Lucille Callaghan had it bad, and everyone in Ballylaggin knew it. Her former best friend, Shannon Lynch, knew it too. But she was onto better and bigger things, and Lucille was proud of her. She could never be mad at how her best friend found the person that made her shitty life turn into a paradise. She just wished she wasn't forgotten along the way. With an addict mother, a father who could've been a boxer in a past life, and four younger siblings who depend on her for food and necessities, Lucille doesn't have the time or money or energy to waste on boys. When Shannon left for Tommen, Lucille had no one. The bullying increased with one target instead of two, and she just has to put up with it. She's got only eleven months until she's eighteen, and then she can finally take her siblings and move into the apartment she's had in her sights right off of Elk's Terrace for a year. Unfortunately for her, shit hits the fan even worse at home. She has no idea what to do, and when she has a minute to let the bad decisions in, she turns to drugs. What she doesn't know is that her oldest sibling out of the bunch called Shannon and told her what was happening. Now she's got the Kavanagh's, Lynch's, and the weird side quest Tommen friends in her business. And she wants them out.

Book One ⋆˚˙✧˖° ⋆˙✧ Aine Lynch is the third eldest Lynch child. Battling against depression and her own parents she juggles her own life and the life of all the little Lynches in her hands. However, when she gets knocked to the ground by a 6'2, muscular number nine everything changes. For the worst? Or for the good? Cillian Kavanagh is an emerging rugby star. Following in his older brothers footsteps he pushes himself for the best. Unlike Johnny, Cillian wasn't gifted with sports 𝘢𝘯𝘥 academic achievements. Struggling to scrape passes Cillian hides his results from his parents and takes to the only thing that can help him escape. ⋆˚˙✧˖° ⋆˙✧ 𝙍𝙀𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙂 9 Trigger Warnings! • Graphic detail • Mental Health • Mentions of suicide • Mentions of self harm • Drug addictions • Language • Sexual Assault • Underage drinking/dealing • Neglect • Abuse • Fighting • Sex References

Éabha Holland grew up learning to tiptoe--around glass on the floor, around her father's moods, around a kind of love that hurt as much as it held her. She's running out of ways to stay numb. Her dad's addiction taught her how to disappear; hers might finish the job. AJ Lynch has his own shadows--a family name that carries both pride and wreckage, a temper that burns too hot, and a soft spot for the girl who never learned to ask for help.