14-year-old Aria is in the foster system and has what most people like to call "an attitude problem." In her eyes, it's not an 'attitude'-it's survival. Sarcasm is her shield, silence is her weapon, and if she rolls her eyes hard enough, maybe no one will notice the way her hands shake when doors slam too loud. She's been with her current foster family for the past five years, and their abuse has been the worst of them all. The kind that hides behind locked doors and perfect smiles for the neighbors. The kind that teaches you not to flinch in public, but never lets your bruises fade in private. ♬⋆.˚ Aria doesn't cry anymore-she learned young that tears only made them angrier. Instead, she grits her teeth, sharpens her tongue, and waits for the day she can get out. Her social workers call her "difficult." Teachers call her "disruptive." But really, she's just a girl with scars people don't bother to see, carrying secrets she's too smart to share. What no one knows -not even Aria- is that the blood running through her veins carries a legacy far darker and more powerful than anything this foster family could imagine. A legacy that comes with 5 brothers who would quite literally burn the world for her

The city didn't just sleep; it seemed to hold its breath whenever he walked into a room. He was a man who had curated his life into a perfect gallery of successes: untouchable assets, fleeting connections, and the intoxicating freedom of answering to no one. Tonight, standing thirty floors above the glittering sprawl, he felt invincible. He was the master of his own untethered world, convinced that every risk he took was calculated, every outcome managed. He didn't know that thousands of miles away, a different kind of calculation had finished. It wasn't measured in currency, but in years lost and secrets kept. He didn't hear the storm approaching. It sat quietly in a sterile airport terminal, clutching a one-way ticket toward a stranger, carrying nothing but a backpack and a pair of eyes that mirrored his own. The king was about to be dethroned. And he wouldn't even see it coming.

She was taken at three. Found at seven. Broken in every way that mattered. Aria Moretti, the youngest daughter of the infamous Moretti mafia family, vanished without a trace. For four long years, her name became a scar - whispered in sorrow, feared in silence. Until the day they found her. Now seven years old, Aria is home - but she doesn't remember the men who call themselves her brothers. She doesn't trust the father with the hard voice and trembling hands. She doesn't speak. She doesn't smile. And she never lets go of the worn-out stuffed bear she carried through hell. This is the story of a broken girl... And the dangerous men who will destroy the world just to keep her safe. But protecting her is one thing. Healing her might be impossible.

After moving to Italy from Miami-Dade County, Lilia Moretti is known as the sister of the seven Moretti brothers. She didn't know they existed, but she was ready to get away from her own battles; abuse, betrayal, and the aching loneliness of her abusive mother. But while her brothers fight to protect the family name and uphold the Mafia, they needed to protect Lilia from all the dangers that come with it. Lilia Moretti doesn't speak of what happens at home. She can't. So she swims-every morning, every evening-into the waves that never ask her questions. Her seven brothers call her Sorellina, their little sister, fragile and sweet. But they don't see what the ocean sees: a girl slowly unraveling beneath the surface. In the stillness of the shore and the silence of the sea, Lilia holds onto her last breath of freedom. But as truths begin to rise like tides, the waves may carry more than just secrets-they might bring the Moretti family to its knees. Seven brothers. One sister. A love they couldn't speak-and a pain they never saw coming.

*PUT ON HOLD* A mafia brothers story where the mother is still alive: Ilaria Pallante was stolen at three years old and raised by a woman who wasn't her mother. For years, her life felt normal, until it wasn't. By the time she turned ten, the warmth she once knew turned cold, replaced by control, cruelty, and isolation. She stopped asking questions. She stopped believing there was anything else. Then, everything changes. After the woman who raised her is arrested, a DNA test reveals the truth: Ilaria was never lost. She was taken from a powerful family who never stopped looking for her. Now, at fourteen, she's thrown back into a world of wealth, family, and dangerous secrets she doesn't remember. They tell her she's home. But finding her way back to the people who love her might be harder than anyone expected, especially when she's not sure she knows herself at all.

Alison Harris is a normal 17-year-old girl, living her normal life with her mother. That is when her mother surprises her with the news of her marriage. Alison is forced to go with her mum and live with his new stepfather and his 7 sons, unaware of the dangerous line of work her new stepfather has. Secrets will be revealed and dangers will come into her life one after the other. Can she survive all of this? Can she bond with her new family or will they become enemies? In between all of this, can the son of one of the most dangerous gangs of the city win her heart? read to uncover a story of family, true friendship, and love.

Two years have passed since the fall of Volkov. Two years of Mason King, the fearsome Don of the American Mafia ruling over America's underworld. Their alliance with the Gray Wolves Gang, the biggest gang in New York, now ruled by Alexander West, is going to be strengthened by the marriage soon to happen between Alison and Alex. But with the growth of power, the growth of enemies is inevitable. Shadows are working behind the scenes, slowly creeping out and brewing a storm. In the numbing darkness that is growing, where loyalty and love will be tested, everyone is seeking one thing .... A light in the darkness (Sequel to my mother married a Capo) (Can be read as a stand-alone)

Leonardo Giovanni became a father at the age of twenty. The new mafia Don was a closed off cold man that left people shaking in fear. He loved his daughter Maggie so much. He changed his ways for her. Leo wanted the best for his little girl. But one morning all of that changed. When he went to wake her up his bright bubbly baby was not in her crib. Her window was wide open and all of her baby stuff, including her little elephant stuffy was gone. Fourteen years later little baby Maggie is running from the cops for the third time that month. The cops are sick of her and even more sick of trying to locate this girls mother. Finding no luck they dig through the system hoping that someone can claim this mischievous teenager. One day at work Leo gets an unexpected call from a police station on the other side of the country. When he finds out it's his daughter he jumps right on to the opportunity of seeing her. Maggie has a lot of secrets and a bounty on her back. How can the friendly, bubbly, talkative girl escape her demons? How can Leo a cold mafia Don raise an energetic fifteen year old? How will Leo get Maggie's trust? Will their fiery attitudes clash? What happens when Leo finds out about his daughters past? TW - Abuse, Drugs, SA, Alcohol, Fighting Not edited. Started: 01/15/2022 Finished: 05/03/2022

Thirteen-year-old Isabel has survived years of betrayal and abuse. When a stolen phone call finally leads to her rescue, she wakes in a hospital with life-changing injuries and a body that no longer feels like her own. Isabel must learn to navigate a world built on kindness instead of fear. But healing isn't simple. The ghosts of the girls she couldn't protect still haunt her, and safety feels like a story meant for someone else.

✨COMPLETED✨ What happens when the Italian mafia is getting threats towards their youngest twins? What happens when the Irish mafia infiltrate their home and nearly kidnap the youngest twins? What happens when the Italian mafia send said twins to an orphanage in California for protection? What happens when four years later the twins are no longer the happy toddlers they once where? Read to find out! Book 1 of 2! Impressive rankings: #4 in scars #4 in nightterror #2 in duology