Within the span of a year, Noa Barret lost both her mother and her father. Desperate not to lose anyone else she cares about, Noa forbids creating strong bonds with those around her. Though, this proves to be challenging when she is forced to move across town to live with her older brother, whom she hasn't seen in years. Stricken with grief she doesn't know how to cope with, Noa struggles to comprehend the new changes in her life. That is until some new, seemingly unwanted friends show her what it's like to feel again.

The Valentinos have always been a family full of energy and passion, but more often than not, these emotions get twisted into the wrong circumstances. What happens when a new face worms it's way inside the household, disturbing the familial foundation and most importantly, attempting to replace what, or who, was lost?

Stella Burns do not exist. There is no trace of her out there. Her name is unknown. Her existence is a ghost. She is hidden and sheltered from the cruel world that is desperate to eat away each shed of innocence and naiveté, which makes everything Stella Burns is. She is a child untouched by the world. But as always, the world catches up to everybody, even sweet Stella. Her whole safe world is shattered when she witnesses the first cruel reality. When her dear protector dies, she has no choice but to navigate her own path out into the outside world full of evil. She finds her brothers on a stormy day at a mansion doorstep. Once she steps in, her world shifts entirely, with her new protectors standing behind her back.

+++THIS IS A SEQUEL - To be able to follow the storyline, please read „Unravelling" and „Dissolving" first!+++ Lily and her brothers are stuggling to come to terms with yet another tragedy that occurred to one of their own. The previously tight-knit family is on the brink of falling apart as some members of the Taylor Clan are barely holding it together. Only being months away from finally reaching her goal of officially becoming a teenager, Lily finds herself in the middle of the perfect storm, with only limited means to navigate through it. She is walking a thin line between succumbing to her own, overwhelming emotions and being the rock that her brothers so desperately need to lean on. Can Lily overcome her own debilitating sadness in time to be the glue that keeps her family together? Will the secrets, that are finally being unleashed upon her, paralyze her or make her more determined than ever to fix things? How will these revelations help her understand her oldest brothers' past actions? Together with the people who mean the world to her, Lily starts the last leg of her journey to discovery. What is the story behind her father's mysterious absence? Who are these creeps that are clearly after the Taylors? How did her sister Sienna really die and who is responsible for her death? Was her accident the reason for the brothers' move to the other side of the country or is there something else? And what is her mother's role in all of this, if any at all? All these questions will finally be answered. But their impact on this curious, empathic, overthinking and reckless-at-the-wrong-time almost-teenager is anything but foreseeable. Lily can only hope that her previously reliable safety net called friends and family is up to the task to support her on this emotional rollercoaster.

Two years ago, the Kingston family learned what it meant to stumble through hell with battered hearts and betrayal running deep inside their veins. After barely making it out alive from the devastating consequences of a family history founded on lies and deceit, they slowly begin to pick up the shattered pieces of their lives in efforts to feel whole again. But as the remnants of their dark pasts continue to haunt their healing hearts, they are forced to come to the realization that sometimes, the aftermath can be just as deadly as the nightmare. [This is the spin-off to Caged + Freed, it cannot be read as a stand-alone] • • • Contains sensitive material (no cliches). Copyright © 2021 by luxedreams. All rights reserved.

[Ongoing] It took one tragedy to tear them apart. Another tragedy to force them to face their issues. And the scare of a third to finally mend what was broken. Brody has never been able to forgive himself for the death of their sister six years ago, and Luca could never forgive Brody for leaving him behind in the wake of her death. As Noah watched his brother's relationship crumble, while mourning Ruby, he made a decision to always put himself first; to save himself from ever feeling such pain again. Now, with the news of their parent's tragic accident, they have to find a way to mend their broken relationships, and put their selfish tendencies aside for the only family they have left; their little sister Chloe. Can three brothers mend themselves, and their relationships, enough to create a new normal, a happy normal, for a sister that has already lost far too much in this lifetime? ***** Contains some trigger content. Material does relate to loss/death and how everyone heals and deals differently. Highest Ranks (Ever Changing): #1 in thewattys2020 #1 in sister #1 in guypov #1 in youngersister #2 in college #2 in littlesister #2 in brother #2 in familyissues #13 in feelgood #15 in siblings

"I could honestly say that I never thought I would be the girl to break into her ex's bedroom. I never thought I would climb three stories via the lattice panels on the side of his house just to slip the window open and slide my slim body through a small crack as quietly as possible. I truly never thought I would commit a B & E before my senior year. I was sincerely wrong about a lot of things though. If junior year was any lesson to expect the unexpected than I had been taught at a level the laws of Universe could not rival. I wasn't a crazy ex. Honestly I wasn't. I just needed to keep my promise to a boy I was loving." - Parker Jones Parker Jones, a seventeen year old model, endures a heartbreak with her first boyfriend Oliver Davis her junior year. After an accident that devastates Oliver and his family, Parker experiences a traumatic loss no one her age should ever have to endure. Her life begins a downward spiral as her mom/ model manager begins pushing for more work after Oliver is no longer apart of her life. With an absentee father and her boyfriend gone Parker turns to drugs. When pictures of Parker Jones using drugs at the latest New York Socialite party surfaces in the news via entertainment weekly and TMZ her life is under a microscope for all the wrong reasons. Her mother gives her the option of attending a drug rehab for the rest of her summer and senior year or moving in with her older brother in Tennessee. Parker chooses her brother.

❝You're gonna be happy, ❞ said life, ❝but first I'll make you strong.❞ » » » A story of how a family reeling from loss and pain can come together and realize that there is beauty in the mess of life. In the wake of their mother's death, five siblings unitedly face the aftermath of grief, loss, and anger. Four brothers and one sister cope with death differently but ultimately learn to cope together instead of apart, especially when they realize their sister is on the same downward spiral as them. For Theodore Jackson, as the oldest of his siblings, the weight of responsibility lies heavily on his shoulders. From the moment he became their guardian, his entire life revolved around them. After making a past decision that ripped his family apart, Theo is afraid to hurt them even anymore. Riddled with guilt, he is determined to give his siblings the dream life they deserved. But maybe the arrival of a quiet raven-haired girl can show him that it's possible to take care of his siblings all the while continuing his dreams. But with child protective services at his door, his siblings' secrets coming to light, and his own past coming back to haunt him, Theo is forced to make another decision. But he's made the wrong decision before and he's afraid the past will repeat itself again. In a world without the protection and guidance of a mother and father, can this struggling family of siblings hold themselves together in the face of all the world's doubt? TW: mentions of eating disorders, abuse, violence, mental illness

18-years-old Cameron Dyers; sarcastic, hardworking and fed up with the world. Raised as an only child, it comes as a shock when she is shoved face first into the lies woven by her parents, new and old. Add in the new brothers, a revengeful ex-coworker and multiple kidnappings; she must discover who she actually is before the lies drown her, literally. Copyright © All Rights Reserved Started - 04 August 2020 Completion - 17 August 2021 Destiny-Addams

Six months after being relocated to a witness protection program, Olivia still can't shake off the horrible feeling that something bad is about to happen. But when something horrible does happen, none of them could ever have imagined this. When their world is turned upside down, how can she keep their family together when it seems that one of her brothers just won't let that happen? [This is the second book in a series. Major spoilers for the first book The Rules They Broke if you haven't read that already] *****SNEAK PEEK***** "POLICE! OPEN THE DOOR!" "What the fuck-" Logan snatched the can of mace from Olivia's hand and shoved it deep into his back pocket. "Crap, is this illegal? I bought it off Amazon! How the fuck is this illegal?" "I don't know! Weren't there any warnings?" "The hell with the warnings!" *****