When Athena Grey is working at her local bakery someone seems to accidentally leave their baby. She has no other option but to take care of the little bundle of joy left behind. She was with him for only a few hours, little did she know those few hours were going to change her entire life. ----------- "Where is he!" he yelled. The baby started to cry. When the man noticed I was holding the baby he ran up to me and tried to take the little boy. The little boy wouldn't let go. He was attached to my shirt. When the man tried to take him again. The little boy only started to cry again. "What did you do to him!" He asked rudely. I was taken aback, who does he think he is? He's the one who was irresponsible enough to leave a child here, with god knows who. He's lucky I was nice enough to take care of him for the time I did. ------------------------- Started February 11, 2021, finished February 20, 2021 Warning- strong language, smut, talk about mafias and gangs and MAJOR grammar mistakes. Word count: 36,265 Roughly around 2,014 words per chapter

"My wings are broken. My halos cracked. The angels long dead. I'm a lost soul waiting to die out" (Loving Athena) After the abrupt and unexpected kidnapping of the Italian mafia princess Athena Armani, how is it evens possible for the Armani men to move on from their loss or for Athena to find her way back to the heart striken bunch? After Athena was dropped of at a orphanage by the Greek mafia, her compationless kidnappers, she was soon adopted by David Michaelson, a prominently know business owner to a well renowned self defense training centre to the legal world, but in reality he is the leader to an all American gang who just so happen to take a interest in the missing Armani herslef. She lives with her so called 'dad' facing the harsh daily abuse that came along with being his acclaimed daughter. Until everything changes with one simple sentence that held so much meaning nobody could evens begin to realize its extent. He was dead. She was free. To many it didn't mean anything and wouldn't effect them, but that one seemingly insignificant loss would lead to her whole life taking a unexpected surreal turn, leaving her to believe she could finally escape the unfair clutches that kept her tied down. That is till she finds out she has a unknown biological family and just so happens to be their long lost Italian princess. What will happen when a time comes where she has to come face to face with her self destructing demons or comes to a point where she has to reveal her agonizing secrets she tried so hard to hide to save herslef the pain. Add rivalries, vengful enemies, bitches, a harrowing ex boyfriend, a stone cold father that hid too many secrets and a sinful Sicilian mafia heir, how will Athena simply manage to cope Or survive (EDITING) Note: there are topics in this book that fall under the idea of abuse, sextual assault, suicidal thoughts, violence and self harm Don't read if your sensitive to that.

✧ 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐋𝐘𝐍 𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐈 (𝐀𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐍) ✧ When I was six I was kidnapped and taken away from my family for seven months. Thirteen years later and I have little to no memory of who had taken me. Ever since then my father has been severely overprotective and never lets me out of his sight. Now that I'm somewhat on my own everything starts to change. When I finish high school and start attending New York University my life takes a turn, for better and for worse. They're back. ☆ 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 ☆ Years ago we found our little angel. She just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. She was the light in our lives, until one day we lost her again. Thirteen years later and we still mourn the loss of our sweetheart, but we found her once, we will do it again. I am the head of the Russian mafia, or a professor at NYU depending who you ask. One day I raise my head to look around at the sea of students and my eyes lock on a familiar pair of ocean blue irises. ★ 𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐋𝐋 ★ I'm a heartless killer and offer no apologies for it. As the head of the Russian mafia along with being the CEO to a multibillion dollar company, my life is nothing but darkness. During the day I'm an office man, at night my knife slashes through the necks of anyone I can get my hands on. Killing is my outlet, ever since I lost her. It helps me keep my anger in check. I've never stopped looking for her. We've come close multiple times, but each time came out unsuccessful. As I put a bullet in the head of my ex-guard, Alex comes rushing into the room, and the look on his face says it all. He found her. Start: July 4th End: ///

As a young child, Ashlyn was abducted from a local park whilst playing with her twin and older brother. For 10 years, Ashlyn survived with no more than a roof over her head. She dealt with the repercussions of living with alcoholics and drug addicts for carers, until the police show up at her doorstep. A few days of research was all it took to find Ashlyn's mother, helping her to be reunited with her family. Only, she wasn't going back home to live with her mum, her five brothers and stepfather are there too. Ashlyn has to learn to live her life in a new environment, whilst dealing with the anxiety and trauma consequent of years of abuse. Her family, which were once not a part of her life, quickly become her everything. Number 1 in the Rising out of the Abyss Series Sequel: Rising to the Surface

𝐈𝐒𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐎 - Isabella has always felt empty, lost. She has been abused her whole life by her mother, Cara and her stepfather, Jack. Cara ran away when Isabella was just 4 years old, never telling any of the Romanos.But when Cara dies after 3 years, the abuse got worse, until Jack died from an overdose, leaving Isabella with nowhere to go, or that's what she thought. 𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐎 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐎 - He is a father of 7 boys, but he feels like something is missing, someone. Lorenzo has been searching and searching for his daughter ever since she went missing. 11 years. 11 years since she went missing and still no trace. But what about when he gets a phone call from London police station saying they found Isabella? His daughter. His principessa. Will he believe it? Read to find out! 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒: #1 - traumatic #5 - romano NOT EDITED!!

Eliana Snow is a sweet, innocent young woman who's about to inherit the family fortune at age 21. Right now her parents' company, bank accounts, and estates are managed by the court-appointed trustee - Harvey Snow, an uncle who sincerely hates her. The feeling is mutual. Harvey is capable of anything. Even murder. The plot starts exactly six months before Eliana's 21st birthday. It's the moment when harassment becomes too much to handle. Eliana out of sheer desperation asks the mafia boss Rafael Vincenti for protection and to her surprise she receives a marriage proposal from him. At first, their relationship begins as a passionless business deal but it slowly grows into something more.

Cecilia's father, a well-known and successful lawyer, was tired of her problems. Tired of the issues she had been causing for the family and it's name. After an incident, which she kept claiming wasn't even her fault, she's sent away to a boarding school hours away from her home and her family. But, unfortunately, her father was a little late when sending in her application, therefore they couldn't get her a spot in the dorms. Or, rather, a spot in the GIRLS dorms.