Hallelujah-Holly- Abbi Snow was the golden child. Her father and mother heirs to one of the biggest bed and breakfast chains that is still family owned and operated, the oldest of four. She's a straight A student, captain of the cheer-leading squad, perfect quarterback boyfriend, most popular girl in school. And she can't take it anymore. Her perfect life is making her robotic exterior crack. For years, to take away the pain of stress, Holly took Opiates, or over the counter drugs.
Kieran Dawn is Holly's polar opposite, but she's drawn to him regardless. There's something calming about his personality that makes her relax and wean off her addiction. The two are brought together by one thing; art. Kieran learns everything about her with in a matter of weeks, including her addiction. He is so wrapped around her finger, Keiran is willing to do anything to help her quit drugs forever, except fall in love with her.
Holly's bad-boy has a secret that he won't tell her, even after how close they had gotten.
All rights reserved 2014 Jane Dugan
After enduring years of neglect and cruelty from her mother and stepfather, Ariana's life changes drastically when tragedy brings her under the guardianship of five brothers she's never met and they never even knew they had a sister.
For her brothers, learning they have a sister is an unwelcome surprise. Suspicious and reluctant, her brothers see Aria as an outsider, a stranger disrupting the fragile balance of their lives.
For Aria, their home is both a new beginning and a constant reminder of the family that left her behind.
Haunted by the pain of her past, Aria struggles to adjust, her every action guarded and her trust hard to earn.
As her brothers try to understand her, they begin to glimpse the scars she hides and the strength she carries. Little by little, resentment turns to empathy, and the walls between them start to crumble. But just as the siblings begin to find common ground, the secrets and trauma of Aria's old life threaten to tear them apart. Together, they must decide whether they can overcome the shadows of the past to forge a family and whether Aria can finally find a place to belong.