Hunter gets put in a reformatory for Littles. (Cover: Not my work it's from Pinterest)

BOOK #1 IN THE DEVALDI SERIES For ten years, Evan and Ellie were gone. Taken when they were small children, they became the faces on missing-person posters, the names whispered at family gatherings, and the heartbreak their brothers never stopped carrying. Everyone assumed the worst. Then they came home. Sixteen-year-old Evan and twelve-year-old Ellie are finally rescued and returned to the family that never gave up searching for them. Their older brothers welcome them back with open arms, determined to help them rebuild the life that was stolen from them. But coming home isn't as simple as everyone hoped. Ellie hasn't spoken in years. No one knows why. She communicates through glances, notes, and the protective hand she keeps wrapped around Evan's sleeve whenever fear creeps too close. Evan insists they're fine. They're safe now. Everything is okay. Except it isn't. Behind closed doors, the siblings hide the truth about the decade they spent missing. The nightmares, the panic, the strange rules they still follow, and the scars no one is supposed to see. Evan is determined to protect Ellie from any more pain, even if it means carrying their secrets alone. Ellie, unable to speak, struggles to find a way to tell the people who love them what really happened. As their brothers work to reconnect with the children they lost, cracks begin to form in the carefully built walls Evan and Ellie have created around themselves. The harder they try to pretend everything is normal, the more impossible it becomes to hide the damage left behind. Because being rescued was only the beginning. Coming home means learning to trust again. And sometimes the hardest part of surviving is letting yourself be saved. What the Darkness Couldn't Take is an emotional story about family, resilience, and the unbreakable bond between siblings who refuse to leave each other behind-even after ten years lost in the dark.

Rachel Halstead, the younger sister of Will and Jay Halstead, is a rebellious 14 year old, care-free girl. She lived her life liberally with her father Pat, until he became brain dead. What happens when her older brothers, Will and Jay, become her legal guardians? Will she let them in after their distant relationship? Will they become the inseparable siblings they once were years ago? I do NOT own any of the characters or pictures, except Rachel Halstead and a few other characters I may make up. WARNING: This story contain non-sexual spankings. DON'T LIKE DON'T READ. Thank you!

Two twins, Emily and Jacob have had a bad life. Between suffering From fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), and the abuse and neglect they deal with at home they've learned to rely on each other. They learn that the world isn't going to be nice to them and that trust shouldn't be given out so easily. Daniel Reyes is the CEO and founder of Reyes Global Logistics, a shipping company. From growing up as a first generation Mexican American and not having money to spend, to one of the most successful Mexican owned business on the west coast, he's built a great life or him and his 6 sons. His wife passed from cancer 10 years ago, and in his grief and struggle to move on he had many one night stands, resulting in the birth of the twins. A birth he was not aware of. What happens when Daniel gets a call from CPS about the twins. The kids he never knew existed? How will his sons react to having two more siblings? What will happen when the harsh reality the twins have lived is revealed? Read and find out!

Taken from her family at the age of four, because of a deep grudge, Aria doesn't remember the place she used to call home. All she knows now, is silence and pain. All she has is her broken self, and the hope of being free one day. She's been called a curse, and she's been called worse- to the point where Aria doesn't know what is true or not. She'll never escape the hell she's in, she'll never have a home or a family, right? *Sneak peek* Aria: "Where the hell are you?!" I wake up with a jerk on the cold floor of the kitchen's store. The rope that he used to keep me there when his friends were over, bit into my skin, and was now stained with red. He had forgotten. Again. But that was a good thing, because it means I didn't get beatings last night. I tired to move, but the pain from my ankle was sending vibrations to my brain, and I winced, my back hitting the wall hard. I closed my eyes, praying he won't find me- but luck is never on my side. He opens the door, and smirks as he looks down at me. His eyes were clear, he wasn't drunk. That was bad. He made it more painful when he wasn't. He undid the rope, and dragged me by the hair, into the kitchen. "You little bitch. Growing wings now, are we?" He threw me on the floor and kicked my ribs. Pain flared through me, but I shut my eyes tight. Don't make a sound. "Make me my damn breakfast right now. And I want it prepared next time or else." I nod my head, and get to my feet. But he dragged me towards him by the neck, my back to his front. His hand went under my shirt, the threat hanging in the air, and I squeezed my eyes shut. "Do you hear me?" I nod. His hand went up to my chest, and I swallowed the nausea rising up in me. "Yes who?" "Yes Daddy." I choked out. Then he pushed me towards the stove and walked out.

Twelve-year-old Sydney has always looked up to her older brothers. Mason, seventeen, is the steady one-the quiet backbone of the family who seems like he already knows how to be an adult. Banks, fourteen, is the storm. Loud, unpredictable, always in trouble at school and at home. And Sydney loves them both in completely different ways. But lately, something about Banks doesn't add up. His anger feels sharper. His excuses don't quite make sense. And the more the family tries to correct his behavior, the worse everything becomes. Teachers complain. Parents argue late into the night. Mason tries to hold everything together while Sydney quietly watches it all unravel, still believing her big brother is just... misunderstood. Then Sydney discovers the truth Banks has been hiding for years-he can't read. What follows is a fragile, painful reckoning. The family is forced to confront not only Banks' secret, but everything they missed, ignored, or misunderstood along the way. Shame and fear collide with love and loyalty, and suddenly nothing feels simple anymore-not what Banks did, not why he did it, and not how to fix what's been broken for so long. Sydney finds herself caught in the middle, determined to protect the brother she adores while the family fractures under the weight of a truth they never saw coming. And just when they begin to find a way forward, an accident changes everything-reshaping their lives in a way none of them are prepared for, and forcing them to decide what family really means when everything falls apart. A heartbreaking story about hidden struggles, misunderstood behavior, and the kind of love that has to survive the truth.

When we last left Samantha Deitz, she'd been adopted by Jenna and Tyler Joseph, had met a bunch of their friends and had been taken by who was supposedly her new social worker. Except her so-called new social worker said something that made her realize, too late, that he wasn't her social worker. Who is the man who knocked Samantha out? Does he know Jenna and Tyler? Or does he know her birth father, Stanley Deitz, who was one of the ten prisoners who escaped when their prison transport crashed. Where is Samantha? Where is Stanley Deitz?

Samantha's life had never been easy. Her abusive father was the only family she had left. Her mom had died when Sam was just a kid, and when she was eight, Sam had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. The healthcare costs enraged her father and made a tough situation that much more difficult. Until one night, Sam has had enough of the abuse and runs out into a rainstorm to escape her father's wrath. Scaling a fence in the ravine, Sam lands in the backyard of a large house. As she gets caught between the owner of the house catching her in his yard, and the screaming monster in the woods, Sam's life is about to change.

Book #1 of the Rose series: Everly is a 4 almost 5 year old being raised by her older brothers. Not everything is all sunshine and rainbows but there are special moments that are cherished by all 5 of them. She may be the youngest and the only girl but she's treated like the princess she is. They may not be her mother or father but then again that's the last thing they want to be. Cover by: @qivine

Book #2 of the Rose series We've all read and adored little miss Everly Rose Carter and have witnessed the daily adventures. Maybe it'll be different now that it's been 12 years. Maybe there will be more adventures! Maybe there will be a love interest? A boyfriend? We all know how much the boys detested the idea of a boyfriend. Cover by: @qivine