"Another strike, another kick, another strangled breath, another prayer for the torture to end." Every day was the same for Theodora and her brothers, Jameson and Oliver. It was an endless cycle filled with the haunting memories of a life she once knew. Every day the fight for survival was harder and harder. Every day her body became weaker and weaker. Every day the struggle to protect the only two people she cared about became nearly impossible. All because of him - the monster currently holding guardianship over them. Every day was always the same. Until it wasn't.

Seventeen-year-old Aelin has spent her life surviving. Kidnapped as an infant by her mother and raised in a home marked by neglect, addiction, and abuse, she learned early that love was something to fear. After her mother's overdose left her in the hands of a man who hurt her and left her pregnant, Aelin's world felt completely hopeless. Then the police arrive with unexpected news: her abuser is dead, and buried in old records is a report from a father who never stopped searching for her. Now Aelin is being sent to live with the father and four older brothers she never knew existed. Terrified they'll be no different from the family she lost, yet quietly longing for something better, Aelin must decide if she can risk trusting them, and whether this new beginning could mean safety for her and her baby.

She thought she was an only child. She thought her mom's bedtime stories were just stories. She was wrong about everything. After a crash that kills her mother and steals her voice, 14-year-old Sofia wakes up in a hospital-mute, alone, and staring into the eyes of four older brothers who thought she died as a baby. Her name was a lie. Her life was a cover. And now... the truth could kill them all. The bedtime stories her mother once whispered? They were coded warnings. Clues to a dark legacy tied to powerful enemies-and the dangerous game Sofia and her brothers were born into. Now, silence is her weapon. Family is her only shield. And trust? A luxury they can't afford. To survive, Sofia must decode her mother's secrets, stay one step ahead of those who want her gone-and write a new ending. Because the old one? Was never hers. Found family. Fierce brothers. Deadly secrets. Welcome to the game. 📖 Bonus content & exclusive chapters: https://substack.com/@theprincessher4knights

Maisie's life has never been easy. With an unstable home and an abusive mother, she's always felt out of place-like she's living in a world that wasn't made for her. That is, until she meets three boys who change everything. Cohen, Theodore, and Olivier become her best friends, her safe space, and her constant since kindergarten. But when Maisie's life spirals from difficult to unbearable-money problems, bruises she can't hide, and the suffocating urge to give up-will her best friends be enough to save her? Or will the darkness that follows her home life be too much, even for them? A story about friendship, resilience, and the fight to hold on when the world feels determined to let you fall.

Alora's life hasn't always been pretty. What with an abusive father, getting put into the system, having been bounced around the system, and getting separated from her brothers for two years really takes a toll on you. When Alora is placed with emotionally and physically abusive foster parents, her mental health goes down the drain. But her brothers that haven't contacted her in four months suddenly want to come back into her life, things get complicated. Follow Alora and her older brother on their journey to rekindle their relationship and find their places in each others lives. Trigger Warning- Bulimia Nervosa, Self Harm, Panic Attacks, PTSD, Trauma, and Physical Abuse

Now with her freshman year of high school behind her, Piper is ready to enjoy a summer of ultimate freedom. Until she finds out that her older brother is coming home. Cover photo by Savannah Dematteo from Pexels. Thanks for reading!!!

In a house defined by order, Jaz has learned to survive by staying small. Homeschooled and carefully monitored by a father who calls his vigilance protection, she moves through her days according to schedule, each rule meant to keep her safe from a world he believes is waiting to harm her. Her brothers see something different. They see isolation. They see fear disguised as love. And when they try to widen her world, one afternoon unravels into panic, confirming their father's darkest suspicions and fracturing the fragile balance inside the home. As long-buried history begins to surface, it becomes clear that Andrew is not only protecting his daughter, but he is protecting himself from a grief he never survived. And Jaz, caught between safety and suffocation, must confront a truth that threatens to dismantle everything he has built: She is not a second chance. She is not a replacement. She is not his past. She is herself. A quiet, piercing portrait of generational trauma, control born from love, and the difficult work of untangling fear from devotion, this novel asks what it means to protect someone, and when protection becomes its own kind of harm.

At six years old, Ava Carter lost her brothers to divorce. At sixteen, she loses everything else. With both parents gone, Ava is forced to move in with the brothers she hasn't seen in a decade - and the life she doesn't recognize. She's grieving. Guarded. Holding onto secrets that could change everything. Then she meets Blake. Her brother's best friend. Off-limits. Complicated. Dangerous in the quietest way. Falling for him was never part of the plan. But neither was losing her entire world.

Nine-year-old Liliana might be small, but she's bold, clever, and knows exactly how to drive her older brothers crazy. Life in the Valentino household is anything but boring. Join Liliana as she navigates mischief, laughter, and testing the limits of her brothers' patience while discovering just how much they adore her.

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: 16/08/2025 #3 in #brothers #3 in #violence #2 in #violence