Luca Hale has spent his entire life pretending. Pretending he enjoys the parties. Pretending he doesn't care what people think. Pretending he isn't breaking under the weight of being exactly who everyone needs him to be. At nineteen-almost twenty-Luca is dragged from London into the dangerous, glittering world of the Italian mafia when his single mother marries Matteo De Santis, one of the most powerful men in Italy. Overnight, Luca gains five stepbrothers who don't trust him, an extended family who despises him, and a reputation he never asked for. Behind the bad-boy persona and sharp smile lies a secret identity, a hidden underground group fighting quietly for people like him. No one knows who he really is-until he falls for the one person his new family has forbidden him from ever touching. Adrian Russo was supposed to be an enemy. Instead, he becomes Luca's freedom. Green Eyes, Black Suits is a story about chosen family, queer love, forgiveness, and the courage it takes to stop performing happiness-and start living it.

He was born from revenge. Raised in chains. Found by the man he was born to hate. Fifteen-year-old Elias Moretti learned early that love was just another lie. Sold by his own mother to a brutal gang, he survived nine years of pain, blood, and silence - until a mafia war sets him free. His rescuer? Dante Moretti, Italy's most feared mafia don... and the father who never knew he existed. Dante wants redemption. Elias wants nothing. The Moretti brothers want him gone. And then there's Aria - Dante's daughter. The one he raised. The one who shares Elias's eyes... and nightmares. Twins, separated by vengeance. Reunited by tragedy. But the past never stays buried. The gang that owned Elias once wants him - and his sister - back. Blood runs deep. Family runs darker. And some scars were never meant to heal. When blood meets vengeance, who survives the truth? --"You think being rich and guilty makes you my father?" --"No. But I'll keep trying until I earn the right to be."

Two families. One war. A love neither of them saw coming. Luca Valenti is the middle son of a powerful mafia dynasty - reckless, wild, and destined to ruin everything he touches. Matteo Rossi is his opposite in every way - disciplined, controlled, and heir to the Valenti family's greatest enemy. They should hate each other. They do - until the night a street race, a gunfight, and a single act of defiance force them together. As their worlds collide, Luca and Matteo are pulled into a whirlwind of forbidden attraction, dangerous secrets, and a rivalry written in blood. But the closer they get, the harder it becomes to deny the truth: Sometimes the person you were raised to destroy is the one you were meant to love. Now they must outrun their families, the mafia war igniting around them, and their own self‑destructive instincts - all while trying to protect a fragile love that could get them both killed. In a world of loyalty and lies, they will have to choose: Family or freedom. Duty or destiny. Hate... or the fire that binds them. The Flame We Ride is an explosive enemies‑to‑lovers mafia romance filled with high‑stakes emotion, motorcycles, betrayal, slow‑burn longing, and a love that refuses to die.

At twenty years old, Luca Moretti lives fast, loud, and reckless-street races at midnight, fists bruised by dawn, emotions buried so deep they might as well be dead. He doesn't believe in family, loyalty, or second chances. All he believes in is speed, violence, and never letting anyone see him bleed. Then his mother remarries. His new stepfather is a powerful mafia figure. His new stepbrothers are criminals raised on blood and hierarchy-three older, one younger-and none of them trust Luca. Worse, they start to see themselves in him. What no one knows is that Luca already belongs to a gang of his own. A rival racer stalks him from the shadows, a war brews beneath the city, and every secret Luca hides pulls him closer to a collision that could destroy them all. Told in Luca's raw, unfiltered voice, Blood in the Rearview is a dark, gritty story about anger passed down like inheritance, brotherhood forged in violence, and a boy who would rather burn than admit he feels anything at all.

Luca Moretti survived his inheritance. He survived gangs, blood debts, and a family built from violence. He learned how to keep moving, how not to feel, how to choose loyalty over truth. Then he meets him. A racer who rides like Luca fights. A man who drinks like Luca runs. A mirror with different scars. They hate each other on sight-because recognition is dangerous, and because falling in love with the enemy would destroy everything they're trying to protect. So they hurt each other instead. They race too close. They fight too hard. They say the things meant to cut deepest. And still, they keep finding each other-on the track, in the dark, far from family, far from safety. Because some love stories aren't meant to save you. They're meant to burn you alive.

