The Austins moved to Oak Creek Indiana to escape reminders of a family tragedy. To forget their past. For the first time in her sixteen years, Hailey Austin is without a sibling. Haunted by the memory of a sister she can never recover and a death she believes she could have prevented, Hailey has forced the memories away. But Oak Creek has its own past, shadowed recently by the ongoing search for Lauren Paisley-a young local, now two months missing, who has become the talk of an entire community. Not long after her arrival in the new town, Hailey is abducted near her home and brought to the basement of an abandoned house deep in the woods where she discovers Lauren has also been confined. After several weeks, the widespread search for the two girls is failing as the town begins to piece together the troubled history of the Austin sisters for clues as to who might be behind the kidnappings. But it's Hailey who knows the truth about who took her, why she and Lauren are there together and what must happen for them to leave alive. All of the answers are already in Hailey's mind. She just has to remember them.

Leah and her little brother, Adam, run away from their abusive 'dad' and find their new home on the streets. They find trouble when a group of boys surround them. Luckily, the police come in time and they're saved. But they have no family to live with, or so Leah thought. A DNA test reveals she has a family, one that has been looking for her for 15 long years. Leah is reunited into the family and Adam is adopted with her. Leah and Adam are thrusted into a life of riches and familial love. Leah finds out they're apart of the Mafia and gets accepted into a boarding school for smart kids, wealthy kids and mafia kids in Wales. A new family. A new friend group. But she still has her old habits that she has found too much comfort in. Will Leah open up to her family? What happens when her family find out about her and Adam's past? What happens when their past comes back to haunt them? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Lost mafia princess -Boarding school -Mafia romance ------------- My first book 📖 All pictures from Pinterest 🫶

Emma Jones is 21 years old and just finished college a year early. She plans to start her career as a secretary/receptionist in a small company that is near her house in southeast Georgia. She loves life and likes to have fun even though she is pretty shy and quiet normally. She has a few friends, no boyfriend, and a few hobbies on the side. She's a good girl who goes to church every Sunday. Her parents passed away when she was a teenager and she has one older sister who lives in Florida. Their parent's left them each a trust fund to help them get started in life, but Emma is trying to save that as much as she can. They are not really as close as Emma would like them to be, but they keep in touch. Max Thompson is 28 years old and works from home in the IT field. He is a loner with very few friends and no family left. He is single, but ready for a relationship. Max meets Emma one evening at a bar, but she blows him off. Max can't stop thinking about the cute young girl he met at the bar and after he gets her number from Emma's Facebook he eventually starts sending her texts proclaiming his feelings for her. Feelings he doesn't even understand because of the very brief interaction the two had. Emma has to figure out how to deal with Max and the feelings she doesn't want to have for the man while trying to get her career started and make friends at work. Will they be together in the end or will they both be heartbroken and alone forever? Read more to find out.

Sequel to falling for my new sibling (the swap fanfiction) Highest ranking #498 in mystery/thriller 1/5/17 #284 in mystery/thriller 2/14/17 Ellie and Elliott are now 13 years old. Jack is a professional hockey player. The family is happy. Everything seems fine until the twins disappear out of nowhere. Where could they be and why would anyone harm them? The question is... Who? EDITED✔

*THE ORIGINAL EMMALINE - BUT WATTPAD TOOK IT DOWN * Emmaline Black is no stranger to abuse, or to torture of any kind from her loving mother, and the men she is often sold to, despite how rich her mother is. Despite everything she's been through, it's a miracle she's alive. Through it all, Emmaline's learned to conceal her feelings, to repress them, to repress her memories, so she won't get caught up in it. All her life, she has built walls, to protect her heart. But one day, her mother dies, and she finds out she has older brothers, four older brothers. Only one of them likes her, while two of them hate her, and she can't doesn't know about her oldest brother. A life with her older brothers brings so many unexpected changes. Not used to having people care for her, people tolerating her existence, Emmaline's determined to keep a lid on her past, and not have everything known. But it's kind of hard when her past seems to catch up with her, and connect with her present. Also, there's something up with her brothers. She just knows. They think she doesn't know. But she does. But despite that, there's something about her brothers that makes her warm up to them slightly.

