Crimefamily Stories

At sixteen, Seher Gupta-Rossi has her life carefully planned. Ace her scholarship. Graduate with top marks. Build the future her late father dreamed of for her. And, above all, protect the only family she has left-her mother. The last thing she expects is for one ordinary day to collide with the powerful and enigmatic Caruso family. What begins as a series of unfortunate encounters soon pulls Seher into a world of wealth, old traditions, family loyalties, and people who seem determined to test her patience at every turn. With sharp wit, stubborn determination, and a heart that's far softer than she'd ever admit, Seher must navigate unexpected relationships, clashing personalities, and a future she never imagined. Sometimes, the people we least want in our lives are the ones who change them forever. ------------------------------- Hey, everyone! This is my very first story, and I'm so excited (and a little nervous) to finally share it with you. I truly hope you enjoy reading it as much as I've enjoyed writing it. Your support, votes, comments, and feedback mean the world to me and will help me grow as a writer. Thank you for giving my story a chance. Happy reading! ❤️ --------------------------------

She had traveled to Seoul expecting nothing more than a summer of ordinary adventures. Instead, she found herself inside a world where silence carried more weight than words, and danger wore the face of a man who refused to let her leave. He was younger than her, colder than the city he controlled, and entirely uninterested in being anyone's idea of a hero. A kkangpae by blood and by choice, he believed protection and possession were the same language. She believed otherwise. Their first meeting was not romantic. Their first weeks were not gentle. What grew between them happened in the spaces between arguments, through rain against window glass, in the quiet of rooms where neither dared to speak first. Then she escaped, returned to the life she had promised herself, and discovered that some departures leave deeper roots than any stay. Years later, he found her again on a Charlotte street, older and guarded, walking beside a child, his eyes. The boy did not know him. The woman who had raised him alone had no intention of sharing what she had built. But the past does not remain buried simply because the surface looks peaceful, and the organization he never abandoned had a way of reaching across oceans. This is not a redemption story. It is not a story about a dangerous man becoming safe. It is the story of a woman who learned that love could exist without rescue, and a man who spent seven years searching for the only person who ever made him question what control truly costs. © _RelleLebby_// R. L.

Lilya Makarov He was my best friend, the person I trusted the most in this cruel world. As a child, I naively believed that he wouldn't become one of the very people who were polluting it. But I was wrong. The kind, shy, and quiet boy I once knew was now a man. Roman Constance- a man who hurts and destroys everything he touches, reducing fire to ashes. I tried getting him out of the darkness years ago, but it seemed like he had taken permanent residence there. The boy I was raised with was gone. And every time I try to leave him, something stands in my way. This time, it's my life. He's the only person who could save me, and he wants to do so through marriage. To stay alive, I would have to become Mrs. Constance. I would have to wed the man who is now a stranger to me. And with our long, tangled history, this marriage could be our ultimate undoing. Or maybe it could be our do-over.

She was never supposed to be his bride. Dr. Samaira Kapoor has spent years building a life that belongs entirely to her-her career, her apartment, her patients, and a carefully guarded peace she has no intention of surrendering. Vincenzo Moretti belongs to a very different world. Powerful. Controlled. Feared. To Chicago, he is a respected businessman and philanthropist. To those who know better, he is the man people call Il Fantasma-the Ghost, a Mafia Don whose name carries consequences. They meet once at a charity gala. A conversation. A little flirting. A private number Samaira never uses. It should have ended there. Instead, weeks later, Samaira learns Vincenzo is the man her cousin Anaya is expected to marry. And when the bride disappears before the wedding, Samaira is asked to take her place. Hidden beneath a veil, she walks toward a man who believes he is marrying someone else. By the time Vincenzo discovers the truth, the vows have already been spoken. Now Samaira is trapped in a marriage she never wanted, Vincenzo has a wife he never chose, and neither of them is prepared for what happens when resentment becomes attraction-and attraction becomes something far more dangerous. Because in Vincenzo Moretti's world, vows are not easily broken. And Samaira Kapoor was never meant to become his. Some vows begin with love. Theirs didn't.

𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗚𝗘 📕 He married her only to fulfill his dadi's wish. She entered the marriage expecting nothing but responsibility. But somewhere between stolen glances, silent care, dangerous secrets, and a world soaked in blood... Meher Sharma became the weakness of the man everyone feared. Veer Rathore is cold, powerful, and impossible to understand. To the world, he's a ruthless business tycoon. But behind closed doors, darkness follows his every step. And now Meher is trapped in that darkness as his wife. What starts as an arranged marriage slowly turns into obsession, protection, jealousy, and a love neither of them expected. Because monsters don't fall in love. Until they do. ✦ #1 viralstory

Eight years after a devastating car accident takes the lives of his wife Eda and their young son Alp, Serkan Bolat has become a different man. He buries himself in work, shutting out love and keeping everyone at a distance. His sixteen-year-old daughter, Kiraz, has spent most of her childhood at boarding school in Switzerland, separated from the father who cannot bear the memories she carries of her mother. Meanwhile, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, twenty-three-year-old Euryphaessa Astyria Khodchenkova has grown up as the cherished daughter and sole heir of one of the most powerful and feared criminal families in the world. Trained by her father Nikolai in combat, strategy, languages and survival, Euryphaessa is ruthless, fearless and seemingly untouchable. She wears her strength like armor, determined never to fall in love with someone outside her dangerous world. Then business sends Euryphaessa to Turkey, where fate places her directly in Serkan's path. Their first encounters are filled with tension, arguments and undeniable chemistry. What begins as hostility slowly becomes fascination, then trust, and finally an overwhelming love neither expected. But Euryphaessa carries a secret she doesn't even know: she is Eda's identical twin sister. When the truth finally emerges, Serkan, Kiraz and the Khodchenkova family must confront a secret buried for twenty-three years.

"We look for love, no time for tears Wasted water's all that is And it don't make no flowers grow Good things might come to those who wait Not for those who wait too late We gotta go for all we know" - Bill Withers Just The Two Of Us They grew up side by side - one raised by the rules of the street, the other by the weight of his own quiet strength. Zoey Jacob was born into a family where survival means power, and trust is earned with blood. Daniel has always been her calm in the storm, the one person who sees her for more than the empire her last name carries. They've always been together - from whispered secrets in childhood to stolen kisses in the shadows of chaos. But love in their world doesn't come easy. In a life ruled by loyalty, danger, and the constant pull between duty and desire, the only thing that has ever truly belonged to them... is each other. Just The Two Of Us is a gripping, emotional journey of love that endures, even when the world tries to tear it apart.

She was trained to infiltrate dangerous men. She was not trained to fall for one. Isabela "Izzy" Souza Ribeiro is a highly trained secret agent with one mission: infiltrate Brazil's most powerful crime family by becoming the girlfriend of its young heir, Cristiano Teixeira Martins. Her orders are simple. Pretend to love him. Gain his trust. Expose his family. Destroy the empire. Easy... right? Wrong. Because Cristiano knows Izzy is lying from the moment she walks into his life. And instead of exposing her, the infamous Don's heir decides to play along. He has a mission of his own. As their fake relationship becomes dangerously convincing, secrets begin surfacing, loyalties start shifting, and the line between pretending and falling in love becomes impossible to see. But when Izzy discovers that her mission and Cristiano's secret investigation are connected, one terrifying question remains... Who is really using whom? And what happens when the woman sent to destroy the Don becomes the one person he refuses to lose? 😏🖤

