Broken Glory, Stolen Childhood

Shellie brags about a perfect home and a loving mother, but her frayed clothes and empty lunch tray tell another story. When her secret unravels in a brutal, public betrayal, even her desperate loyalty can't save her from the truth: the only thing more painful than hunger is a mother’s rejection. Now, as her former classmate, I can’t stop chasing the ghost of the girl we all broke, even if it means facing what I did to her.

Betrayed by my childhood friend and silenced by trauma, I watched him hand my song—and my secret love—to the campus queen for her own glory. When I fought to reclaim what was mine, they called me jealous and unworthy, all because I can’t speak. But with the help of the mysterious senior who knows my pain, I’ll expose their lies and prove that even the voiceless can make the world listen.

They called me the family’s disappointment, the invisible middle child lost in the shadow of my golden siblings. Every dinner table dig and silent birthday taught me to shrink myself—until college, where I finally tasted freedom, hunger, and kindness. From hustling as a hostess to surviving betrayal and claiming my voice on stage, I learned what family truly means—and what it doesn’t. But when old wounds resurface and my parents come begging, will I finally break free or be pulled back into their web of guilt and regret? In a world that never wanted me to shine, what will I risk for my own place in the light?

A triumphant young woman’s victory is upended by a televised confrontation with her birth family, forcing her to defend her true father and reclaim her narrative. As public spectacle turns to personal reckoning, Autumn’s courage exposes old wounds and paves the way for both herself and her estranged sister to break free from cycles of abandonment and sacrifice.

He broke my heart on my birthday—and made it public. When Mason, my childhood sweetheart, showed up at my twenty-fifth with another woman on his arm, the world I’d built around his promises shattered in front of everyone who ever believed in us. I was the girl who lost her sight to save him, the one his late mother wanted as a daughter-in-law, but tonight, that wasn’t enough. Betrayed and humiliated, I’m left clinging to the last shreds of dignity—until Ryan Whitaker, my once-forgotten childhood protector, steps in to defend me and offers a glimmer of hope I thought I’d lost forever. But as secrets unravel and my chance at healing resurfaces, I have to wonder: can I learn to love again—or will the scars Mason left behind blind me to my own second chance?

I sacrificed everything to give Natalie a safe, happy life—only to watch her choose a cruel family and sell us out piece by piece. When I finally drew the line, she branded me an abuser in front of my college and the whole town, shattering my reputation overnight. Now I have to decide: do I fight for the daughter I raised, or let go before she destroys us all?

Caleb watched his mother die and was dragged into a nightmare, ripped from home with his little brother and sold to strangers who erased their names. Eighteen years later, he returns to the town that betrayed him, haunted by the memory of the day his family was shattered and the brother he lost in the darkness. Some scars never fade—and Caleb will risk everything to uncover the truth, no matter who must pay.

My parents tried to save us by marrying me off to one of the boys I grew up with—but they humiliated me, rejecting me at the dinner table like I was nothing. When I was kidnapped by the same kids who once called me family, only Marcus—the one who hurt me most—came to my rescue, drawing me into a cruel game of fake love and brutal betrayal. I thought he wanted to heal me, but it was all a bet—my heart was just another prize for the boys who broke me.

Aubrey’s secret crush cost her everything—her pride, her last hope, and the parents she couldn’t save. Eight years after humiliation and heartbreak shattered her world, she returns home an orphan, haunted by the boy who broke her and the town that watched her fall. When her reunion ends in cruelty and silence, Aubrey’s only goodbye is a midnight leap off the bridge—until a desperate voice calls her name, too late for regrets.

On her son's eighteenth birthday, Maggie's world shatters as he publicly wishes for her to disappear—and years later, she dies alone, discarded by the family she sacrificed everything for. But when she wakes up in her younger body, Maggie refuses to beg or break again. This time, she’ll claim her freedom, expose their betrayal, and make them regret the day they pushed her away.

A gripping tale of revenge, trauma, and healing set in the world of celebrity, as a woman infiltrates her sister’s tormentor’s life, only to find herself torn between love and justice. The story explores the devastating effects of bullying, the complexity of guilt and forgiveness, and the enduring scars left by betrayal.

Three classmates are dead, and all eyes in Maple Heights are on Dylan—the bullied outcast with an artificial eye and a bruised body. The town wants revenge, the cops want a confession, but Dylan’s only crime may be surviving what no one else could. As secrets unravel and evidence twists, Dylan realizes: sometimes, the only way to be seen is to stand at the center of a tragedy.