Lost family book recs.

Ariah. A 15-year-old girl who lives with her younger brother Theo and her abusive stepdad. Ariah lives a miserable life with school being awful and home being 10x worse. Ariah's stepdad falls victim to murder and she and her brother gets sent off to live with their family members whom Ariah barely remembers. The family members who Ariah moves in with hold many secrets and lies that Ariah slowly starts to notice. On the other hand Ariah holds many big secrets and lies that her family members slowly start to get suspicious of. Who secrets will be revealed first? What will happen next? How will Ariah react? How will her family react? Read and find out.

When Mathilda was twelfe, her world fell apart. A tragic car accident stole her father, her mother drowned her grief in alcohol, and her brothers slowly drifted away-reduced to rare phone calls every few months, if at all. Now, with their mother's death forcing them back into each other's lives, the siblings are faced with the fragile possibility of rebuilding what was lost. But wounds this deep don't heal easily. And Mathilda must decide whether some bonds are worth forgiving-or whether the past will keep them forever broken.

|the true story of a girl falling apart a boy falling for her| Crystal Monroe is falling apart at the seams, being torn to shreds by the picture-perfect, abusive boyfriend she has surrendered herself to. Ryan Falls is trying to be a better man without letting his past catch up with him, as he fights his demons single-handed. Literally. Maybe they can catch each other before it's too late. Because they're both falling. Crystal is falling off the edge, and Ryan is falling for her.

Seventeen-year-old Mara has spent her life hiding-from an abusive family, from her own fears, and from the eating disorder that no one knows she struggles with. When her protective older brother Evan discovers the truth, he joins forces with Troy, the school's golden boy and Mara's love interest, to help her fight back and reclaim her life. As Mara battles her inner demons, navigates romance, and learns to trust again, she discovers that healing is not linear, love is not perfect, and courage comes in small, powerful steps. A story of resilience, family, and finding light after darkness.

Ayla is just a small-town veterinarian trying to live a quiet, ordinary life. She fixes broken wings, stitches up hunting dogs, and stays far away from trouble. But trouble finds her on the night of the worst winter storm of the decade. Bleeding out on her clinic's porch is a wolf. It is impossibly massive, pitch-black, and covered in lethal wounds that no normal animal could survive. Driven by her oath to heal, Ayla drags the terrifying beast inside, stitches his wounds, and falls asleep beside his cage, resting her hand on his thick fur. She doesn't know she just saved a monster. The beast isn't a normal wolf. He is Alpha Silver, the most feared and ruthless Lycan King on the continent. Betrayed by his own pack, his mind has completely fractured, leaving him trapped in his feral wolf form, driven only by a blinding thirst for slaughter. But the moment Ayla's bare skin touches his fur, the apocalyptic madness in his head goes dead silent. Silver doesn't just want the fragile human doctor; his inner beast becomes violently, obsessively addicted to her presence. When the assassins who betrayed him track his scent to Ayla's clinic, the feral wolf is forced to shift into his towering, heavily scarred human form to completely annihilate them in front of her. Now, Ayla knows the terrifying truth about the monsters lurking in the dark. And the deadliest monster of them all has just decided she is never leaving his side

All Adeline Kingston has known is pain. Years of agony, anguish and anger. Brothers. Addie has 7, not that she knew. When she is reunited with her older brothers her life changes. For the better or worse, no one could say. Adeline knows there are secrets not meant for her, secrets that will tear apart her own world, her family included. What tragedy's will become apparent?

4 year old Sophia hollow and her younger brother Tyler are sent to live with their 4 older brothers they've never met before due to their mother dying of an unknown disease. Sophia doesn't trust her older brother's yet since she's never heard of them before and won't let them touch her little Tyler. The brothers are determined to gain the trust of their stubborn little sister and they would do it together. Will they be able to gain their trust?

Anna Grace's mother, Lillian, died in a tragic house fire, or so everyone thought. But Anna knows the truth - her mother was murdered. Lillian was hiding something, and someone was willing to kill to keep it hidden. Haunted by this dark secret, 12-years-old Anna Grace becomes burdened with a heavy weight she cannot share. Complicating matters further, Lillian's will reveals an unexpected twist- Travis Greeley, Anna's eldest half-brother, is named as her legal guardian. Receiving the call about his half-sister Anna Grace, Travis Greeley is flooded with emotions, as he had long wondered about the fate of Lillian Miller, the woman who had brought love and kindness into their lives. Travis recalls the pregnant woman his father brought home, who lovingly embraced him and his brothers, filling a void they had longed to fill. Entrusted with Anna by Lillian, Travis and his brothers embrace their roles, determined to provide her love amidst the secrets and dangers that lie ahead. Anna must navigate the complexities of her new familial bonds while uncovering the truth behind her mother's murder. NOTE: This is NOT a Mafia Story.

Her parents divorce was a messy, loud thing but she was too little to really get it. All she knew was her world got sliced in half. Mom took her, Dad took her brothers. Life became two separate tracks her mom's house on one side, her dad's on the other, with an invisible wall keeping them apart. For twelve years, she made it work. Her mom's place was cozy enough, with a stepdad who did his best, even if it wasn't always perfect. Her brothers faded into blurry memories, just faces from old photos. She got used to the split, the two different worlds. Then an accident flipped everything upside down. Her mom was gone, her stepdad was stuck in a hospital bed, and suddenly, she had to pack up and move in with her dad. But it wasn't the dad she remembered. He'd remarried, and his house was a whirlwind of four step siblings and her brothers, who weren't kids anymore. She wasn't that same little girl either. She figured it'd be about adjusting to a crowded house, maybe learning to get along with new people. But it turned out to be so much more unanswered questions, secrets everyone seemed to dodge, and the messy, confusing journey of figuring out who she was and who she wanted to be.