found family trope
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♡ The Ruins of Dawn ♡ by evie44c
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Since forever it's always just been 13 year old Amelie and her Mum. They may not have been rich in money but they were rich in happiness and they were really close. Everything changes when Amelie's mum gets married to a rich guy she supposedly met at a pub, their lives are flipped upside down and Amelie is forced to move away from the home she knows and loves to New York to move in with him and his 5 sons- soon to be step brothers. How will Amelie cope when she starts to lose her mum to money and alcohol altogether? Will all the lies and harsh truths break her and make suffer alone or will she manage to find comfort in her 5 new Step - Brothers? ~ achievements!! #1 in stepbrothers #6 in mansion #8 in hope
little echoes  by forhrts
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Cleo Winters has learned to survive by staying quiet. At school, she's invisible, bullied and ignored. At home, she tiptoes around her mother's sharp moods and cruel words, never knowing when kindness will turn into punishment. But when her mother announces a sudden move to London to marry a wealthy businessman named Eric Westwood, Cleo's silent life is shattered. Thrown into a family she's never met, surrounded by strangers who live in luxury while she carries scars no one can see, Cleo must navigate a new house, a new country, and a new set of rules.
The Blood Between Us by aYm8e16
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When Amalie and Evelyn move in with the fiercely protective Castellani brothers, they find themselves in a home full of strangers and secrets. Rebuilding trust after years apart won't be easy, especially when not everything in the Castellani house is what it seems. As the twins begin to learn the difference between survival and safety, they discover that some shadows are harder to outrun than others.
Saudade by jj_mena
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"You lied to me" I screamed "You hid everything from me, why. Just why did you do this to me, to my siblings?" Tears began streaming down my face. "I did it to protect you, and your brothers, and your sister. I did it all for you guys" he said. "At what cost ... at what damn cost did we have to pay for your mistakes, you took the thing that I loved the most away from me" I said, tears being smeared all over my face, as I stared at him with my forest green eyes. Just like his. ... Astraea Knight is a 15 year old girl living with her four older brothers, due to her parent's disappearance when she was 13. No one knows what happened to them, and no traces were found. Left to fend for herself in this big family, Astraea is forced to keep the family afloat as new and old wounds begin to open up. The issues that were once forgotten and tucked into the pages of the past, begin to untangle themselves and into the lives of the Knight siblings. Astraea will soon unravel the truth, the truth of how her life came to be, the truth that no one wanted her to know.
Unspoken by auroralillyy
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At fifteen years old, Aurora Valencia is returned to a family she doesn't remember, and a life she never expected. For the last seven years, she's lived in the shadow of fear, tucked into the corners of her mother's home under the rule of a cruel, abusive stepfather. When he's murdered, her mother claims it as self-defense, and Aurora is left even more broken, terrified, and silent. Her words have never been safe, and her voice has never been welcome. She is placed into the custody of her biological father, Adrian, a stranger with six older sons - Ace, Alejandro, Roman, Xander, Xavier, and Matteo, brothers who remember her, even if she doesn't remember them. Aurora arrives in a house full of strangers with familiar blood, haunted by memories she doesn't have, and guarded hearts shaped by the pain of losing her once already. She tries to stay invisible, trapped in silence and, but slowly, carefully, the brothers she avoids begin to see the cracks in her walls, moments of warmth beneath the wariness. The only time she feels anything close to peace is when she's alone, moving silently through her old ballet routines, her body remembering the fluidity and grace it once had, even if the music in her head has long gone silent. Yet even as Aurora starts to thaw, she begins to suspect that this house holds secrets of its own. Dark and dangerous secrets. Because the Valencia family isn't just a family. They're part of something bigger. Something lethal. And in this world, silence might be the only thing keeping her safe.
Under Their Watch by aYm8e16
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Amara Moretti returns to her brothers eleven years later-damaged, guarded, and hiding more than anyone suspects. As buried truths begin to surface, alliances are tested and blood ties blur. In a world where loyalty is survival and secrets can kill, Amara must decide: trust the family she barely remembers-or expose the darkness hidden under their watch.
Blood & Bloom by LilRaynee
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Eight-year-old Athena Dimitriou has never known safety. Raised by a mother who loved her but resented her, and a man who hid his violence behind closed doors, she learned early how to stay small, quiet, and invisible. Until the night everything shattered. When her mother is found dead and her stepfather vanishes, DNA results reveal an impossible truth-Athena is the illegitimate daughter of one of America's most powerful Mafia dons. Whisked away to New York, she finds herself in a palace of cold steel and burning loyalty, under the protection of five ruthless brothers who rule a criminal empire. She was born in silence. They raise her in steel. But beneath the violence lies something unexpected-soft hands, warm arms, a family that will kill for her, die for her... and teach her, at last, how to live. Book 1
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 2/12/2025: #1 in deadmother 6/12/2025: #1 in youngest
A Mother's Shadow by aYm8e16
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Liliane has always been good at hiding things - her feelings, her fears, and now, a secret that could change everything. Sent to live with family she hasn't seen in nearly a decade, she steps into a home stitched together by silence and old resentments. But in a family where everyone's hiding something, the truth always finds a way to surface - no matter how deeply it might be buried.
A Mirror In The Dark by aYm8e16
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Alessia has carved out a life in the shadows, helping other forgotten kids like herself. But when a failed theft lands her in the sights of a boy who looks exactly like her, everything changes. Torn between the harsh life she knows and a violent world of wealth, secrets, and control, Alessia must decide who she really is - and how far she'll go to protect the only family that ever truly mattered.