Cassian is a 17-year-old boy who was kidnapped as a child and taken to a secret prison where children were trained to become assassins. Years of brutal training turned him into the facility's most ruthless and feared assassin. During his escape, he lost his left hand, and the trauma left him selectively mute. After finally gaining his freedom and building a new life Cassian learns that his stepfather has died and discovers he has seven brothers he never knew about. To make things even more complicated, his brothers are members of a powerful mafia family. A gifted athlete with an exceptionally high IQ, Cassian also has a second personality that emerged from years of trauma. Quiet, intelligent, and dangerous, he struggles to leave his past behind.

I had been bonded to. One moment I was having an absolute blast living my normal, broke, standard life and the next I was entertaining a tall, handsome blonde vampire intent on knowing me fully. The vampires has always been a part of our world. They dressed human- or.. well, old fashioned, but nevertheless human, did human things like sit in theatres and drive cars, vote, pay taxes yet control every last one of us. I don't understand how it all seemed so seamless. Especially with an organisation like Lovebites on the scene. They mate with humans, specifically human females- intent on creating life partners- through the means of courting, gentle seduction and a government who can force us into giving them a chance, because- for once in our measly little existence, we have the upper hand. We cannot feel the bond.

"For you? I'd hold the skies on my shoulders, if it came down to it." ***** He didn't think she'd ever look his way. Let alone, stumble into him- and into his life. But all things happen for a reason, and sometimes- when you love someone from afar, you never realise how much more you can love them up close. [ #1 in Cello | #2 in Theatre ] [ Cover images do not belong to me, all rights reserved by original owners ]

A wolf unseeing is not an asset. A wolf deformed is an embarrassment. A wolf unloved is dead. But, a wolf who is brave is free. I was born to save my brother's life, the future Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack; I was the sacrificial lamb in wolf's clothing. I was raised without love, care, compassion, and even my sight. My sole reason for existing was to die. I would be his salvation. Despite that, four months before my destiny would claim my life, my brother set me free. He had a plan: I would escape, he would come for me later, and we would live freely together. I, however, had a plan of my own. To escape my destiny, and to escape him. What I hadn't counted on was finding what I had always been desperate for: a pack void of hatred, and an Alpha who seemed equally desperate for me. I finally had the chance to feel real, true happiness. But, fate wasn't so forgiving, and neither was my brother. *Dual POV*18+* *Trigger Warning: This fictional work contains depictions of mental, emotional, physical, & sexual abuse, as well as incestuous acts. Reader's Discretion is Advised*

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?

There is a photograph. First birthday. The whole family around the long table - candles lit, cake centred, everyone leaning toward Isabella reaching for the flame, everyone laughing, everyone looking at the same thing. At the edge of the frame, barely in it, a small dark-haired girl in a white dress is looking at the candle. Not at her family. Not at her sister. Not at the camera. Just at the candle. Quiet. Still. Already, at one year old, watching the warmth from a slight distance. Nobody remembers who took the photograph. It was never framed. Never put in an album. Found years later in a box in the study, loose, slightly creased, as though it had simply been waiting. Her name is Serena Marchetti. The second twin. Born eleven minutes after her sister into a room already arranged around someone else - and she stayed that way, at the edge of things, for as long as the Marchettis of Milan would let her. This is not the story they would tell about her. This is hers.

He was stolen. He was broken. He became a monster. Dimitri Orlov doesn't remember his real family. Raised in the frozen hell of the North Russian Bratva, he became something cold. Something deadly. At fifteen, he killed his adoptive father and took control of the most feared mafia in Russia. At sixteen, he's already a legend-and a ghost. When a mission goes wrong and he's shot, the police run his DNA. They find his real family: the De Lucas, an Italian mafia dynasty who've been searching for their lost son for thirteen years. Dimitri doesn't want to be found. He doesn't want a family. He doesn't want to remember. But the De Lucas won't let him go. Five brothers who've been waiting for him. A mother who refuses to give up hope. A father who carries the weight of his disappearance. And Sasha Volkov-the only person who's ever made Dimitri feel like he deserves to live. But what happens when the family discovers their lost brother isn't just a victim? What happens when they realize he's the most dangerous person in the room? --- Contains violence, trauma, and a relationship so ambiguous you'll question everything until the very last page.

Seven older brothers. One crowded house. They gave him a place to live- but forgot to give him a home. Growing up, his life was perfectly organized on paper, but entirely empty in reality. To his seven older brothers, he was a responsibility to manage rather than a sibling to love. In the chaotic rush of looking after him, they completely missed him, leaving him to grow up isolated and invisible in the middle of a loud family. But you can't ignore a brother forever. When the emotional distance between them finally shatters, seven older brothers are forced to face the truth: they kept him safe, but they completely forgot to raise him. Now, they have to figure out how to stop being just guardians, and finally learn how to be big brothers.

Aiden Kingsley was never supposed to be part of the family. Born from an affair and raised far away from the powerful Kingsley household, he spent his life believing he didn't belong anywhere. When tragedy leaves him with nowhere to go, he is forced to move into a mansion filled with four brothers who want nothing to do with him. At first, he is ignored. Then tolerated. Then something unexpected happens. The brothers who once saw him as a burden begin noticing the little things-the skipped meals, the sleepless nights, the way he never asks for help even when he's hurting. Slowly, walls begin to crumble, and strangers become family. But just as Aiden finally finds a place to call home, new opportunities, old wounds, and life-changing decisions threaten to pull them apart. A heartwarming story about found family, healing, brotherhood, and a boy who never realized how loved he truly was.

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