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broken perfection by abigailjoneswritess
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Lilith Johnson-to the world, she is perfect. An A+ student, cheer captain of her high school, and born into wealth, she is the girl everyone wants to be. But beneath the flawless façade, she is drowning. Struggling with an eating disorder she refuses to acknowledge, she hides her pain behind a mask of perfection. No one sees the cracks. No one suspects a thing. Then there's Zain Tucker-her brother Eli's best friend. Once, Zain and Lilith were inseparable, but everything changed after one fateful incident. He began to hate her, and in turn, the friendship between her and Eli crumbled. As Eli rebelled against their parents' expectations, Lilith remained the golden child, only widening the gap between them. Zain despised her for it. His parents never stopped comparing him to her, always saying, Be more like Lilith. And so, he did the only thing he could-he resented her with everything he had. But what happens when he realizes she's not as perfect as he always believed? And what happens when Lilith can no longer keep up the act?
the things we don't say by ijbolivia
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after her mother's death, sora is sent to live with three half-brothers she's never known, counting down the days until she can leave. at her new school, she becomes the target of bullying. what begins as unwanted stares and attention slowly turns into something she can't ignore. it follows her home, seeps into her thoughts and begins to unravel her from the inside.
Faulty Lines by junecosmo
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When a body turns up in Westmere, Leila Harlow is haunted by fractured memories and a fear she can't name. Her brothers keep their secrets close, and she must uncover the truth on her own.
All It Stands For by BETS5Y
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After her mother's unexpected passing, Gemma is sent to live with a group of strange men who don't seem overly fond of her being there. Their secrets, their strange rules and behaviour make Gemma want to run; to hide, to go back in time to when everything felt safe again. But life doesn't always play the way's expected, and Gemma's life of before can only stay as that: in the past. Top Rankings: 6/11/2025: #1 in grief 6/12/2025: #1 in youngest 7/1/2026: #1 in friendship 9/1/2026: #2 in siblings 13/1/2026: #1 in mystery
Reflections by kthvorig
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sixteen-year-old Jessica blain has spent her whole life under the glare of the mirror. Every day, her mother drills perfection into her-every step, every turn, every flaw reflected back until it's all she can see. Dance is supposed to be her way out, her mother's dream made flesh, but lately, the routines feel more like chains than choreography. At home, things are no easier. Her brothers-the one part of her world that's always felt solid-start acting strange: late nights, hushed voices, secrets traded behind closed doors. When a small mistake at the studio spirals into something much darker at home, she starts to see the cracks in the life she thought she knew. Now she's caught between two kinds of control-her mother's relentless pursuit of perfection and whatever shadow her brothers are hiding in. As she digs for answers, she'll have to decide which truth is worse: the one that's being kept from her, or the one she's been trained not to see.
SECRETS WE TELL THE STARS by crimsontales87
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The moon and stars wait for our silent, unconfessed secrets. However, our secrets are quiet and unspoken for a reason.
Willow Needs Help by TenderFairy
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It's been seven days since it happened, and yet she still feels the stars in her heart dissolve in the vault of the heavens, and her sobs being muffled by his claws. - (Extended synopsis in the book) A psychological thriller about the horrors of family secrets and generational trauma. Book first written: 2nd July, 2023.
Claiming Emilia by D_06853
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Emilia Morelli's world shatters when she's told her mother has died. Left with no family, well at least none that she knows of, she's pulled into a system that sees her as just another case. She's alone and unsure of herself. But far away, there are men who have been searching for her. Men who share her name. Men who are feared by the world. They've spent years looking for the little girl who was taken from them. Now that they've found her, they'll stop at nothing to bring her home. Emilia doesn't know them. She doesn't know the truth. And she has no idea that her life is about to change forever.
The Sweet Escape by annalisebyers
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With her great-aunt fed up of her behaviour, Mackenzie De Niro is in for the ultimate wake-up call when she is sent to live with her estranged brothers. As she navigates this new chapter in her life, Mackenzie is forced to find a way to confront her issues and trauma head-on. Can this rebellious girl adjust to her new life and mend her broken relationships with her family or will she only push them away? ...and what secrets will she uncover along the way?
Thirteen Summers by annalisebyers
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After she suffers a great loss, life takes Josephine St. Claire on a captivating journey of self discovery, when she is reunited with a family that was hidden from her. A plethora of siblings but a close-knit family nevertheless, one that she was purposely made an outsider from by her mother, Josephine wonders if she will ever fit in or if she's simply destined to forever walk the lonely road. [Book One]