Nine year old Emma has never had it easy. She's never known anything other than her small beat up house, nothing else than her mom and her addict boyfriend. Nothing else than violence. She went to school, but most of her evenings were spent cleaning up blood, alcohol stains and vomit. Everything changes when both her parents are found dead in their small beat up house, and everything she's ever known comes crashing down. Five brother who are willing to take her in. A new house. New things to get to know. But getting over everything she's seen, everything she's lived, isn't easy. Overcoming her fear of everything, starting to live like a normal girl, restarting her education. Everything was so different. But will everything she's hid for so long, everything she was, everything she wasn't, stay hidden? started: 24/02/2024 published: 08/11/2024 finished: 00/00/0000 #3 in #brothers #3 in #violence #2 in #violence

It's been two months since Lucy was saved after she was kidnapped by her stepfather and his friend. Lucy started going to school, and she is enjoying living with her brothers. But what happens when one of her brothers brings home a girlfriend? Will she accept Lucy? Will Lucy like her? Will Lucy's relationship with her brothers stay the same?

Noah is a 12 year old boy who was kidnapped from his family when he was only 1 and 1/2 years old. He had 7 older brothers and 2 loving parents, though he can't remember them after all these years. He's spent the last 10 years in a basement with countless rules and punishments. His family spent years searching for him, even after the death of their parents, until finally one day they got a call. Their youngest brother had been found and was coming home after almost 11 years. They were all excited and anxious for him to come home, but they didn't realize how different things would be. *this is my first story so my description might suck I put it as mature as it will contain swearing and the odd TW. #1 in younger brother February 2023 #1 in lost brother February 2023 #1 in baby brother February 2023 #1 in big family February 2024 #1 in youngest February 2024 #1 in shy September 2024

This story is currently being rewritten in a different book. However, I will keep it up in order to maintain a similar storyline but with more drama and, hopefully, a better plot. If you read something you like, or hate, please comment and/or vote on the chapter so I can take your thoughts into consideration as I continue this writing journey. -------- Emma is a girl in a.... less than ideal home. She lost her sister and was only herself to two people. Emma is a cutter but has become used to hiding it. Abby, a popular, has been bullying her since way before they started elementary school for reasons of the unknown Alec is a boy with absent parents and a little brother whom he has come to take care of along with his brothers nanny. He himself is also only open with two people. He shunned those who might've shunned him for being himself. What happens if a girl took a wrong turn? What happens when she leaves a trail behind on the boy? Read to find out 😘 ------------ ⚠️Trigger warning⚠️ This book contains topics such as self-harm, abuse, murder, depression, teen pregnancy, underage sexual relationships, etc. If these topics are painful or sensitive to you I suggest not reading as they are recurring references.

Aria is a 17-year-old girl who lives with her mom and dad. Her life was never easy. She always had to follow the strict rules, and if she didn't, her parents would punish her. Aria had to move to a small town in Washington because her dad got a job there. Aria was used to moving around all the time. Both of her parents had an alcohol problem, and they couldn't keep a job for long. They moved around a lot, always looking for a new job. Aria is a very bright student, and she can't wait to go to college and move away from her parents. She loves them, but they've put her through a lot, and she is desperate for a place of her own, a place where she will feel safe and at peace. Gabriel is a 17-year-old boy who lives with his dad. His mom died when he was only 3 years old, and he and his dad decided to move to a small town in Washington to get a fresh start. Gabriel and his dad have a really nice relationship. Ever since his mom died, Gabriel could only rely on his father. But his dad has been keeping a secret from Gabriel. Something happened 17 years ago, something so heartbreaking that his dad never recovered and his mom died because of it. Gabriel's senior year won't be filled with drinking, parties, and girls like he hoped it would be. Instead, Gabriel will find the piece of himself he has been missing his whole life. But will he find it in time? Will he be too late?