Five years after Luca Moretti walked away from the only man he ever loved, the city barely recognizes him anymore. He is colder now. Quieter. Sharper around the edges. The reckless boy who raced to disappear is gone-replaced by a man who survives because someone depends on him. Luca is a father. Not by blood, but by choice. His son-three years old, loud, fearless, and loved too fiercely-is the only soft thing Luca allows himself. The boy is raised inside a house full of violence-turned-loyalty: a mafia stepfather who would burn the city for him, stepbrothers who treat him like something sacred, and a grandmother who kisses his scraped knees like they're miracles. Luca never moved on. He just stopped hoping. Elliot Ríos disappeared after the war, believing Luca had built a life without him-believing that was the only way they both survived. He didn't know about the child. He didn't know about the nights Luca spent staring at empty roads. He didn't know the love was still there, intact and unspent. Until a small boy collides with him on a sidewalk. Until a child with Luca's eyes and Luca's temper looks up at him and says, without hesitation: "Sorry, Dad." And then, pointing at Luca- "My other Dad." Book Three is about coming home after devastation, about chosen family, about learning how to love again when the cost is no longer just your own heart. Because some loves don't end. They just wait until the people involved are strong enough to survive them.

Beck is cold and distant and mysterious. The typical badboy type. Joey is outgoing and sociable. Bright and happy. Beck's complete opposite. So how did they get involved in each other? And where does the loner Zac fit in? ----- I do not own the artwork for the cover of this book, it was found on Google and I couldn't find a source. I do not own any lyrics written in this book, all rights go to their respective artists. (Stereos, Mayday Parade, Seether, Troye Sivan, etc.) Minor Trigger Warning for mentions of drug usage and drug transportation, no depictions of it. Total word count excluding part titled "Thank You:" 60,833 --- ***Not BL***

In which an underground fighter in desperate need of anger management and a snarky mafia boss make a deal with an explosive reaction. ... Some people were born lucky with silver spoons in their mouths and trust funds established long before they were born; others were born with dirt underneath their fingernails, barely scraping by. Twenty-three-year-old underground fighter Linus Ward was used to the latter. Raised in the foster system and bounced from one bad situation to another, Linus learned early on that surviving wasn't a simple task but having his foster siblings did make it a lot easier. However, when Linus' foster sister got caught up in a con gone wrong, what should've been a routine identity switch and a clean getaway ended with spilled blood on her hands and a target on her back. To guarantee his sister's safety, Linus was forced to make a deal with someone as dangerous as the people hunting him: recently-named mafia boss Teodoro Raymond. A paid bodyguard position with guaranteed safety should have been a good thing. Yet, when sparks started to fly and the lines between protection and obsession blur, Linus was left to decide if he was clawing his way out of the world that's always tried to chew him up, or falling even deeper into it.

Book 1 - Moon series Part 1 of a Duet. This is book 1 of the Alpha series, but this book was so long that I split it into 2 parts. Part 2 is titled Beta Enzo - and is only available on REAM - link in my Bio❤️ This book is COMPLETE, but ends on a major cliffhanger. You've been warned😘 __________ 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊 - I was the youngest Alpha to take over a pack in centuries, at the tender age of 16 due to the death of my father. A death caused by my own doing. In my opinion, the prick deserved it from the things that my mother and I had to endure before I was forced to watch him kill her in front of me - completely shattering all that was good in the world. I was only eleven years old. According to my Beta, Enzo - that was the last day that I smiled and the day that my wolf came to me, making me one of the youngest shifters in history. It took five years for me to bulk up and gain the strength that I needed to kill my father with Enzo's help. After that - Every wrong thing in the world seemed to fade away, even though my smile hadn't returned. Until I found him - my mate - who took me by surprise as I'm not gay, but that fact didn't stop me from wanting him. Romello was a wolf living among humans, raised by a man who had a strong connection to his past that shockingly enough - was darker than my own. And being mated to a man that had a past darker than my own wasn't the craziest part of my now spiraling life. I'd been blessed by the Moon Goddess herself with something that'd been thought to be nothing but a mere myth within the werewolf community. I didn't just have one fated mate... But two.

In a fractured world still riddled with decades of conflict and war, a new breed of human has emerged - The Marked. Born from genetic mutations, the Marked began possessing supernatural abilities. Hidden away behind the newly formed Novum institution, a group of young Marked boys have been chosen for a dangerous mission: prove they can coexist with humanity or face the consequences of being labeled threats. As they navigate the carefully staged appearances and hidden agendas, they begin to see the cracks in the system meant to protect them. As they struggle to prove their worth to a world that fears them, something unexpected takes hold: deep connections, fierce loyalty, and feelings that go beyond friendship. Now, they face their toughest choice yet: continue pretending to fit into a world that will never accept them, or abandon it to build something new?