How can you be an orphan when your mother still pays for you? This is the painful question sixteen-year-old Vanya asks herself every day. Her mother's monthly visits to the orphanage aren't fueled by love, but by cold, crisp cash, a payment to keep Vanya a secret. Her father's existence is defined by his absolute rejection. Vanya is the childhood that never got to bloom..*The Lost Spring*. But Vanya's greatest pain is also her biggest secret. Her mother's first marriage yielded three handsome, powerful, and successful adult sons which are Vanya's *half-brothers*. They live a life of unquestioned luxury, entirely unaware of the hidden daughter who shares their blood. When a chance encounter shatters the rigid boundary between Vanya's world and theirs, the family's sixteen-year lie begins to crumble. The truth will tear their privileged world apart. But for Vanya, is exposing the secret worth the risk of losing the only family she's ever truly yearned for?

THE SEQUEL: The relationship between Sophie and Ashton is now strained. "I love you Soph." "I can't love you if i'm hating you dad." *TALKS OF MENTAL HEALTH TOPICS* Read on to find out <3

Emma's home life was never that great to begin with. But it all fell apart when her parents skipped town, leaving her to fend for herself. Her brother takes her in and fights for custody, and she begins a new life learning new things, makes new friends, and takes responsibility for her behavior.

A divorced man begins dating a widowed woman, who comes paired with a teenage daughter who is a bit of a wreck loose.

Melody and Micah Whitley have built a life together in the small town of Valley Falls. They fell in love in college, where Micah was a star baseball pitcher-until a shoulder injury ended his dreams of the major leagues. Melody is used to standing beside the people she loves, adjusting when plans change. She and her sister grew up in foster care, and when Dana passed away, Melody stepped into motherhood when they adopted her niece, Daisy. When Micah agrees to help his childhood friend's sister, Audra, and her young son, Ben, he sees it as an opportunity to pay back an old debt. Micah invests deeply in Ben's life, but as his attention shifts, Melody and Daisy are pushed aside, and the marriage begins to strain under the weight of unspoken grief, unmet needs, and blurred boundaries. Note: There are mentions of infertility, adoption, foster care, grief, addiction/self-harm and death of a non-main character. There is no physical cheating, but there is some OW drama and emotional betrayal/infidelity. Christian and faith themes woven throughout.

Sadie spent twelve years watching other kids get chosen-while her real family lived in comfort without her. When a social worker uncovers the oversight that kept her in foster care, she's sent back to the father who lost her through a bureaucratic error, and the four brothers who never stopped missing her. But returning doesn't erase abandonment. Sadie is furious. Her brothers are relieved but resentful. And her father carries a guilt that threatens to break them all. Home is a battlefield of memories and unspoken blame, and forgiveness is not guaranteed. Yet beneath the anger lies love, waiting-unsteady, uncertain, but still alive. Healing takes time. Trust takes longer. But after everything, Sadie may finally learn what it means to be wanted.

It's senior year, and only the trouble angels can tell the amount of adventures it will bring to Jessie and her trouble crew before they graduate and start their lives as young adults. With Paul watching her every step as the legal guardian of our protagonist, one would say the situation is totally under control. Not a chance! she says. "Good Girls are Bad Girls that haven't been caught yet" Jessica M. Anston *Warning: contains non sexual non abusive spanking of minors and foul language.

When Cody and Eryk are forced out of their free lifestyles and into a new home they face some serious punishments for their actions. See what kind of challenges two scandalous, broken kids face when they try to adapt into a strict environment. Warning: there is corporal punishment in this story.

Victoria's life turned upside down when she finds out that her real dad is an FBI agent. After her mom died, living in the system was probably what made her so prone to falling in trouble, not that she was an angel before, but having no consequences for your actions can get to your head real quick. Now she has to go live with an FBI agent, who would probably have thrown her in jail himself if he knew half the things she has done and is supposed to be her dad who abandoned her in the words of her 'mom'. Follow her life and her crazy adventures with her newly found Strict Dad Peter Burke and his amazing CI, Neal Caffery. __________________________________________ I specialize in crazy - Victoria *Warning- Contains Non-Sexual Spanking of minors and cussing*

{ Papa's Regulations } *Late update * Not abusive , do not abuse any characters in the story . •Strict dad •A family saga with lots of drama . © ALL RIGHT RESERVED