We were once a close, like close close family. We had our fights but every night our parents and siblings all would be found sprawled out watching a movie before bedtime. All that changed when Gem was taken. Our family nights didn't matter. Our bonds were slowly slipping away. Each of us have changed. Some growing distant while others became cold and emotionless. We slowly drifted from being close to strangers. All that changed again when mom died. Once she died, everything changed. My emotions became deadly. No one knew when I would blow up. Or if I would smile or laugh. I became distant and the most troubled out of all of us. At times I feel like I was raised more by Ren and Teo than our own father. My angry outburst soon became friends with depression and anxiety. My thoughts never felt like my own. There's moments where I wanted to end my suffering. There's moments where I wanted to survive it all. The moment we got our Gem back was the moment I knew I had to survive. I couldn't let this destroy me. I couldn't let this cause my own family harm like it done me when mother died. I couldn't let myself, well more or less, my thoughts take the cowards way out. Not like my mother. With the ups and the downs. With the reunion with our sister. With everything, I always felt like I was the sibling that was left out of everything. But my thoughts of dying grew stronger with every moment of getting ignored. Yet, my family wanders why I 'act' out. You would too if you felt invisible. Right? I never knew the struggles I would go through just to live. I didn't realize the moments would come back tenfold. I didn't realize how hard it would be to fight and survive the battle. This is my, Lucian Romeo Rossi's, story. This is the story of how I survived. But barely. This is the story where I managed to crawl out of the black abyss and live to tell my story.

Natalie is 15 living with her abusive step father. She is having a normal day, well not normal at all but normal for her, when she finds out that he has passed away. She doesn't know how to feel, on one hand she hated her step father but on the other hand he was all she had. She goes to the station expecting the classic "we'll put you into the system" but finds out that she has 6 older brothers who have been searching for her since she was taken from them. Natalie only has one rule: Don't trust men. But how will she react when these new men in her life treat her with nothing but love, well all except for one. Will they break down her wall and see that broken teenager inside or will her years of abuse keep her isolated from her refound family. If that wasn't enough drama for her 'new life', out of nowhere she finds out there is someone watching her. She found them but he found her TW: mentions of abuse, rape, strong language. This is my first story so please be mindful and I also suck at descriptions but I would appreciate anyone who reads xx.

My name's Aurora. Aurora Russo. And for a long time, I thought pain was normal. That love came with bruises. Then they happened- strangers who are my brothers. Loud. Cold. Angry. Yet somehow... they saved me. Not all at once. Not perfectly. But piece by piece, they pulled me out of the dark. This is the story of before them, and after. Of everything I lost. And everything I'm still trying to find. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ❀ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ Nikita Gill once said, "The saddest word in the whole wide world is the word almost." Almost-the word that's followed Aurora like a shadow her whole life. She almost felt safe. She almost had a real family. She almost escaped the pain. She almost gave up. After years of silent suffering at the hands of those meant to protect her, she's finally free. She's shipped off to live with the only blood she has left: 7 older brothers she doesn't remember-hardened by violence, secrets, and a name feared in the underworld. What she doesn't know? They're part of the mafia. What they don't know? How to love her. Will they ever accept her as their sister? Or will she be just another casualty in their broken world? ∧,,,∧ ~ ┏━━━━━━━━┓ ( ̳• · • ̳) ~ ♡Best Rankings Had♡ / づ ~ ┗━━━━━━━━┛ #1 almost #1 abusive content #1 sisters and brothers #1 underage drug use #1 drugs #1 older brothers #1 ptsd awareness #1 hated #1 alcoholism #1 russo #1 weapon #1 bullying awarness #3 mafia princess #4 ptsd #5 mafia #5 family #5 mafia brothers #9 aurora #12 love

Gemma was five when she was kidnapped. Her nanny was just a few feet away picking up Renzo's favorite salad dressing. Gemma was grabbed from behind out of the cart. When she screamed nothing came out. Her world turned black. She was kidnapped for 10 years. Her memories of her family back home were slowly fading. She could remember faces of some but eyes of others. She couldn't remember if they were brothers, cousins, best friends. She just knew these eyes were important. The faces she remembered were just as important. The beating, the abuse, and the torture couldn't erase them out of her memory. They were forever etched in her brain. What happens when her abductors and her are moving back to her homeland? Her town? What happens when she runs into...? Literally 5 of her brothers on the first day of school? Will she remember who they exactly are? Will she ask them for help? Will she survive another beating? See if she can reunite with her family that has missed her for all those years.

Aurora grows up with abusive foster parents until her biological father learns about her existence and steps in to save her. But what happens when 6 protective brothers, a over protective father and a mafia life come crashing down on 12 year old Aurora. Who is the light in the dark. "That was Aurora!" I say making the others faces go blank. I quickly turn away and run after her. She didn't get very far so when I catch up and hold her in my arms she gasps and tries to push me away. Tears start to leak out of my eyes because she's trying to push me away. "Let me go!" She yells I sit on the ground pulling her into my lap rocking her. Her head is on my chest and her hand is fisted with my shirt in it. She's super tiny and light. "Shhh. Calm down." I say softly and watch as she calms down. Book One in the Bernardi Family Series

This is a sequel for The Ones Who Failed Us. If you have not read that book, do not read this book description because it contains spoilers. Almost a year has passed since Avalee Russo killed Demetri. Since then, Ava has played the part of the perfect sister and daughter, pretending that she had healed well when really she was hurting more than anyone knew. Her brothers believed her, but her father was another story. Not a day passes when nightmares reminding him of those seven torturous years interrupt his sleep. But everything changes with one phone call. Realizing how truly broken their sister and father are, the Russo brothers attempt to break down their walls, and unlock the key to one secret that Ava has kept for months. A secret that will break her family and make them realize how much they failed their sister. Will the Russos be able to help Ava and Antonio before it's too late?

The Bianchi Legacy Giovanni Bianchi rules the Italian underworld with an iron fist, feared as a ruthless Mafia capo. But at home, his heart belongs to Eliyana-his childhood sweetheart, his queen. Together, they raised four sons: Luciano and Lorenzo, born from reckless young love, and the mischievous twins, Xander and Xavier. For sixteen years, their home was a fortress of loyalty, violence, and love-a kingdom ruled by Eliyana's steady hand. But when an unexpected pregnancy shatters the cycle of generations, the Bianchi men are brought to their knees. Not by bullets. Not by war. But by the one thing none of them ever expected- a daughter.

What happens when two twin sisters move in with their newly found brothers. One of them finding it harder to cope with the new change compared to the other, especially when being reminded of what happened. That's when one gets kidnapped and runs away to a new town. Starts to try and build a new life. What happens when her past comes back into her life then? Will she run? Or will she confront it head on? ___________________________________________________________________ Hazel and Rylee are twins, taken from their home from the young age of three. Now they are fifteen and are in the principals office told that their uncle died and were now in the care of their five older brothers that they didn't even know existed. Only the brothers new about them and never stopped searching for them. Come along on the journey with Rylee and Hazel as they move in with their five brothers, while also trying to overcome the demons of the past. What will they do when it all resurfaces, along with other secrets that they had no idea about? Will their brothers be there to help them, or will they have to face this on their own. ___________________________________________________________________ Ranks #3 italianmafia #1 sh #2 found #4 italy #3 lost

When her mother dies, Theodore 'Theo' Sutton discovers the father she never knew is head of the Irish mafia. Thrust into a violent world of secrets and enemies, she's forced under the protection of Apollo, the ruthless Greek heir who claims she's his-whether she wants him or not. *** Theo Sutton knew who she was-until the day of her mother's funeral brings a letter from her father that shatters her world. The father she was never told about is not only alive, but the powerful head of the Irish mafia. Drawn into his orbit, Theo is forced to meet the family she never knew, half-brothers who treat her like glass, and a dangerous empire built on secrets and violence. Adjusting to this new life is hard enough, but Theo's unexpected arrival also paints a target on her back. To protect her, Apollo, the feared heir of the Greek mafia, whose loyalty is as unsettling as his obsession, is more than happy to volunteer as Theo's bodyguard. Trapped between blood ties she doesn't understand and a man who refuses to let her go, Theo must navigate a world where trust is dangerous, love is a weapon, and her own name may cost her everything.

THIS STORY CAN BE READ AS A STAND ALONE---This is the third and final story in the Storm trilogy. This is based off of River's and Salah's life. Salah and River have moved to Spain for college. They live right next to each other, although River always stays in Salah's apartment. River struggles with hiding his feelings for Salah. He loves her, he always has and always will but he doesn't know if she feels the same way. Everyone but Salah can tell he's madly in love with her. Will River ever confess his love for Salah? Will she feel the same way? Join me on the adventure of Salah and River's lives. ____________________________________________________ I'm really awful at these descriptions. Please give the story a chance, it's better than the description.