Raised to be holy. Born into something far more dangerous. Seventeen year old, Evienne Ellery spent her life preparing for heaven. Sent away to a secluded boarding school in the Swiss Alps by distant, unfeeling adoptive parents, she was raised by nuns and priests to be obedient, submissive and small. Behind stone chapels and cold classrooms, Evienne learned early that love was conditional, punishment was holy, and suffering was something to be endured quietly Her future was simple: be good, be faithful, and one day do her duty-marry a man who would secure her family's interests. Her life was planned. Controlled. Perfect. Until it wasn't. When everything she knows collapses, Evienne is torn from the only world she has ever known and sent to live with her biological family-six brothers who are loud, vulgar, violent, and unapologetically criminal. They don't pray. They don't obey. And they certainly don't believe in God the way she was taught. They believe in blood. With them, she learns the truth of who she really is: The lost princess of one of the most powerful mafia families in the world. Her brothers have been searching for her for years, and now that they've found her, they refuse to lose her again. In their world of power, crime, and betrayals, Evienne learns that love doesn't always look gentle-and protection often comes with a body count. But as old family feuds resurface, enemies close in, and the past she was hidden from begins to reach for her, Evienne is forced to confront an impossible question: What happens when the people you love will never be welcome in heaven-and you're no longer sure you want to go without them?

Two of the most powerful families in the world, united by one reason: survival. Sienna Valeriano, heiress to a sprawling financial empire, has lived a life of privilege, but also of caution. She knows the stakes of her every move, the price of a single misstep. Roman D'Angelo, heir to the most feared underground syndicate in Europe, lives by a different code-one written in loyalty, power, and blood. Their marriage is not for love. It is an alliance, a treaty meant to prevent war between their empires. But no contract can prepare them for the truths hiding in plain sight. On their wedding night, a single bullet shatters the illusion of safety. Chaos erupts in the glittering ballroom. Guests scream. Trust crumbles. And for the first time, Sienna realizes survival is no longer just her own responsibility-it belongs to the man she barely knows, the man she is supposed to call husband. But the threat is not outside. It is closer than they think. Someone inside the family betrayed them. Someone who would rather see them destroyed than united. As secrets unravel, Sienna and Roman are forced to navigate treacherous loyalties, deadly conspiracies, and a fragile attraction neither of them anticipated. Together, they must fight not only for their lives, but for the future of their empires-and for each other. In a world of power, wealth, and deception, can love survive amidst bullets, betrayal, and the blood-stained vows of a glittering wedding? Or will their alliance burn before it can ever truly begin? A Vow Between Empires is a heart-pounding tale of romance, suspense, and betrayal, where empires clash-and hearts collide.

Malik Kingston has spent his life protecting everyone but himself. As the second son of the powerful Kingston family, he's known as the quiet enforcer-the man who never backs down, never breaks, and never lets emotions cloud his judgment. Love has never been part of the plan. Naomi Brooks has spent years running from a past that refuses to let her go. She carries secrets that could change everything the Kingston family believes about the murder of their father. When their paths collide, old enemies resurface, buried truths come to light, and a war long thought to be over begins again. Some love stories heal. Others ignite a fire. And when an unstoppable protector meets a fearless woman with dangerous secrets... The Kingston legacy will never be the same.

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In a city that never sleeps, where danger hides behind every corner, Sara, a small-town girl with big dreams, falls for Dominic, the dark and brooding heir to a powerful mafia empire. Their love is intense, forbidden, and dangerous-every stolen glance, every secret meeting, could be their last. With the city's dark underworld closing in on them, Sara and Dominic are forced to make impossible choices. Can their love survive the lies, the possessiveness, and the deadly threats that surround them? Or will they be torn apart by the very forces trying to keep them together? Love, danger, secrets-nothing is ever simple in the shadows.

