Adam would do anything for his sister Olivia, including protecting her from the monster that roams within their home. James lives with his mother and stepdad. He's never had an easy life, his stepdad has made sure of that. We all have secrets we keep, scars we bare. These three quickly learn they share the same secrets and carry the same burden. Leaning on each other and their group of close friends, they try to navigate through their lives. Their friendship and strength is what will help get them through what seems to be the impossible. Story contains triggers for some readers and heavy topics such as, Abuse Alcoholism Suicidal thoughts

Lia, 17, was kidnapped as a toddler and has spent the last 16 years in an orphanage, unaware of the family desperately searching for her. Despite the scars left by betrayal and mistreatment, she remains sweet, innocent, and kind-choosing compassion over bitterness. With paint-stained hands and a quiet strength in her heart, Lia finds solace in her art, pouring emotions she can't speak into colors and canvas, waiting-unknowingly-to be found. What happens when she finds out that she has four brothers who have been waiting for her?. ••• #1 littlesister 25/5/25 #1 Overprotective 20/5/25

Liana Vescari has always been the nice one, the girl who smooths over arguments, puts others first, and never asks for more than she's given. At eighteen, in a family everyone admires, her kindness is praised as maturity, her silence mistaken for strength. When she was fifteen, her older sister's boyfriend, charming, trusted, and deeply woven into their family, began crossing lines so subtly that Liana convinced herself it was nothing. She didn't want to be dramatic. She didn't want to hurt anyone. What felt like care slowly became control, and by the time she was old enough to understand what was happening, she had already learned to blame herself for not saying no. Determined to protect her family's image and her sister's happiness, Liana keeps quiet. She tells herself she's fine, even as depression settles in and bulimia becomes a way to punish her body for taking up too much space. Survival, she believes, means enduring without complaint. When three new friends enter her life and offer a kind of safety she's never known, Liana begins to question whether being good should hurt this much. But as her abuser tightens his hold and the truth threatens to surface, she faces an impossible choice. Speaking up could finally free her, but it may also cost her the family, identity, and love she's spent her life trying not to disappoint.

Rafe Burne has endured years of abuse from his father. Now out of rehab due to heroin addiction and a juvenile detention center due to dealing drugs, Rafe is placed with a foster family. As he tries to navigate his new life, his past begins to creep back into his life. Living with a police officer and a courthouse employee forces Rafe to clean up his act, but habits are hard to kick and Rafe soon finds himself spiraling. He needs to decide if he's going to follow in his father's footsteps or accept the help he's been offered.

Eli Parker keeps his head down - at school, he's bullied; at home, he's broken. His father-abusive and an alcoholic. His only escape is the sketchbook he never lets go. Then Rafe Torres shows up. The new kid with a bad reputation and a quiet heart. His aunt isn't much around to care what he does and doesn't. He sees Eli , really sees him - and offers something Eli's never had: safety....and maybe love As their bond grows in silence , Eli begins to wonder if there's more to life than just surviving. But love can't always save you. Not from everything.

Everyone's a little trapped in their own heads. Cassian is the only child of very wealthy parents and has grown up being moulded to their expectations of him. He's a great son and a model student while being popular and confident and he consciously strives to be perfect, so much so that he has never even had an unscheduled moment to breathe or think and the thought of making a mistake terrifies him. Growing up in a household where he is basically the caretaker of his little brother, Theodore is plagued by anxiety that he keeps to himself as he tries to make his family look as normal as possible to people on the outside so that he will not lose his brother. When the quiet, lonely Theodore transfers to his school, Cassian cannot help gravitating towards the new kid despite the disapproval of his friends and parents. He's determined to pull Theodore out of his shell only to realise he may be in one himself.

It's been ten years since the Stones family lost their little girl. In those ten years, Alexandra Rose has grown up with an abusive foster father who has neglected her to the point where she almost reached death. One day, two men find Alexandra in a secluded place in her most vulnerable state. Not knowing that she's their sister, they help her and let her go. But later on, on the same day, they seem to find their way to one another and Alexandra is finally reunited with her family. Soon after, she meets a group of boys, one who had just gotten out of juvie. They help her get away from her biggest nightmare and immediately become friends. But one certain boy takes an interest in Alexandra. Everett Knight is the heartless bad boy. Fresh out of juvie, he meets the beautiful, innocent girl who's eyes only hold pain and fear from the world. He was cruel to everyone that crossed his path, except her. But he's dangerous, and he knows it. Alexandra doesn't need anymore danger in her life, so what happens when they cross paths? ❦ ❦ ❦ "His love was all I needed to feel complete." [NOT an incest story.]

Elijah is surviving though the last year of high school the only way he knows how. By working hard, hiding his obsessive compulsive disorder, and keeping social interaction to a minimum. His plan was working until a certain Ryan Stone, the most feared boy in school, decides he needs Elijah's help to pass his English class. As they get to know more about one another, an unlikely friendship develops and feelings start to emerge that neither were prepared for. Indifference may have been the theme of the English project that brought them together, but it also might very well be the thing that tears them apart too.

After leaving an abusive relationship that barely left him alive, Thomas vows to never let anyone get close to him again. The only thing he wants to do is hide away and focus on getting his university degree. His isolation seems impenetrable until one day he meets a dark-haired, green-eyed student whose quiet presence speaks volumes. Thomas, upon discovering that that the man is deaf and mute, starts to question just how much he knows about people. In the silent conversations, Thomas finds himself drawn into a bond that offers both healing and the promise of unexpected revelations.

Oliver Brooks is the only prepared heir of the Brooks family one of the highly esteemed noble of London society. His only goals from a tender age was to take care of his inheritance and prosper the family, he was raised in the most expensive homes with servants and the best tutors. All he knows and ever cared for was success and for success you need to be focused. However, things began to change when he comes across Evelyn the silly student that was barely noticeable, a girl below his class. It was hate at first sight, he wanted nothing to do with her, but then the tide turn and he found himself falling like never before, his first, it is brutal and he fears the worse, would she accept him? Will it ruin his goals? And above all, will she stay even after finding out about his illness? Read to find out! IG: oluna_nkem Facebook: Luna Louis Twitter: @Oluna151