Blood on the Southside

When DCFS contacts Valentina Reyes, she expects a courtesy form.
Not custody.
Not the Gallaghers.
Not the South Side.

She's Monica's niece-the one who escaped the family curse. The one with a job, a plan, and a life outside the chaos. But when she walks through the Gallagher door, everything changes: children who cling to her, a sister-figure who hates her, a house that constantly teeters on disaster, and a doctor who looks at her like he sees right through her walls.

Val never meant to stay.
She never meant to become their safe place.
She never meant to fall into this messy, furious, beautiful world.

But the South Side has a way of choosing its people.

And Valentina?
She's about to find out what it means to belong to a family-even when it fights you every step of the way.