Her parents divorce was a messy, loud thing but she was too little to really get it. All she knew was her world got sliced in half. Mom took her, Dad took her brothers. Life became two separate tracks her mom's house on one side, her dad's on the other, with an invisible wall keeping them apart. For twelve years, she made it work. Her mom's place was cozy enough, with a stepdad who did his best, even if it wasn't always perfect. Her brothers faded into blurry memories, just faces from old photos. She got used to the split, the two different worlds. Then an accident flipped everything upside down. Her mom was gone, her stepdad was stuck in a hospital bed, and suddenly, she had to pack up and move in with her dad. But it wasn't the dad she remembered. He'd remarried, and his house was a whirlwind of four step siblings and her brothers, who weren't kids anymore. She wasn't that same little girl either. She figured it'd be about adjusting to a crowded house, maybe learning to get along with new people. But it turned out to be so much more unanswered questions, secrets everyone seemed to dodge, and the messy, confusing journey of figuring out who she was and who she wanted to be.

I wanted to stay hidden, in my apartment in South Dakota. I wanted to remain anonymous, their world knowing me as Sleuth, someone whose presence was strictly digital. Helping people find their missing loved ones. Then came a deal I couldn't refuse - literally. The Morelli family was one you just didn't say no to, and when you were on their radar, they weaved you into their way of life, their web sticking to you like glue. I promised myself I wouldn't go back to that life after growing up in it; but there was a missing girl to find. And I just happen to love solving a mystery. 'A missing sister story, where she finds herself and a family she didn't even know she wanted.'

At fifteen years old, Aurora Valencia is returned to a family she doesn't remember, and a life she never expected. For the last seven years, she's lived in the shadow of fear, tucked into the corners of her mother's home under the rule of a cruel, abusive stepfather. When he's murdered, her mother claims it as self-defense, and Aurora is left even more broken, terrified, and silent. Her words have never been safe, and her voice has never been welcome. She is placed into the custody of her biological father, Adrian, a stranger with six older sons - Ace, Alejandro, Roman, Xander, Xavier, and Matteo, brothers who remember her, even if she doesn't remember them. Aurora arrives in a house full of strangers with familiar blood, haunted by memories she doesn't have, and guarded hearts shaped by the pain of losing her once already. She tries to stay invisible, trapped in silence and, but slowly, carefully, the brothers she avoids begin to see the cracks in her walls, moments of warmth beneath the wariness. The only time she feels anything close to peace is when she's alone, moving silently through her old ballet routines, her body remembering the fluidity and grace it once had, even if the music in her head has long gone silent. Yet even as Aurora starts to thaw, she begins to suspect that this house holds secrets of its own. Dark and dangerous secrets. Because the Valencia family isn't just a family. They're part of something bigger. Something lethal. And in this world, silence might be the only thing keeping her safe.

Ariah. A 15-year-old girl who lives with her younger brother Theo and her abusive stepdad. Ariah lives a miserable life with school being awful and home being 10x worse. Ariah's stepdad falls victim to murder and she and her brother gets sent off to live with their family members whom Ariah barely remembers. The family members who Ariah moves in with hold many secrets and lies that Ariah slowly starts to notice. On the other hand Ariah holds many big secrets and lies that her family members slowly start to get suspicious of. Who secrets will be revealed first? What will happen next? How will Ariah react? How will her family react? Read and find out.

