Velvetjoy18
They say home is where you are loved without question.
Liora Cole grew up wondering if that was true.
Born into a family of striking grey eyes and wavy brown hair, Liora was the only exception; hazel-eyed, black-haired, and constantly reminded that she didn't quite fit the picture everyone else seemed to belong in.
While her older sister became a celebrated model, her older brother rose to fame on the basketball court, and her younger sister earned admiration as a gifted artist, Liora quietly found comfort in the one place no one thought to look-the kitchen, where flour-covered countertops and handwritten recipes became her escape.
Invisible in a house filled with remarkable people, she spent years believing she was the least beautiful, the least talented, and the least loved.
But growing up has a way of challenging the stories we tell ourselves.
As childhood gives way to adolescence and adulthood, Liora must confront family expectations, fragile self-worth, heartbreak, friendship, hidden dreams, and the painful question she's carried for as long as she can remember:
Was she truly unloved... or had she spent her life searching for love in places that never knew how to show it?
A heartfelt coming-of-age novel about family, identity, belonging, healing, and discovering that sometimes the light you've been searching for has been inside you all along.