When Thomas Shelby returns from war, he doesn't expect the nurse who stitched him up to be in his hometown. He didn't expect her to be Charlie Strong's goddaughter as well. But the world is full of unknown, right? Evelyn is quick to learn that her life won't be as plain as it was before the war, especially now that Thomas is aware of her existence in Small Heath. What will happen when a softhearted woman meets a coldhearted man?

"I swear to god Amelia if you walk out that door I'll-" "You'll what Thomas?! Beat me? Break me? Hurt me? You already have! I'm done with this shit Thomas!" Amelia yelled, grabbing her things and heading towards the door. "Amelia-" Thomas said, catching her arm and pulling her close to him. "I. Said. I'm. Fucking. Done. Thomas." She spat, pushing him off her and rushing out the door. Everyone remained quiet, no one dared to look at Thomas. He simply picked up his glass of whiskey, finished it, and slammed it against the wall in front of him before walking out and slamming the door behind him. Thomas Shelby had made the biggest mistake of his life. He had finally pushed Amelia Brooks passed her limits and ruined the one person who brought him peace and happiness.

*CURRENTLY REWRITING AS A NEW BOOK* *NO MORE UPDATES* From growing up living around the corner and dating Tommy since she was eighteen, Josephine Lindholm hasn't known life without the Shelby family

𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒. | (...) "𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢, 𝘒𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘺. 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘰𝘯 - 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 - 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳." (...) ❝𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌, 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌, 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐌 𝐓𝐎 𝐃𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑.❞ 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢, 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘬𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘣𝘺.

"You've already lied once tonight." He spoke, his eyes never leaving mine. I finally looked away from him, taking a sip from my glass. His eyes were still on me as I glanced back up at him and I held his stare this time. "Well, that makes two of us, Mr Shelby." I spoke, inhaling a draw of the cigarette between my fingers before letting the smoke fall back out from between my lips, "Isn't it lovely?" ∝ "Isn't it lovely, all alone? Heart made of glass, my mind of stone. Tear me to pieces, skin and bone. Hello, welcome home." ∝ Reviews ∝ "This book is a masterpiece." "This was SOOO good, yo I have been waiting for someone to write a fanfic in which the girl was was in the war as well for THE LONGEST TIME." "Why is your writing so captivating?" - xXPastelXxGalaxyXx "This book is literally so well written. I love their relationship and if anything breaks them up I will cry!❤️" - VOIDGC "Omg This was really good, I absolutely love Effie and Tommy." - Nicolelovesya01 ___________________________________________ [Season 1 ✔️] [Season 2 ✔️] [Season 3 ~ Currently in progress]

Gypsy wisdom teaches that fate is something that lurks in every decision, in every glance at the stars, in every sound that seems to resonate in the heart. They say that fate is not something permanent, but a dance between free will and inevitability. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Thomas had met his first love before he went to fight in the war? Maybe history would have turned out differently... #1 in Peakyblinders #1 in Thomasshelby #1 in Tommyshelby #1 in Arthurshelby #1 in Shelbyfamily #1 in 1910s #1 in 1920s #1 in 1930s #2 in Birmingham #4 in England

Aristocrats and gangsters have a lot in common. They're both selfish, get bored easily, and have access to wads of cash they didn't work honestly to get and neither have any interest in bourgeois rules or morality. ------------------------ So when Thomas Shelby manages to marry into that world, to a woman whose blood is almost as blue as that cursed sapphire of his, a perfect match is the only result one could expect, a stunning result for success. Well... ...on the outside, at least.

❝ 𝒂𝒊𝒏'𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 ?❞ In which a man made of ice meets a girl made of fire, and melts. [𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒]

After the death of her great-aunt, Eliza Bennett, a young London woman from a wealthy family, inherits a small flowers shop in Birmingham. far from the luxury and safety of her family, Eliza seeks a new life among the streets of Birmingham... Until she meets thomas shelby - a man as dangerous as he is captivating. among flowers and smoke, they will both discover that love can bloom even in the darkness... but it can also wither with a single bullet. ❀ Updates every Friday Or Saturday ❀ The story contains adult content. ❀ English is not my native language.

𝓑𝓲𝓻𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓱𝓪𝓶, 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟗. Eliza Hart runs a small orphanage in Small Heath, and she's lived her life on simple rules; Keep your head down. Protect the children. Stay far away from men like Thomas Shelby. ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───── He took a drag, exhaling slowly before glancing at her again. "You were right before," he said. "There is no way to break a heart gently."