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Without A Trace | ✓ by witheringnights
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❝I would burn for all eternity to feel your touch once more.❞ Former mafia member now turned barista, Lorenzo Castello, is running away from his family to grieve a sudden loss when he meets a paramedic with no impulse control that turns his world upside down. ─────────── Lorenzo Castello, son of one of the most known mafia leaders in Italy, tried everything in his power to make sure no blood was shed unless absolutely necessary. But after witnessing his younger brother murder five men in cold blood just because his father told him to do so, he realised just how messed up his family was. After a fatal fire that destroyed everything he ever cared about, he decided to leave Italy and everything that had to do with the mafia behind and booked the first airplane ticket he could find. A new identity meant a new beginning for him and so he was no longer Lorenzo Castello but Adam Harrison who worked at a cafe in the morning and at a bar at night to make ends meet. Everything was going on smoothly, just like he had predicted. Until she came along. ─────────── A 'SINS OF OUR FATHERS' NOVEL ─────────── COMPLETED / REWRITING OFFLINE COPYRIGHT © 2024 NATALIA TAYLOR
Forever the Fighter by daredevil-
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[HIGHEST RANKING: #22 ACTION] "She's not extraordinary, she's not normal, she's the girl that no one has quite figured out yet." Scarlett's life has been flipped upside down from the moment she was left to care for her brother alone, to her being chased to New York by a certified psychopath and his blood thirsty gang. But a fighter can't keep running. So what does Scar do? She fights.
Foster Brothers | COMPLETED by QueenKenz11
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"ONE BROKEN GIRL. FIVE POPULAR BOYS." • • • It's funny how life can be amazing at one moment then terrible the next. For Campbell West, her life was beyond perfect. She had loving parents, friends, and the perfect home. But piece by piece, her world crumbled and there wasn't anything she could do to stop it. And it just got worse. She was placed in an abusive foster home for two years. But whenever she gets removed from the abusive home, she is moved to the Cade family. The Cade family is consist of five teenage boys with their parents. They are the golden family in town, and everybody adored them. They have been waiting and wishing to foster for a long time, and they finally get their wish. Campbell doesn't plan on opening up her trouble past to the Cades, and she doesn't believe that they will love her. She believes that they will be abusive and mean like her other homes. However, it's the exact opposite. Campbell finds herself getting closer to the Cades. She finds herself getting especially closer to Brent Mason-best friend of the Cade brothers. Brent is the quarterback of Midville High, and he is the all around golden boy. Campbell feels like she is finally finding her place in the world, and she feels like this could be her forever family. But what happens when people from the past start to show up? Will Campbell actually feel loved in this family? Will Brent and Campbell be together in the end? Find out in Foster Brothers. (First Book in the Cade Series.) #1 in school year 12/4/19 #10 in humor #7 in romance #1 in football 1/27/21 #53 in teenfiction #1 in family 4/12/20 #17 in brothers #1 in fosterkid 5/30/20 #1 in completed 6/17/20 #1 in love 7/26/20
Guns and Roses✔ by _aleesuhhh
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NOT EDITED🔞 __ "You're just a girl, Andrea! Girls are weak, they bitch at everything, and you can never handle the responsibility of a gangleader", Danny chuckled. That's where you're wrong... __ *thought of in my freshman year and it's really cringy, but many of you enjoy(ed) reading the story* Thank you for giving this book a chance:) my ideas have expanded since then:| __ February 14th 2016-December 19th, 2016✔
I'm Not The Girl You Used To Know by Kimlee9901
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Can you imagine if your parents get divorced and they send you to boarding school?Linda manages to survive through her high school but she is a different person before her parents divorce. After graduation, she got accepted to a college at a town where her brother lives and his best friend. Brian can't believe the drastic changes in her sister. Can Linda be the sweet and caring girl like she used to be?
Living as a Cade | COMPLETED by QueenKenz11
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"THE STORY CONTINUES..." • • • "Campbell West, I am happy to announce the you are now Campbell West Cade," the judge said with a smile. "Thank you," I replied before hugging my brothers. I was so happy. I'm official a Cade. Little did I know what being a Cade meant. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Official a Cade, Campbell is ready to start her senior year along with her friends, brothers, and her boyfriend Brent. A lot has happened in the last couple of months, but everyday things are getting better. She has her year all planned out. Be on the volleyball and soccer team, get a scholarship, get into her dream college, and most importantly have fun. But things take a turn when Campbell's mother comes back in the picture and she brings a surprise with her. Well two surprises actually. What will happen when things get tough? Will Campbell break? Or will her family help her back up? What will happen when somebody comes to town putting Campbell and her family in danger? And what will happen when Brent and Campbell's relationship is tested? Find out in Living as a Cade. (Second Book in the Cade Series.)
