Kiegen has everything money can buy, an expensive private school, a huge house, and a father who spoils him with anything he wants. What no one knows is that his dad suffers from severe paranoid episodes that can turn frightening fast. When he's himself, he's loving and generous. When he isn't, Kiegen never knows if he'll be locked in his room, accused of something he didn't do, or looked at like a stranger. Kiegen keeps it secret because his dad is sick, not cruel. Then one accidental text connects him with a sarcastic stranger. What starts as a funny wrong-number exchange slowly becomes something Kiegen relies on more than he wants to admit. As things at home get worse, the jokes turn into questions. Then, after fleeing one of his father's worst episodes and wrecking his car, Kiegen has no one he can safely call. Except the stranger who was never supposed to answer. Still there? Where else would I be? I need help.

Luka thought the worst thing his arrest could do was land him back in hot water with his big brother, Rico. He was wrong. When his name surfaces in Arizona, his father's family, the Baldivonis, finally know where to find him. But when Luka is taken, two brothers he's never met witness the kidnapping and make a choice that pulls them straight into a feud they barely understand. They have secrets of their own, and they didn't come to Arizona by accident. Now Luka is being hunted, old blood ties are closing in, and one buried truth could change everything.

This story revolves around twin brothers, Desmond and Demetrius, and their six older brothers. Here's the catch neither side knows the other exists. The twins have never met their father, and after years of silence, he finally decides to reveal the truth he's kept buried for eighteen years. During dinner, his oldest son, Vukasin, slams his hand on the table. "Tsk. You old bastard, you decide to tell us this now? Really? Over dinner?" His tone drips with disgust. "Eighteen years, Father. You waited eighteen years to tell us this?" The table falls silent. Vukasin glares across at him. "So what now? You want me to bring them back, huh? Can't do it yourself, can you? You always send me to fix your broken pieces." As Vukasin pushes his chair back and rises from the table, his father and younger brothers remain silent just as they always do. He's already made up his mind. He's going to find his younger brothers. Lord knows if they're living in good conditions or not, but one thing's for sure he's bringing them back, whether they like it or not. (Currently editing the story)

He wanted one night where his name meant nothing. Instead he got days of darkness, walls that remembered everything, and a pair of eyes that the wrong people had already assigned a price to. One blue. One green. Between them: no past, no name that anyone can find, and a silence that took a long time to break. What comes after is harder. Some things survive the dark. Some things only begin there.

For years, Kaden and West have survived on their own. No safety net. No home. No family to fall back on. Only the constant fight for money, shelter, and the right to exist. They were torn away once-lost in the chaos of a night no one talks about. Now, fate is pulling them back to the family they were never meant to find again. But broken pieces don't always fit back together the way they once did. Reunion promises hope, healing, and the chance to finally belong. Yet old wounds run deep, and the brothers they return to are no longer the boys they remember. Trust is fragile. Loyalty is tested. And forgiveness comes at a cost. Because while the family struggles to rebuild, something dark is watching. Waiting. Kaden and West's return has awakened an enemy who would rather see the family shattered than whole. Is a happy reunion even possible after everything that was lost? Or will the brothers be forced to face a new trial-one that could destroy them all? Some pieces were never meant to come back. And some truths are more dangerous than being broken.

I thought I knew who I was. Gabriel Alvarez. Twenty. Son of a poor family in Albuquerque. Big brother. Protector. Future cop. My life had been built on long nights of work, endless study, and the unshakable promise that one day I'd wear a badge strong enough to keep my family safe. But then the threads started unraveling. Whispers of a world I wasn't meant to see. Names spoken like curses. The Caruso family. The Sicilian Mafia. Everyone in the city knew they ruled from the shadows. What no one knew, what I could never have imagined, was that I carry their blood. I am the brother they lost fifteen years ago. Every step I take now feels like a betrayal. To the family who raised me, who trust me with their lives. To myself, who swore I would fight men like the Carusos. But when the moment comes, when the truth tears everything apart, I don't know which side I'll stand on. The law I've devoted my life to... or the brothers who claim me as their own?

Eli has spent fifteen years being fine. No father, no history, no last name that means anything-just a foster placement in Kansas, a job he wasn't supposed to have, and a very specific list of foods he can eat without his body staging a protest. Fine. Manageable. His. But somehow, hitting a wine bottle at a customer leads him to a family and a home he doesn't recognize. Aleksandr Volkov has spent twelve years looking for his youngest son. He was not prepared for what fifteen years of fine looks like up close. ➜ cover by @sugararmy07

Ivan has endured more pain, misery, and heartbreak in his fourteen years of life than most people do in a lifetime, all at the hands of a father who's given him nothing but hate and scars. Then his "father" dies in a tragic accident, and a DNA test reveals that his father isn't his father, he has a real family: a mother, a father, and four older brothers. His entire life has been a lie. And to top it all off, they're not just any family, they're the Morozov's. A name everyone has heard at least once in their lifetime. Wealthy, powerful, and untouchable across the globe. Can Ivan survive there world? Learn to trust and maybe even love? Or is this just another disaster waiting to explode?

Every story in my universe comes back to one thing. Brotherhood. Blood brothers. Chosen brothers. Families built through time, distance, second chances, forgiveness, loyalty, and a whole lot of chaos. Missing Moments is a bonus collection of short stories and one shots from my connected book universe. These are the scenes that happened before the books, between chapters, after endings, or just outside the main story. Some will be funny. Some will be emotional. Some will be chaotic. Most will probably involve someone testing an older brother's last nerve. You don't have to be fully caught up to read. Each Missing Moment will include a quick note explaining who's involved and where it fits in the timeline. Because not every moment made it into the story. But they all helped build the family.

The best lies are the ones you never let them see. The best disguise is the person you never let them meet. Brayln Varadi may be only seventeen, but he knows these truths as well as he knows how quickly people turn on you once they see who you really are. Fresh out of juvie and living on the streets is how Ryan Navarro, a family court attorney, finds him. Ryan knows something about taking in kids who have no one left. His older brother, Gavin, once took in both Ryan and Levi, who became another brother to him. More recently, Levi opened his own home to his younger half brother, Grey. Now Ryan finds himself facing the same decision. The problem is, Ryan and his wife, Karlie, have no idea how much trouble they are inviting into their home-or how Brayln will affect everyone in Ryan's family, including Grey. Life is about to become much more complicated for Ryan and Levi when trouble arrives wrapped in a confident seventeen year old who refuses to let anyone see how vulnerable he really is.