Bianca, sold by her father to cover a gambling debt, is forced to marry Dante Valenti, a ruthless mafia don she secretly witnessed executing a rival three nights prior. Trapped between an FBI manhunt and her father's enemies, she accepts Dante's black diamond ring and his protection choosing to become his "Queen of Shadows" rather than face prison or death alone. (Stay tuned for more Chapters every Friday)

Infiltrating one of the most ruthless crime organizations isn't something the FBI is able to pull off everyday. The Mob is nothing to mess with. Neither is the Chicago Outfit's very own underboss. In the most unfortunate way, the perfect future cover for FBI Special Agent Diana Reyes presents itself while visiting her sister after she returns home to Chicago. After losing her last relative in the world, she sets her sights on doing what she can to honor her sister's memory. A year later she finds herself five months into the most important undercover operation of her career. She's managed to form a romantic relationship with the Chicago Outfit's very own underboss, Julian DeMarco, and is now ready to infiltrate the crime organization through the inside. Gaining more and more trust as each day passes by, she's eager to get closer to the family and unravel all of their secrets, finding anything that can lead to dismantling the Outfit for good. But what happens when an undercover agent finds themself in too deep? What happens when the line between good and evil starts to blur and you start questioning your own actions or lack thereof? One undercover agent. One future crime boss. One swore an oath. The other is as dirty and ruthless as they come and will lead her down the darkest path yet. The game of deception has never been for the weak. It's a powerful world these people live in, and blood is set to turn the streets of Chicago red sooner than they all realize.

In Penelope Landlow’s world, almost anything can be bought or sold . . . including body parts. A daughter of one of the three Families controlling the black market for organ transplants, Penny is crime royalty, but because of a blood disorder that causes her to bruise easily, she’s considered too delicate to handle the Family Business or even to leave their estate. All Penny has ever wanted is for everyone to stop treating her like some fragile fairy-tale princess. But when a brutal act thrusts her— heartbroken, alone, and only steps ahead of her Family’s enemies—into the frightening mayhem of New York City, she finds that there are greater threats than a gilded cage, and that betrayal hurts worse than bruises. Someone in her Family has been hiding a dangerous secret that could upset the balance of the entire illegal organ trade syndicate . . . and risk the lives of everyone she loves. This is a preview of the first 85 pages of Hold Me Like A Breath.* The full novel releases in ebook and hardcover on May 19, 2015. *Serialized with the permission of the publisher, Bloomsbury.

Five years after the O'Sullivan scandal shattered one of Chicago's most powerful families, Jade O'Sullivan is forced to return home after receiving unexpected news. With her inheritance frozen, her family blaming her for her mother's death, and a mysterious condition tied to the Russian mob, Jade is brought back into a world she swore she'd never face again. As old enemies resurface and dangerous alliances are made, Jade finds herself caught between paths she never expected to cross. Some legacies are inherited. Others are formed through death.

"Touch me, please" she begged breathlessly. She wasn't sure when she had crossed the line from shrinking from his touch to craving it. Her chest felt tight and her lungs burned under his intense jade gaze. He crossed the room silently, stalking forward and grabbing her ankle to pull her down the bed. She didn't have time to register the bloodstains on his crisp white button down before he was on her. A little gasp tumbled past her lips at the all consuming feeling of him. It was like she knew nothing of desire until she first felt his hands around her throat. That thing that had been winding itself tight in her chest broke so violently that she wondered if it was possible for him not to have heard it. He pulled back for a moment, taking her face in his hands and leveling that same intense gaze as he searched her face. For a man so adept at killing, his eyes were remarkably soft.

He was never meant to love her. Vincenzo Verducci is the most feared mafia king-ruthless, untouchable, and built for power, not emotion. Until Carmela Sovrano enters his world. She is not innocent, not fragile, and not someone who submits easily. When their worlds collide, it's not peace that follows-it's destruction. She should be his enemy. He should be her ruin. But in a world where villains don't love, obsession is the most dangerous sin.

Chiara is just your average 15 year old girl, it just so happens that her father is the head of the Italian mafia. Chiara has always been a strong independent girl, and the sole leader of her crew. But what happens when her father wants to become closer with the Korean mafia and Chiara has to become partners with the leader of Korean crime syndicates son. Will they become friends or will Chiara get so pissed she puts a bullet through his skull?