Seven years ago, Mafia Don Antonio Duarte's wife left their home in Italy with their baby daughter, leaving Antonio alone with his four sons. Antonio was heartbroken to lose his baby daughter and spared no expense in trying to find his ex-wife and his baby girl. Anastasia has grown up with her mother and her mother's husband, Gerald. She's been the victim of their abuse for as long as she can remember and doesn't understand why her Mommy would make her come and live with this man. But her Mommy also says that Ana's daddy doesn't love her. Because she's a girl. Because he is an evil and dangerous man. Ana hasn't spoken a word since meeting and moving in with Mommy's new husband when she was three years old. Gerald doesn't want to hear from her at all, so she doesn't speak. Anywhere. To anyone. Ana just hopes to make it through each day. When a social worker and two police officers come to collect Ana from school, she learns that both her mommy and Gerald have been killed. Across the ocean, Antonio Duarte learns of the death of his ex-wife at the hands of his associates. He learns that his baby daughter is in the care of Social Services until a more permanent solution can be found. Antonio is going to get his daughter back. However, he has no idea how broken his daughter is. His sons don't know how to treat or communicate with their baby sister when she returns home. And poor Ana doesn't know who she can trust anymore.

When the independent MacIver siblings reunite in Glasgow for their father's second marriage, the world already feels flipped on its head. The last thing they expect is to lose another parent in the span of three years. The siblings are united by grief once more, but the outcome of their father's death leads them to question their relationships with each other, and the relationship each of them shared with their beloved parents.

Years ago tragedy struck the Calloway's causing the family to fall apart. Lucariah Augustine St. Francis Calloway was left in the ruins of it all with a mother who couldn't bother and a father who disappeared one night with his older brothers. Forced to brave the world on his own. Six years later, Luca- now known by many as Crow- was met with a terrible accident. His second in the span of two years; forcing his mother to rely on Evan Calloway-Crow's estranged father- to make ends meet. How will the Calloway's react to the boy that's become of their youngest? How will they learn to cope with Lucariah's traumatic past? All while Crow is going mad trying to escape a past that is catching up with him. Will they help him brave the storm, or load onto a lifeboat when it gets too much?

Ignored. Sent away. Forgotten. Now he's back after almost two years from the hell they call Lockwood, all smiles and cheery expressions but under that exterior is a lone boy, crying for help he will never ask for. He was sent away to be 'fixed' but in the end, what can you do when people drive you to your tipping point? Do you bend to their will... or do you break?

𝐍𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞 /ˈnɒk.tɜːrn/ noun A musical composition inspired by the night-soft, melancholic, and haunting. A reminder that even the darkest hours carry a melody of their own. Where she mistook the Nocturne for the end, never knowing it was leading her home. -> Brothers/Family/Crimes

'Astravore' - a soul that keeps feeding on hope even after disappointment. ••• He kissed her little hand and whispered, 'I'll protect you, and love you'. Then with a kiss to her forehead, 'to the moon and back.' For all her fourteen years, Annie has been isolated. Even when she had her mother, especially when she had her father, and with 'him'. Loneliness has been her only constant companion- creeping in from the corners and ensnaring her within herself. Through the little quiet window between her high walls, emotions leak and wishes are seldom made. Wishes for a home, a family, a sibling even- to love, cherish and protect them with all the quiet fierceness in her little heart. Some wishes do come true, while others don't. Annie's life is about to change again. Some secrets are uprooted, while others are buried deeper. Blood spills and negotiations are made. Trust is a trial, truth is a facade, and reality, is a mirage. •••

After Mara's mother dies in a drunk-driving accident, Rowan Calloway learns he has a five-year-old daughter he never knew existed. Overnight, his life and his family's life changes. His siblings discover they have a young niece who was kept hidden from them, tucked away and largely forgotten. Mara grew up neglected, learning early how to stay quiet and out of the way. A previous car crash left her partially deaf and she was born blind in one eye. Her hearing was never treated and never known. By the time Rowan brings her home, Mara has already learned to navigate a world that isn't catered to her. She learns to not ask for help, and Rowan has no idea how much of the world she can't fully see or hear. As Rowan tries to step into the role of a father he never expected to be, he struggles to understand a child who doesn't react the way he thinks she should. Misunderstandings pile up, love feels clumsy, and everyone is learning in real time how to communicate, how to slow down, and how to listen better, sometimes without realizing that they don't need to just listen. They need to feel.

Gracie Martínez A Girl Who's Whole Life She's Worn A Mask, Hiding Years of Pain and Abuse Behind A Smile. What Happens When Her StepFather Dies, And She Goes To Live With Her Six Older Brothers? Will They See Pain Behind Her Smile? Or Will They Turn a Blind Eye To The Cracks in Her Mask? Join Gracie And Her Brothers In This Story Of Healing

We're not good people. We cheat, we steal, we lie. We've got blood on our skin. We're criminals. But maybe for her we can become better. Too bad we killed her father.