Florence Graham is sweet, innocent, and bubbly. Although she has such a sweet soul, she's keeping a dark secret. Francisco De Santis is cruel, merciless, and mysterious. All his life he's felt like he's missing something. She needs help. But he needs her.

"𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬. 𝐄𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲." - "𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈... 𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫." - "𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞, 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐡. 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫..." ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Love isn't always what it seems... Friendships aren't always forever... And your prince Charming... May not always be Charming... ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• [ #1 badrelationship ] [ #1 exgf ] [ #2 threats ] [ #2 fakefriends ] [ #7 drama ] *COMPLETED*

She always went to the same café. The same order of a blueberry muffin with a cup of cold brew and condensed milk. She was that girl who held it together and seemed savvy. He never liked interactions much less dating. He was a CEO of the largest company in America during the day, but a ruthless Mafia Don by night. He's a complex, intimidating mystery. Then they met. [First book I've ever written so there may be some plot holes or errors] Romantics Series #1 ❥

One hundred years ago, the last equivalents disappeared, causing warlocks to almost die out. To make sure this didn't happen, The Coucil placed together one witch and wizard at birth with the intention that they be tied and married at the age of eighteen to create strong magical bloodlines. A hundred years later The Edict is still in place and has never caused a problem . . . until now. The last thing Sam Emerson wants to be is engaged to someone she does not know, let alone love. Too bad she has no choice in the matter. When she is forced to move across the country to be with her new fiancé for a year before they are tied and married, she is definitely less than enthusiastic. Sometimes it sucks to be a witch. In her new town, she has to deal with warlocks who enjoy too much power, a big headed fiancé, and her new in-laws. The pressure of her mother and the Council is enough to make her throw in the towel and go along with what everyone else wants . . . until she meets Caden. With both of them going against everyone else’s rules, how are they supposed to be together. The answer is, they aren’t.

"𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝙸 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗, 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎. - It's been years since the Ferrari brothers last seen their little sister. The very day that their mother stole their baby sister and their father left them to find their sister they had never been the same. They have changed , now their cold and ruthless, their not who there sister grew up with. Their the perfect mafia men. Although cold and heartless as outsiders would say, they had always wondered where she was know, hoping she was having a good life with her mom. But things aren't always as the seem... Astraea Greengrass, who never new the life of love or what the true meaning of family was, grew up in an abusive household. She had addict parents and a shitty life. She was broken, beautiful, and everything in between... She was a 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐲. Come along to see their worlds collide in a story of anger, love, and finding what the meaning of family is about.

"Let them go, Dante." I whip my head to see a small boy standing the clearing with blonde hair and a green cloak hanging from shoulders. He isn't very tall however he holds his stance well. He doesn't seem to be more than Cassandra's age. Maybe 12 at most. I abruptly turn my head back hearing the man holding a sword to my throat chuckling with a sinister grin. "Oh, poor boy, what are you go to do about it?" The yellow teeth gleam as he begins stalking towards the boy who does not look the least bit fazed. I look around at the other men who are following the leader. I pull Cassandra tighter to my back as I take small steps back. I keep my eye trained on the men but also fear for the naive boy. "Do you really want to test me Dante?" He asks raising a single eyebrow. For a minute the men stop their movements. I see their hesitation for fear... Fear of what? I take the moment to stick Cassandra behind a nearby tree. She crouches down while I pull my sword out from its place. "How do you know my name?" The scoundrel raises his sword challenging towards the boy before taking a final step towards him. Then the unexpected happens. The young boy chuckles so darkly. It sounded almost... demonic. All the men instinctively raise their swords. "Oh Dante, I didn't know your name... but you know someone dear to me." "Spit it out boy!" The once grinning man is now looking around frantically. I continue my eyes scanning the small boy. He looks directly me and gives me a small nod before saying one word that caused all hell to breaks loose. "Artemis." Artemis is not an ordinary girl. She grew up in the wilderness after being shunned due to unique abilities and her different physical attributes. Blessed with an ability that scared others, she roams the wild with only her guarded one. That is until she stumbles into a situation that brings her in front of a prince.

#DarmetirSeries BOOK I (Can be read separately) *** "Do that again." He growls. I close my eyes, tears are starting to form in my eyes. "Cry. Show me how scared you are." I bite back my tears as my breath quickens again. Oh shit, this can't be happening right now. "Let me g- go." I breath out. He pushes me further against the wall. "I don't think so." He growls. *** Nikolaos Darmetir is one of the most successful businessmen in the world. After he inherit a part of the partnership that his father and his friends built long before he was born, he couldn't be any more successful. But what happens if out of nowhere their bank account gets robbed? Meet Lucia Brooke. An ordinary waitress in Chicago. It was just another work day for her. Another little argument with another customer. What she didn't know was, that this customer could destroy her with just a snip of his fingers. But what they both didn't expect the most was that Lucia is not just an ordinary waitress in Chicago. In fact, she's the key.

Akari Ayame lived 99 lives. 99 lives as the same person, life events and the same fate. Her death at the hands of her love rival and unrequited love. No matter how many different paths she took, in the end, her death was the same. 99 reincarnations. 99 trials to seek her happy ending. 99 tribulations of sorrow, anger and regret. 99 heartbreaks. 99 deaths. In the end Akari was tired of trying. She thought that the reason why she kept reincarnating was to find her happy ending with the man she loved. But with 99 fails, she was tired of the same fate. This time, her 100th time, she would be the matchmaker for her love rival and unrequited love. She will no longer block their love and try to live her life without sorrow, anger, regrets or heartbreak. With the fickle Gods of Fate, how would Akari know that it would only take 100 tries for her to find her happy ending.

At 00:00, Cinderella ran away from her prince, leaving a glass slipper on the marbled steps of the grand staircase. At 00:00, I ran away from him. Unlike Cinderella, I didn't leave a single thing behind. © sonderingly

Maddie Carson is just about surviving starvation and abuse at the hands of her father. Constantly being moved around the country, when she moves to a new school in the middle of the year, will she find the one person who could help her out of this mess?