpected-soft hands, warm arms, a family that will kill for her, die for her... and teach her, at last, how to live. Book 1

𓆩:*¨༺✧ ♛ ✧༻¨*:𓆪 "𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐚, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝?" "𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐌𝐘 𝐇𝐔𝐒𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐃. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡!" ─ ⋆⋅₊♚⚚₊⋅⋆ ─ In a world filled with darkness and deception, she is a princess with ray of sunshine, offering warmth and hope. He is an assassin, haunted by his past and reluctant to let anyone in. Their paths cross in a dangerous game of loyalty and betrayal. As they navigate their conflicting loyalties, can her kindness break through the walls he has built around his heart? Together, they will discover that love can flourish even in the harshest of circumstances, but only if they can learn to trust one another. ─ ⋆⋅₊♚⚚₊⋅⋆ ─ "Every sunrise she sees will begin with my love, and every night she sleeps will end with my protection." "Every breath I take will whisper his name, for even in my fiercest storms, his love is my home." ─ ⋆⋅₊♚⚚₊⋅⋆ ─ Join Amaira Rajvanshi and Viraj Kshatriya on their journey of love and trust, where hope shines even in darkness. Experience a tale of passion, betrayal, and redemption, where every heartbeat echoes the promise of a love that can change everything.

Kiara, a girl, who was sent to an abusive school, just because everyone thought she tried to kill her twin. She became one of the best underworld fighter. She wanted someone to trust her, someone she could cry in front of and tell how much she had to went through but she had no one in the process. She was bought back after 11 years, on her mother's family. And as she thought she was welcomed by hatred, after so many years. The last thing, she would do was trust her real family, which includes 5 brothers, a sister and a father. She wanted to go back to that abusive school of her's because it was better to live with some strangers who used to abuse her, then her own family become stranger and hate her. Also in the way, she finds a guy whom she starts loving.

Faith Anderson. An innocent girl, who grew with the love of her Dad and her elder brother. Since, her mother died while giving birth to her, she has become the world to her dad and brother. Romano brothers. A cruel, vicious Mafia, disguised as successful businessman to the world. They are , in short the psychopaths. What happens when their gaze fell on the innocent Faith. Will they change for her or will they become her worst nightmare ever? • • • " P-please ... Please l-leave him, please... I beg y-you..." Faith cried, thrashing in Lucian's arms. " You motherfucker, don't do this to her. Leave him. " Chris yelled at the trio. His friend was at the verge of loosing his life. " Shh, baby, why are you taking his side? Huh? " He gripped her hair tightly. " Do you feel anything for him? Huh! Tell me. " Lucian seethed looking at her. " FUCKING ANSWER HIM. " Azron hollered kicking the tied person in his stomach. Panic was bubbling inside Faith and she couldn't able to say anything. " Answer me or your brother will pay the price along with him, kitten. " Zanvil said taking a sharp knife and grazing the tip at Chris's neck, so slightly, that it drew some blood out. Seeing this much of blood infront of her, Faith felt her head spinning. Her struggles becoming weak. " ANSWER ME GOD-DAMN-IT. " Lucian pulled her head up with her hair. " N-No..." She managed to let out a whimper and collapsed on Lucian. She was barely conscious. " Oh, baby, I knew it. It's okay, Lucian don't hurt her. " Zanvil left Chris and walked towards her. Lucian kissed her lips briefly while Zanvil caressed her hair. " But, this guy made us insecure. He has to pay little one. He'll be punished. " Azron scowled, taking a cleaver in his hands. " DON'T DO THIS TO HER. PLEASE. " Chris pleaded the trio for her sister and his friend. He knew his friend is going to die tonight. He also knew he couldn't do anything. But it was too late. ••• © Copyright reserved.

Rose is a high-school student only child living with her abusive mom. One of the days her bully was beating her Vincent black came to her rescue. They got closer and closer but he was keeping a secret from her. Will this tear them apart or make them closer?

Aurora Daniels was quiet. She never made eye contact with anyone. Never spoke to anyone. She was too afraid of what would happen if she did. Growing up in an abusive home after her mother dies, she begins to allow herself to disappear into a world that she believes doesn't see her anyway. A world she thought only included humans. ------ Alpha Xavier Blackstone is seen as a cruel monster. Unable to escape the mistakes of his past. He never thought he would be blessed with a mate. He never thought he deserved one. Until her. "Tell me to stop." He says huskily while his eyes bare down at me. I can feel his hot breath on my neck as he leans down to my ear. "Aurora, please, tell me to stop." My breath becomes shaky as realize how close we are. "I don't know if I can." --- RANKED #1 in saved 05/27/24 RANKED #1 in abused 06/11/24 RANKED #1 in abusedmate 06/18/24 RANKED #1 in mated 09/15/24 RANKED #1 in closure 06/11/25 --- "This is the sweetest line ive EVER heard my heart is literally a puddle" -iii0773H "Thank you so much author the story is very interesting. I hope u continue" -zouhourjib "INTIMACY at it's best" -iii0773H "so proud of our girl now pass me another tissue my eyes are leaking" -Jastiriari "Sooo good wonderful chapter. Carry on updating pretty please" -zouhourjibb

Everyone has his or her own backstory, one darker than the other. Our history makes us who we are today. What we do, what we think, it's all connected. Anna wants to leave her past behind, hoping to never be reminded of it. It made her run. Gabriel works with his past, his family history. It made him a leader. The girl who wants to be safe. The guy from whom no one is safe. Two different histories, one future. What does their fate hold of them? Warning: violence is a part of this book. Guns, knives, fights, it's all in here. FIRST DRAFT! Spelling mistakes will be edited ones the story is complete! Best listed: 6-2-2019: #24 in Saved 22-2-2019: #5 in mafiaboss 26-2-2019: #3 in mafiaboss 28-2-2019: #1 in mafiaboss 13-4-2019: #123 in Save 7-7-2019: #39 in Save 7-7-2019: #6 in Italians 28-9-2019: #2 in Save 13-1-2020: #1 in Saved 23-4-2020: #4 in Italians 27-9-2020: #1 in Italians 12-9-2021: #2 in Good Girl 12-9-2022: #3 in Gangleader 26-4-2022: #1 in mafiaboss 26-4-2022: #8 in love