Alessandra has never believed in safety. Life never gave her a reason to. Pain carved her childhood, silence became her armor, and trust? That was a luxury she could never afford. So when she runs -- bloody, broken, and barely breathing, she doesn't expect saving. She certainly doesn't expect to be taken in by a family dripping in wealth and power and. . . warmth? A mother who refuses to give up on her. A father who watches like he's waiting for her to let him in. And six brothers. Rough. Protective. Complicated. Brothers, who don't know what to do with a sister who won't speak. She doesn't know how to trust. How to believe that maybe not everyone wants to hurt her. Every instinct tells her to run. To shut down. But they don't let her go. Not when she flinches. Not when she hides. Not even when she breaks. Happiness is for other people, or that's what she believes. But when love comes wrapped in gentle patience and fierce protection, when hands reach for her without demand, when hearts break themselves wide open just to hold her... she starts to wonder. Can a girl stitched together with silence and fear ever belong in a family built on love? Can she stand tall when the ghosts of her past refuse to let go? And when danger claws its way back into her life, threatening everything she's come to know... will she find her voice, or will she shatter all over again? Trigger Warnings: Child abuse. Violence. Addiction. Panic attacks. Self-harm. Death, and more.

After her mother's unexpected passing, Gemma is sent to live with a group of strange men who don't seem overly fond of her being there. Their secrets, their strange rules and behaviour make Gemma want to run; to hide, to go back in time to when everything felt safe again. But life doesn't always play the way's expected, and Gemma's life of before can only stay as that: in the past. Top Rankings: 6/11/2025: #1 in grief 7/1/2026: #1 in friendship 9/1/2026: #2 in siblings 13/1/2026: #1 in mystery 1/2/2026: #2 in selectivemutism 7/4/2026: #2 in brothers 8/4/2026: #1 in anxiety

They're the biggest gang in England. She's a shadow of a girl who finds solace in the infamous family. They save her and she saves them.

At just eight years old, Isabella Parker was pulled away from everything she knew - her four older brothers, childhood friends, the only home she'd ever have. Her parents had divorced, and she moved to New York with her Dad to start over. Visits were planned. Contact with her brothers was promised. Neither of which, ever happened. Eight years later, Izzy is sixteen and being dragged back to the place she once called home, forced to reunite with the boys she resents. Caught between a life she doesn't recognise, and the chaos of first love, Izzy must navigate new wounds and break old loyalties, while trying not to fall apart in the process. #1 in sibling bond #1 in sister bond #1 in brother bond #1 in mummyissues #1 in dysfunctional family #1 in new school

𝓐𝓭𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓪 𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓼𝓮 is thirteen years old and, as far as she's concerned, doesn't have a family. She's been trapped in foster care for the majority of her life, being passed from foster parents to foster parents, and that's how she expects it to be until she's eighteen and free from the system. But things take an unexpected turn when her social worker tells her she does have parents, and they want her back. So she moves from England to New York, and is suddenly thrusted into a life of seeming perfection. She expects, or rather hopes, that she'll be happy with her true family, but between a harsh sister, strict parents, dealing with narcolepsy and an obvious secret within the family, Adelina slowly realises that isn't the case.

[ONGOING] »-There's a light that you give me when I'm in shadow; There's a feeling within me, an Everglow-« Living under the protection of her Father and five older brothers is an introverted, anxiety-ridden, fourteen year old, by the name of Rowan Muraro. Life doesn't come easy for this young girl. When family secrets are revealed, her haunted past and present nightmares seem never-ending; which demoralises her future. Will her family and friends be enough to save her? »-What I wouldn't give for just a moment to hold Because, I live for this feeling, this everglow-« [content warning: dark/graphic in places.]

❝We survived, but what about living?❞ • • • Just a few years ago, a tragedy almost separated us. But now I'm closer with my brothers than we've ever been. We struggled and then we overcame. Our home is full of laughter now, our lives are improving, and the stars had never shined this bright in the city. However, rumor has it that all that glitters is not gold, and there's trouble in town. Hours dwindle into minutes when things start getting a little too close to home. ▫▫▫▫ ▫▫▫▫ ▫▫▫▫ Cover is made by me. Copyright © 2022 Josie Marie Any relation to other stories or characters is entirely coincidental and not intentional. Any credit for the #olderbrother trend goes to its appropriate writers/creators. All of my work is original, inspired by the #olderbrother trend, but based on my own life with four brothers.

After she suffers a great loss, life takes Josephine St. Claire on a captivating journey of self discovery, when she is reunited with a family that was hidden from her. A plethora of siblings but a close-knit family nevertheless, one that she was purposely made an outsider from by her mother, Josephine wonders if she will ever fit in or if she's simply destined to forever walk the lonely road. [Book One]

E·phem·er·al (adj.) Lasting for a very short time ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ Aurora has spent her past thirteen years surviving, not living. Trapped in a broken home filled with cruelty and violence, every day has been a battle against the monsters she was forced to call family. Stained by her striking appearance--skin, hair, and eyes devoid of pigment--Aurora has always stood out. But one night, when flashing lights and sirens tear through the darkness of her world, everything changes for her. Her nightmares have been taken away in handcuffs, and for the first time, Aurora is free. Or so she believes. Swept away to a sprawling residence in New York, she's thrown into a new life with six mysterious older brothers she's never met, secrets buried in every corner, and danger that feels strangely familiar. As Aurora tries to rebuild, she begins to worry if the past is truly behind her, or if something even darker has been waiting all along. Wanting a future built upon more than merely scraping by, Aurora knows its time she fights for what was previously impossible. She's ready to live and claim her new life as more than Ephemeral. Even if it kills her. ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ ⏾ The first couple chapters are short but get longer as you go. NO AI HAS GONE INTO EPHEMERAL.

"Secrets don't stay buried - they bleed, they burn, they break." Christina, sixteen and innocent at heart, lived a simple life with her mother, Daisy. Everything she did, she excelled at. But her world shifted the day Daisy confessed, "I've found someone... and he has five sons." Christina's eyes widened. "Wait-five sons?" "They're kind, wealthy, and good-hearted," Daisy reassured with a smile. Yet questions burned in Christina's mind. Would they welcome her... or were secrets hiding behind their perfect faces? Best rankings #1 in rich (in 26.2k stories) #2 in revenge (in 50k stories) #1 in betrayal (in 102k stories) #1 in princess (in 47.6k stories) #1 in mafia (in 57.7k stories) #2 crime (in 36.8k stories) #1 rich (in 26k stories) #1 mafia princess #1 mafiabrothers #1 overprotective #1 secretsrevealed #10 mafiaprincess #5 badboys