Life in Color ✔️ by Honey_Money_
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Book 1 in the "Life in-" series Scarlett Rain Rhodes is just like every other 17 year old high school Junior. She goes to school, makes good grades, cheers on her schools squad and tries to stay out of drama. What makes her different is the fact that she is responsible for taking care of her four siblings after her parents passed in a car crash two years ago. Now her life consists of football games, doctors appointments and a whole lot of yelling. After spending two years of trying to keep every person she meets at arms length what will she do when the new guy just can't take a hint? Ashton McClain is charming, arrogant and extremely good looking. He's a perfect guy and he seems hellbent of getting to know the real Scarlett. Not the girl who smiles politely when people talk to her and remains quiet in the back of the classroom. He wants to know the girl who talks nonstop and yells obscenities at bad referees. The problem is that after two years Scarlett doesn't know if she's able to confront that side of her without completely falling apart. * This story is completed * * WON A 2019 CHICK LIT FICTION AWARD Hit 1 Million Reads (2/19/19) Hit 2 Million Reads (4/03/19) Hit 3 Million Reads (6/04/19) Hit 4 Million Reads (7/09/19) Hit 5 Million Reads (8/17/19) Hit 6 Million Reads (11/20/19) Hit 7 Million Reads (1/26/20) Hit 8 Million Reads (4/10/20) Hit 9 Million Reads (5/23/20) Hit 10 Million Reads (8/28/20) #1 in General Fiction (2/05/19) #2 in Fiction (4/10/20) #4 in Humor (1/15/19) #18 in Teen Fiction (3/05/19) #3 in ChickLit (12/22/18) #1 in Drama (4/19/20) #4 in Young Adult (3/15/19) #6 in Teen Romance (1/15/19) #1 in Football (12/ 03/18) #1 in Loss (1/03/19) #1 in Adorable (1/10/19) #19 in Romance (6/18/19) #1 in Teen Love (11/13/19)
Pranking the Prankster ✔︎ by BezerkSaint
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"Take a picture it will last longer, Princess." His green orbs meet my brown ones. I cock my head to the side innocently. "Portrait or landscape?" Harlow Valentine is a girl who doesn't tolerate nonsense from anyone, especially the school's notorious bad boy, Ace King. When Ace decided to pull a harmless prank by spray painting Harlow's car, he had no idea it would spark a full-blown prank war, with Harlow leading the charge! Story includes: • explicit language! HIGHEST RANKING- #2 chicflic 11/19/2020 #3 badboy 2/24/21 #19 teenfiction 2/2/23 #1 newgirl 7/23/2020 #1 player 9/4/2020 #8 teenromance 7/31/2020 #38 romance 8/25/2020 #4 humor 8/28/2020 #1 prankvsprank 6/1/2020 #19 highschool 8/30/2020 #1 pranks 11/21/2020 This book is mine.⁉️
Songbird by grodnoms
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Jace Knight is an underground, illegal fighter. He has two friends and doesn't stay with a girl for longer than a few months in order to protect his secret. One night he is dragged to a club by his friends, and there he meets Felicity Turner. Can he keep his illegal world away from her? Or will he end up dragging her down? **COMPLETED** Highest Ranks: #1 in #fightclub #1 in #fighter #2 in #illegal #1 in #songbird #1 in #nightclub A short love story filled with action and idiotic best friends.
The Mafia's Stolen Daughter by chocolateandwords
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"No one will ever love you." •••••• Imagine stepping into Aubrey Simpson's shoes. You're living a depressing, abusive life and then discover everything you have ever known has turned out to be a complete lie. Your parents aren't even your biological parents and you have to adjust to yet another new school, all while juggling the never-ending downs of your not-so-average teenage life. Not to mention, trying to find out the truth behind why you live your life in complete misery. And to make matters worse, you learn that you are just the key to a Russian Mafia leader's revenge plan on your father, an Italian Mafia Leader, who has never given up on finding you. COMPLETED/Book 1