Eight-year-old Athena Dimitriou has never known safety. Raised by a mother who loved her but resented her, and a man who hid his violence behind closed doors, she learned early how to stay small, quiet, and invisible. Until the night everything shattered. When her mother is found dead and her stepfather vanishes, DNA results reveal an impossible truth-Athena is the illegitimate daughter of one of America's most powerful Mafia dons. Whisked away to New York, she finds herself in a palace of cold steel and burning loyalty, under the protection of five ruthless brothers who rule a criminal empire. She was born in silence. They raise her in steel. But beneath the violence lies something unexpected-soft hands, warm arms, a family that will kill for her, die for her... and teach her, at last, how to live. Book 1

In the shadowed underworld of global crime, the name Astaroth is spoken with a mixture of fear and reverence. Ruthless, intelligent, and deadly, the Astaroth family rules the criminal empire with calculated precision, each member a master of their craft. Born into a legacy of power and silence, the brothers are the pillars of a syndicate feared even by governments. But beneath their steel hearted exteriors lies a secret, a piece of the family, long hidden, that could change everything.

She longed for love, and the universe answered in the most unexpected way. After her mother's sudden death, Adelina is uprooted from everything she knows and sent across the world to live with seven older brothers she has no knowledge of. Thrown into a new life, nothing feels right: nightmares haunt her, her eating disorder worsens, school is brutal, and some of her brothers keep her at arm's length. Adelina is desperate to feel seen, to be loved, not just tolerated. But with grief pressing in and walls all around her, how can she break through? Can she heal in a house full of strangers? Or will she crumble under the weight of everything she's lost?

She was the baby they blamed. The sister they forgot. Guilt runs deep. Love runs late. And time may not wait for them to make it right. She never asked for much-just to be seen, to be loved. Born the day their mother died, Lucia became the silent shadow in a broken house. Forgotten by the four brothers who once cradled and kissed her as a baby, she learned to shrink, to survive. But when a cruel illness leaves her helpless, they are forced to see what they've ignored for years-a little girl, aching for care, terrified to need them, and still loving them with everything she has. #5 in family: 27/05/2025 #1 in sad: 05/07/2025 #1 in sick: 27/05/2025 #1 in disease: 05/07/2025 #1 in rich: 31/05/2025 #2 in siblings: 24/05/2025 #1 in brothers: 24/05/2025 #1 in neglect: 31/05/2025 #1 in babysister: 31/05/2025 #1 in help: 13/07/2025 #2 in elderbrothers: 31/05/2025 1k reads: 23/05/2025 100k reads: 2/06/2025 200k reads: 15/06/2025 300k reads: 04/07/2025 400k reads: 15/08/2025 500k reads: 1/11/2025 Started: 22nd May 2025 Ended: 28th May 2025

Aurora's life had always been about survival, each day a quiet battle against fear and pain. When her stepfather was finally arrested, she thought the fight was over. But leaving one dangerous world meant stepping into another-one she didn't fully understand. Now, she's living with seven older brothers she barely knows, their lives a tangle of secrets and shadows they never speak of. Their house is loud, protective, and filled with rules she's afraid to break. For Aurora, it's a new kind of survival. For her brothers, it's a chance to keep her safe-no matter what it takes.

PREVIOUSLY CALLED 'THEIR LITTLE PRINCESS' HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 in teenagegirl #1 in overprotective #3 in anxiety Maddie Rossi is only 13, and has known nothing but pain and heartbreak her entire life. Only a shell of what she was before her mother took her away when she was 2, she has no recollection of who she was before. All she knows now is her mom and her stepfather who made sure that she would never be whole again. The Rossi brothers have struggled to cope with having lost their only sister to their mother when she was only 2 years old as well as the pressure of running their father's mafia following his death. When her guardians' deaths reveal 6 brothers she didn't know existed and the Rossi family finally gets their little girl back, they all have secrets to hide and they realize she isn't the happy little girl they once knew.

Annaliese always craved a family. She desired a warm father, caring brothers, a loving mother and adoring sisters. Maybe even a dog or a cat. But, they were desired for a reason. She never had a family to call her own, not since she was abandoned on the side of the road when she was 5. Imagine her surprise when one day, a man tailored in a thousand dollar suit, picks her up and declares her his long lost daughter. Then, not only is she being recognized by a father figure, but she also has 5 older brothers to look after her? While learning to adjust to the modern world, Annaliese has to go through highschool, the overprotection of her family and the dark secrets they all seem so desperate to hide. Join her as she struggles, laughs, cries and cringes. Join her family as they go through ups and downs and test their bonds. Join the realm of "Hearth" and find a comfort within it. cover be @loverryna

"Bubba?" The small girl looked up at her older. "Yes darling?" He said brushing the hair in her eyes back with his hand. "You'll be with me forever?" Her eyebrows creased in worry. "Of course baby." He smiled at her and she smiled back. And from that day forward, she knew, his love for her was unconditional. For love is not something that should be hard to give, when you give it to the right person. [Unedited] Started: February 16, 2021 Finished: January 10,2022

𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱, 𝗜 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴. 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲. Ember had it rough. Taking care of her mother, at the young age of only 4 years old. While having to watch said mother get tortured by her husband. It's terrifying. Fortunately and unfortunately for her, her and her mother get into a bad car accident. One, where her mother does not survive. Ember is sent to live with her 5 brothers. Can her brothers adapt to taking care of a sassy 4 year old? Is there more to the story? Find out, by reading Emmy ! ---------------------------- Inspired by literally every other brother book out there lol ----------------- Started: March 5, 2022 Completed: Ongoing... ------------------------ 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒: #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝟒 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 (2/24/22) #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐲 (2/24/22) #𝟒 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐲 (2/24/22) #𝟑𝟓 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 (2/24/22) #𝟓 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐠𝐬 (4/17/22) #𝟏𝟖 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 (4/17/22) #𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐠 (4/17/22) #𝟗 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫 (4/17/22)