Ariah. A 15-year-old girl who lives with her younger brother Theo and her abusive stepdad. Ariah lives a miserable life with school being awful and home being 10x worse. Ariah's stepdad falls victim to murder and she and her brother gets sent off to live with their family members whom Ariah barely remembers. The family members who Ariah moves in with hold many secrets and lies that Ariah slowly starts to notice. On the other hand Ariah holds many big secrets and lies that her family members slowly start to get suspicious of. Who secrets will be revealed first? What will happen next? How will Ariah react? How will her family react? Read and find out.

Completed • First Draft - not edited. || "You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." || The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.

When Ana confronts her new neighbour after being kept up all night by his sex noises, she's mortified to discover he's none other than Freddie-the police officer who arrested her abusive ex-boyfriend last month. The pair interact only when necessary and do so with light-hearted insults and harmless pranks. But when a baby shows up on his doorstep with a note claiming to be his, Freddie suddenly needs his neighbour for more than just a casual flirt. They think their relationship is platonic, but when their attraction is no longer avoidable, they come up with one rule. Don't kiss. Everything else is up for grabs and if Ana can stick to that one rule, her heart will remain unbroken. She has no desire to fall in love and Freddie simply doesn't have time. They think it's the perfect agreement but when feelings intensify, it becomes clear their plan is failing. Secrets are unveiled. Hearts get broken. Love gets complicated.

A child marriage they never asked for. A future they never expected. She was just 13, he was 15, when their fates were bound by family and tradition. He walked away. She waited. Now she's 18, finally sent to live with the husband she barely knows... And he's 20, more distant, more bitter, and completely uninterested. To him, she's invisible. To her, he's everything she was promised-but never had. Will the boy who left ever become the man who stays? Can a marriage born in silence... ignite into something real? Child Marriage Hate-to-Love Invisible-to-Irresistible Forced Proximity / Living Together "Touch Her and You Die" Vibes Possessive Jealousy Slow Burn Obsession

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE IS GONE?" He shouted at the poor guard. The guard flinched and lowered his head, "She knocked me out as soon as we left. She killed the other 3 spies you had in the Italian guard. She went home." He cowered pathetically. Petro looked at him and chucked, not a humorless chuckle but an eerily calm chuckle. The men took a step back, "Home?" He asked. His fist slammed against the desk, "HER HOME IS HERE. WITH ME! IF SHE WAS HOME SHE WOULD BE WITH ME!" He screamed loosing control. - Serafina is an abused 5 year old whose escape plan leads her to Alessandro Donatello the Italian Mafia Boss and his four teenage sons. Being older brothers to a little girl is new to them. Down the road of trust, loyalty, and love she became an assassin and not just any assassin a 7 year old assassin. How did that come to be? And most importantly how did she become the mafias post prized possession. Their flame. *The Mafia's Flame* (A Family Reunion Story) 4 older brothers 19 older cousins 1 little sister 1 mafia family - COMPLETED ON 12, OCT 2020 Highest Rankings #1 in lostprincess #1 in lostdaughter #1 in mafiaprincess #1 in bigbrothers #1 in trained #1 in cousins #1 in reunited #1 in onlygirl #1 in flame #1 in separated #2 in adopted #2 in kidnapped #5 in mafia #6 in brothers #6 in assassin #11 in littlesister ©️ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR THIS BOOK TO BE POSTED ON ANY OTHER PLATFORM.

Svetlana was only three when she disappeared, taken from the warmth of her family's mansion and the protection of her five elder brothers. For a decade, they searched, feared, and mourned, never knowing if she was alive. Ten years later, she returns. Not the giggling toddler they remember, but a quiet, guarded young girl with memories she refuses to share. The brothers she left behind are strangers now - older, harder, carrying their scars. She does not remember them, but Blood remembers, and so does Heart. "I was three when they kidnapped me from my home Now I'm back, but nothing feels like Home." Can they bridge the gap between them? Both sides have their secrets. How will they react? Read more to find out!

Marriage was never important to Lewis Hamilton. Despite how many women who had come and gone in his life, he couldn't imagine himself settling down or having a family. To him, marriage was a nightmare, a poison, a commitment that trapped you no matter where you tried to hide. But fate has a funny way of changing things. Everything shifted with one unforgettable night with Simone. Her gentle face and soothing voice were etched into his mind. Simone Ciervo is a painter and a cancer survivor. Even though her cancer was gone, it had left her body weakened. She couldn't do many of the things she once loved. Fate seemed to never be in her favor, and despite having supportive parents, she often felt punished and lonely in this cruel world. Her problems worsened dramatically when Lewis entered her life. One busy afternoon, her heart nearly stopped when he walked into her art studio and confidently declared that she was pregnant and that he was the father.How can she avoid the crazy man? to the point that he is willing to throw himself to her.

Saanvi Rajput and Abhimanyu Malhotra have been sworn enemies since they first met at ten years old, so the last thing they ever expected to be were husband and wife to eachother. But all thanks to a promise made between their grandfathers years ago, they are both forced into a relationship neither of them wants. For Abhimanyu this marriage is an obstacle in his way to marry the girl he actually loves and for Saanvi it's a sick joke the universe is playing on her. Can a happily ever after be possible for two people who refuse to give eachother a chance? [TW: Cheating] PS: READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. I WROTE THIS BOOK WHEN I WAS SEVENTEEN! #1 in wattpadindia (7/2/22) #1 in loveaftermarriage (26/1/22) #2 in hatelove (22/1/22) #2 in india (13/2/22) #1 in indianromance (7/5/22) #1 in Jaipur (21/10/22) #2 in crush (13/4/23)

Sloan. 17 years old. Billionaire. Mafia Queen. At the age of 2 Sloan was kidnapped from her family by her father's second in command and taken to Spain. He was psychotic and was obsessed with Sloan from birth. Till the age of 10 she experienced constant physical and verbal abuse. Sloan knew he was never her father, she never believed him even when he punished her for saying so. He died a slow death, killed by his enemies, leaving Sloan in foster care. Where she is immediately adopted by a man and woman, who have no real good intentions. They thought they could be push overs to the 10-year-old, but after 8 years of abuse she has had enough. She learns to fight, meeting people that become her first ever family, building her empire from the ground up. Becoming a name that people are afraid to mention. The D'Aboville's, left shattered after their daughter and sister is kidnapped from their home by a trusted mafia member. They've looked for years always coming up empty handed, until they get an anonymous call saying that the said trusted member was killed, but they heard nothing about their daughter. Thinking she died with him or long before, they call off their search. Only to get a call 7 years later saying that their long lost daughter was in fact very much alive. NOT EDITED and in dire need of it. DISCLAIMER: Strong language, sexual content and violence.

Coming out of an abusive marriage where she was assaulted for dowry, years later, Dhriti Diwan is a self made Billionaire. Saad Hafiz, a surgeon who hides an ugly past of his own agrees to marry the sister of his best friend. Two different people bounded in a marriage of convenience with a thread of pain. Will Dhriti ever be able to love again? What's going to happen when Saad gets to know about the body of his wife which is covered in burnt marks and bruises? Will he get repulsed by her? Dhriti considers herself unwanted, will Saad ever be able to love her?