Daniella Florakis lived with her family. Well-not her blood family. Her mother died when she was barely ten, and she never knew who her father was. Not like that mattered. Her stepfather had been the best parental figure, and later on, her stepsister, Iris. She was content with her life. That is, until Iris suddenly runs off-no explanation, no reason known, no heads up, nothing. Feeling heartbroken and betrayed, Daniella struggles to figure out what to do next. Everything seems to be spiraling out of control until the police called, claiming to have found her family. All of a sudden, she's whisked away to California and put in a house nearly 2,000 miles away from her original home, with six older brothers she didn't even know existed suddenly appearing in her life. Daniella is thrust into a life that appears to be perfect. What complaints should she have as a rich person? However, she can't help but think something is wrong. Secrets seem to be keeping the family together barely, secrets she isn't privy to, as her brothers clearly showed. But she isn't one to back down. Because these secrets not only involve her, but the truth that she thought she had been living this entire time.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what. - Harper Lee. Willa Parks is a young, sensitive girl, whose heart has hardened greatly over the course of her life. At almost 14, the universe does not seem to be on her side. Suffering through grief, anxiety, and trauma, she struggles day by day. Not to mention, the presence of her striking 7 older brothers, all who hide their own secrets.. Can their presence be enough to extricate sweet, darling Willa from the darkest depths of her mind? Or, will their secrets push her right over the edge? In a world where family is the top value, are secrets really all that worth it? Or, will they just cause the inevitable crash and burn? The time is now for Willa to unlock her tenacity. The question is whether or not she can do it. Random updates :))

The first thing you should know about me? I wasn't meant to exist. Not with the name Evelina Moretti. Not in their house. Not in their world. The second thing you should know? Every empire breaks from the inside. My name is Evelina Moretti, and I'm the aperture-the tiny fracture that let the truth in. What is that you might ask? Aperture; 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚔, 𝚘𝚛 𝚐𝚊𝚙 - 𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚒𝚛. That's what they all see me as. A crack in their family. A crack in there. This is the story of the girl they threw away- and the home I was never meant to survive. And somehow, in the ruins of everything we broke, we found a way to build each other back. Because somewhere along the way, we became a family. ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ✧･ﾟ: ❀ :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧ :･ﾟ✧:･ﾟ✧ The Moretti's had everything. Fame. Money. Power. A legacy carved into the city like a warning. Until one drunken night- one lie whispered in the wrong ear- brought their empire crashing down. All that's left is seven brothers. But does blood really run thicker than water? And they don't want Evelina there. They look at her like she's the dust on their boots, an inconvenience they're forced to tolerate, a reminder of the past. And she doesn't understand why. She doesn't understand what she did. "All I know is I don't belong. Not in that house. Not in that name. Not with them. But I have nowhere else to go." All she wishes-quietly, desperately- is to be more than a crack in their perfect world. But cracks spread. And sometimes the smallest fracture is where a whole story begins. ∧,,,∧ ~ ┏━━━━━━━━┓ ( ̳• · • ̳) ~ ♡Best Rankings Had♡ / づ ~ ┗━━━━━━━━┛ #1 underage drug use #1 aperture #1 evelina #2 moretti #3 h

Nearly 10 years-that's how long Cecelia has been alone. Abandoned. Exiled from the only family she's ever known for a crime she doesn't even remember committing. Sent away to a cold, unfamiliar boarding school in London, she learned to survive on her own, her past slipping away piece by piece after a tragic accident stole her memories. Now, her family exists only in the ink-stained pages of her diary-names without faces, stories without warmth. But when a sudden summons drags her back into their world, Cecelia is forced to confront the ghosts of her past. Her family still blames her. Their eyes hold nothing but resentment. And worst of all, she has no idea what she did to deserve their hatred. Thrown into a brutal world of crime, power, and secrets, Cecelia finds herself entangled in a dangerous game-one where trust is scarce, loyalty is tested, and betrayal lurks in every shadow. As she fights to reclaim the life that was stolen from her, she must face the ultimate question: Can she ever truly go home, or was she never meant to belong in the first place?

Clover Marianne Emerson has always been a quiet storm, hiding her fears behind soft smiles and her scars beneath impossible expectations. When tragedy uproots her life, she is thrust into the chaos of her brothers' world-a place of loud voices, sharp edges, and a love she doesn't know how to accept. They are strangers bound by blood, each with their own cracks and shadows. Clover tries to fit herself into their lives, perfect and invisible, but perfection is a fragile thing. As the walls between them start to crumble, so does the mask she's always worn. Follow Clove as she learns to navigate teenage life, sibling rivalry, and her own dreams and as she begins to discover that perfection isn't what binds a family together-it's love, chaos, and everything in between.