The day he buries his father, the new Pakhan expects only relief. The old man's reign of fear is finally over, and the Bratva already looks to its new leader for guidance. But in the back of a crowded church stands a little girl who should have been dead for five years. Her return forces him and his brothers to confront the secrets their father carried to the grave: the murder that shattered their family, the lies that stole their sister away, and the cruel institution that hid her from the world. As they unravel the truth, the brothers must decide whether blood alone can make a family-or whether some wounds run too deep to heal. In a world built on loyalty, violence, and silence, the dead man's final sin may prove more dangerous than all the crimes he committed in life.

We're not good people. We cheat, we steal, we lie. We've got blood on our skin. We're criminals. But maybe for her we can become better. Too bad we killed her father.

Piper's life has never been safe... until the people who made it unbearable are gone. Alone and confused, she's left with nothing-until someone arrives with the truth: she has six brothers she never knew existed. Brothers who've been waiting for her, protecting her from the shadows, and ready to bring her into the family she never had. Piper's world will change forever-but is she ready for the family she's always belonged to? Cover: @ivwonx

𝐍𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 /ˈnɒk.tɜːrn/ noun A musical composition inspired by the night-soft, melancholic, and haunting. A reminder that even the darkest hours carry a melody of their own. Where she mistook the Nocturne for the end, never knowing it was leading her home. -> Brothers/Family/Crimes

Overlooking the city of New York in his office, Kayden Rivers sometimes lets his mind wander off to the past. A past full of lies, unasked questions and unanswered thoughts. It was what he ran away from. He never looked back. Back in the small town of Florida, Kaylee Rivers can't help but wonder about the future and in the middle of it all, she can't seem to handle her present. Her entire life is torn apart when the worst of everything hits her, and she can't get it together. Even for her brother's sake. What happens when Kaylee finds the answers to her questions and Kayden returns to the place he ran away from, under unavoidable circumstances?

"You lied to me" I screamed "You hid everything from me, why. Just why did you do this to me, to my siblings?" Tears began streaming down my face. "I did it to protect you, and your brothers, and your sister. I did it all for you guys" he said. "At what cost ... at what damn cost did we have to pay for your mistakes, you took the thing that I loved the most away from me" I said, tears being smeared all over my face, as I stared at him with my forest green eyes. Just like his. ... Astraea Knight is a 15 year old girl living with her four older brothers, due to her parent's disappearance when she was 13. No one knows what happened to them, and no traces were found. Left to fend for herself in this big family, Astraea is forced to keep the family afloat as new and old wounds begin to open up. The issues that were once forgotten and tucked into the pages of the past, begin to untangle themselves and into the lives of the Knight siblings. Astraea will soon unravel the truth, the truth of how her life came to be, the truth that no one wanted her to know.

Alora's life hasn't always been pretty. What with an abusive father, getting put into the system, having been bounced around the system, and getting separated from her brothers for two years really takes a toll on you. When Alora is placed with emotionally and physically abusive foster parents, her mental health goes down the drain. But her brothers that haven't contacted her in four months suddenly want to come back into her life, things get complicated. Follow Alora and her older brother on their journey to rekindle their relationship and find their places in each others lives. Trigger Warning- Bulimia Nervosa, Self Harm, Panic Attacks, PTSD, Trauma, and Physical Abuse

Aurora has spent her entire life on a small farm in Montana, helping her grandfather harvest peas, lentils and wheat and learning the value of hard work, perseverance and loyalty. But when her grandfather can no longer care for her, he goes to the extreme and calls her father - a very powerful man who hasn't the slightest idea that he even has a daughter. Now Aurora must move to a city filled with luxury, privilege, and hidden rivalries, where she has to find her place among her new half-brothers she never knew she had. Facing a world so different from the one she's always known, Aurora must navigate intense expectations, complex family dynamics, and her own place in a life she never imagined. How will she handle this new reality, and can she find her own strength along the way?

Bianca Ricci's life has been hell. Having been taken away from the rest of her family when she was two, and reuniting with her father and brothers at 16, she's been through a lot. 15 years of abuse has turned her into something no one can recognize, and the secrets being hidden in the family are bound to surface. Bianca knows she'll never be her family's little girl. She knows that at some point along the way, she lost herself. She'll never be who she once was. She'll always be lost in the aftermath. ✧*⁺˚*☆ "Why can't you just trust me?!" "Because trust is dangerous!" I respond icily, "Trust ruined my family. It has never gotten me anywhere..." The silence is deafening, "And I'm not gonna let it ruin my life again." . . . Updates every Sunday

For twelve years, Astrid Vale has lived in the shadows. Overlooked, forgotten, and alone. Then, without warning, five men arrive at her door. Brothers. Suddenly swept into a family she never knew, Astrid is taken to a home filled with wealth, power... and secrets buried deep in its walls. But the more she learns about the brothers- and the reason they came for her now- the clearer it becomes that being found may be far more dangerous than being forgotten.