Nine-year-old Addison has known only darkness - locked away in a basement, her world has been one of silence, fear, and isolation. But when Addison moves in with the Harrington brothers - the family she never knew she had - she faces the daunting task of learning to trust, speak, and heal. Surrounded by love but haunted by her past, will Addison find the light she's been searching for - or will the shadows of her trauma keep her trapped?

E·phem·er·al (adj.) Lasting for a very short time ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ Aurora has spent her past thirteen years surviving, not living. Trapped in a broken home filled with cruelty and violence, every day has been a battle against the monsters she was forced to call family. Stained by her striking appearance--skin, hair, and eyes devoid of pigment--Aurora has always stood out. But one night, when flashing lights and sirens tear through the darkness of her world, everything changes for her. Her nightmares have been taken away in handcuffs, and for the first time, Aurora is free. Or so she believes. Swept away to a sprawling residence in New York, she's thrown into a new life with six mysterious older brothers she's never met, secrets buried in every corner, and danger that feels strangely familiar. As Aurora tries to rebuild, she begins to worry if the past is truly behind her, or if something even darker has been waiting all along. Wanting a future built upon more than merely scraping by, Aurora knows its time she fights for what was previously impossible. She's ready to live and claim her new life as more than Ephemeral. Even if it kills her. ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ ⏾ The first couple chapters are short but get longer as you go. NO AI HAS GONE INTO EPHEMERAL.

Evelyn Smith is a 15 year old girl who lives with her parents. She has been abused all her life by her parents, but still tries to find the good in bad. She is very kind-hearted and smart. She is also very hardworking and knows how to value what she has. The Romano family is one of the most prestigious and elite families in the world. They are known for their ruthlessness in the business as well as the illegal world. Being the American mafia, everyone knows not to mess with them. For someone on the outside, it may look like they are the most happiest family ever and they have everything a person could ever want from life, but only they know the amount of pain they are in. It's been 15 years since something was taken from them. Something that was very important and dear to them. Even after countless searches, luck was never on their side and they came up empty handed. What happens when Evelyn and her 'parents' move to a new state, and in the new school , she encounters two boys who look exactly like her?? Will the boys be willing to dive further into the web of secrets to know about the mysterious new girl who looks exactly like them?? Or will they brush it off as a coincidence?? Will the Romanos find what they lost 15 years ago?? What happens when she gets to know a heartbreaking truth?? Will she be able to trust them after everything she has been through?? Both sides have secrets. Secrets which will have heartbreaking consequences. Follow Evelyn on this journey as she tries to find her happy ending.

Solienne (n.) - a name evoking sunlight after ruin; the quiet resilience of something lost, yet still burning. Isabella Moretti was kidnapped when she was three years old. She doesn't remember the brothers who loved her. And they don't know the girl she's become. Living under a new name in a quiet city, Isabella is a survivor-sharp-eyed, secretive, and always prepared to run. But when she transfers to a prestigious academy, two of the school's most feared students take notice: Antonio and Francesco Moretti. Cold, calculating, untouchable-until now. They don't know why they're drawn to her. Why she feels like something familiar. Why their guarded silence begins to crack around her laugh, her pain, her presence. They have no idea she's the sister they've mourned for years. And Isabella? She has no idea she's walking straight back into the family that never stopped searching. Solienne is a story of blood that remembers, even when memory doesn't-of lost things finding their way home, and love that endures even when the truth is buried in silence.

In a world swallowed by shadows, where ruthless hearts rule and evil walks freely, kindness is a rare bloom in a field of thorns. Among the chaos, where mercy is weakness and love is a forgotten whisper, a little light dares to shine. She is that light. But can a fragile beam of sunshine survive in a storm of cruelty? Can innocence find peace in a world built on blood and betrayal? Can love bloom in a place where it's never been truly known? Let's find out.

Ten-year-old twins Andrea and Alessia return to their five older brothers after years of abuse by their mother and stepfather. Now, under the care of their eldest brother, Antonio, the twins carry scars deeper than anyone can see. As the family reunites, they must confront the pain of the past and find a way to heal before it tears them apart again. Can the bonds of brotherhood mend what was broken? Or will the ghosts of their pasts keep them lost forever?

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

Benjamin or Ben is a 8 year old little boy with Albinism and Type 1 diabetes. his entire life he has been pushed away, ignored, forgotten, and neglected. His parents never spoke a word about him to anyone, not their friends, coworkers, or even his own brothers. He lives a life of mediocracy, full of schedules, bland but nutritious food, and nobody that shows a care in the world about him out of actual care just paid to make sure he stays out of the way. What will happen when Benjamin snaps? When he gets tired of nobody showing they care. What will his brothers do when they find out they have another brother that their parents never told them about. Read and find out ;)

Daniel- A six year old, he has only ever known the hardships of life, living with his relatives who despise him for being alive and wasting there money; he was told he killed his parents and that his birth was the onset of doom on his family, and just because of that his big brother, Felix, hates him too. He has never seen his brother, but what is the point, when he is the bad omen, the cursed child of the lineage. He just wishes he could have one moment without his chores, only until his fingers stopped hurting. Daniel just wishes for a chance to apologize to a brother he does not ever remember seeing, for being a bad little brother. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After years of abuse her abusers suddenly die. Now her and her little brother is ripped away from the only world they have known, regardless of how shitty it may have been, and into a new and unknown world where she suddenly has to juggle not only a new father she had always thoughts wanted nothing to do with her before his death, but also six older brooding brothers. Her father is a cold man and most of her brothers are temperamental at best. Always moody and hard to get a read on. Only a few have shown her kindness where they rest either ignore her, are cold and short or downright rude and mean which makes it hard to Alexia to trust any of them. She already has major trust issues - her little brother being the only one she has ever been able to trust. But he is bonding with their new family and Alexia feels more alone than ever. Will Alexia's family gain her trust? Will she find a place among the huge Romano family? What will happen when people the family trusts betray them? Will Alexia be okay?