Aria's life has always been a bit unconventional-she's a quick-witted, sarcastic 14-year-old who thrives on staying out of the spotlight. With her deep brown skin, she never felt like she truly fit in, not even with her well-meaning but image-conscious mother, Cora. But things are about to get a whole lot messier.
When her mom decides to marry Matteo-a charming, polished guy from an annoyingly "perfect" family-Aria is thrust into a world of brothers who skate, charm, overachieve, and hover like bodyguards. Overnight, she's expected to blend into a family that couldn't feel more different from her. As if high school wasn't enough of a struggle, now she has to figure out how to survive in a house full of strangers who already have their own dynamic.
Aria isn't interested in bonding. She'd rather disappear into her music and keep everyone at arm's length. But life has other plans-especially when her sharp tongue and sarcastic comebacks clash with her new stepbrothers, leading to tension, humour, and unexpected moments of vulnerability. As the walls she's built begin to crack, Aria has to decide: will she keep fighting to stand alone, or learn to open up to the messy, unpredictable reality of family?
I started writing this story when I was literally a child so please understand that before you read this monstrosity. Please do not comment about how I should change it, how it doesn't make sense, or how it may be going too fast... as I said, it was written by a pre-teen. Read at your own risk.
Aria's mom died when she was 13. Now she is 18 and her cruel step mother and sister treat her like crap and her dad is always working. When a new boy comes to her school named Alek, Aria feels an attraction to him. They run away beacause of a killer wanting Aria and he explains that he's a vampire and she's his mate, blah blah blah. This is a story of love, humor, peril, adventure, grief, and anger. After all this, will their love be able to last?