16 year old Avril is broken, deep inside she knows it. At thirteen she is abandoned, she has no siblings that she knows of. Her family was originally from Japan from both sides of her family. But she has an odd name for a Japanese girl, Avril, not Japanese. To this day her name is a mystery but that isn't the main issue. At thirteen and a half she got adopted. Sadly, not from anyone in Japan, but the USA. When this occurred a whole new chapter of her life had just begun, nothing she had ever expected. This is the past for Avril Kobayashi, at sixteen she has gotten used to some of the new culture, but still surprises, heartbreaks, happiness, sadness, and faith still await.
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.