"We fought an uphill battle. One we had no hope of winning." ~~~ Felicity-Flick as most call her-Carter, has learned a thing or two in her 12 years of life. How to deal with drunk parents without waking the neighbors, how to smoke a cigarette without burning your fingers, and how to be abandoned by your siblings without losing your mind. All skills acquired through heartbreak and survival. Cigarette smoke filled lungs, late night talks on rooftops, make up most of who Flick is. But when her fractured family begins to mend itself, Flick is faced with a new chapter in her life that involves the very people she never wanted to see again. Started: January 10th 2021 Finished: December 2nd 2021

Everyone around Kayla has always thought she was the rebellious child. No one dared to open their eyes wide enough to see the real reason. Everything has been right infront of their eyes this whole time. But yet they chose to keep their eyes closed. Kayla has never fitted in, Not even at home. She gave up on trying to impress people. But it's not like anyone notices her etheir so she stays in the shadows. Everyone just thinks she is rebellious child. But to her she just got stuck with an annoying family. Will Kayla ever get them to open their eyes and see she's not all too bad?? Will they ever regrow that family bond?? (I own no photos I got them all off of pinterest)

In which a girl realizes family isn't by blood but by bond.

Adelina Bianco was kidnapped at 5 years old after her home was ambushed. Her once perfect life with her 6 brothers was turned upside down and she now has no one. They haven't even looked for her as far as she's concerned and she's grown to hate the people who brought a smile to her face everyday for the first 5 years of her life. They abandoned her. So what happens 10 years later when she's been placed into their care? "The smell of cigarette smoke is comforting while the one of beer feels usual. The stench of vodka sends shivers down my spine and the one of tequila is terrifying. Vaping is a relief and weed is an escape." Please look out for any trigger warnings that would be at the beginnings of chapters! There's a bit of a slow start but it gets better.These are my own thoughts and ideas, I own the characters. However this isn't my cover!!

"I was sick of letting the world run me so I decided to run the world." ~~~ Isabelle Cane was taken from her family at 6 months old, leaving behind 7 older brothers and a twin sister. In the 12 years she's been away, Izzy has faced hardships no child should have to deal with. A drug addict mom, the never ending need for money, and a dead best friend make for one hell of a life for Izzy. When her Mom dies unexpectedly, she is placed into the custody of her brothers who have been looking for their baby sister for years now. A new future lies ahead for Izzy but it seems the past will never quite leave her alone. Started: 8/04/20 Finished:

"And selfishly, it still wasn't enough to make me stay." ~~~ Three months ago, Cassidy Rhodes hit her breaking point. After a childhood of tragedy and turmoil, raising herself and her little brother, Cassie fell into the depths of depression and made a decision that would change her life forever. After spending the last three months in a children's psych ward, Cassie expects to go back to the dingy apartment she's lived in all her life with her Mom and little brother. But what she doesn't expect is for a strange man, who claims to be her long-lost brother, to be the one to bring her to an unfamiliar home with not one, but seven strangers who claim to be her unknown family, she's never met in 12 years of being on her own. Cassie has always thought her future would be nothing a but premedicted teenage-tragedy. An inevitability. But with new, unforeseen changes rattling her self admittedly meritless life, the future has never seemed less set in stone for Cassie Rhodes. Started: July 5th 2021 Finished: