"There is great power in being the calm at the centre of a storm." These were words that Declan Blake lived by, when he was bullied as a child and when he was shipped off to live with his brother on the other side of the country. Now, seven years later, he was being summoned back home for his sister's wedding. 7 days. That's all it was. 7 days with the family he hadn't seen in 7 years. 7 days of being family. 7 days of holding a secret tightly clutched to his core. 7 days before he could finally go back home. It was only 7 days, right? What could possibly happen?

Fifteen year old Lincoln Taylor's life had finally settled down, before the unthinkable happened. Suddenly sent to live with a father he never knew and a family he had never even met, his life is turned upside down. Finding love along the way, he struggles to find out where and who he should be in the world. Will he return to a life in the London underworld or learn to trust again?

Jo's brothers are his world. He's spent his entire life sacrificing everything to give them the life he's never had. Having battled through a horrific childhood, his every breath is for the benefit of his brothers, who gave him a reason to live through those years. It is an act of selflessness that throws him in the path of a woman who actually sees him, not just his scars. Rachel not only recognizes his worth, but is willing to step into his life and share his experiences, no matter how difficult. Despite their mutual attraction, the past and present seem determined to keep them apart. Jo faces another battle: this time against prejudice, past threats, and most powerful of all, the demons inside his head.

Seventeen-year-old Arian has spent his whole life believing it has always been only him and his mother. No father. No brothers. No other family. His mother never speaks about the past. Whenever Arian asks, she turns cold, changes the subject, or tells him that some things are better left buried. So Arian learns to stop asking. He learns to obey. He learns to study until his eyes burn and his body gives up. To the world, his mother is a devoted single parent who wants her son to succeed. But behind closed doors, love feels like pressure. She monitors his studies, his sleep, his phone, his time, and every mistake he makes. Arian is expected to be perfect - perfect grades, perfect behaviour, perfect future. But perfection is slowly destroying him. He faints many times from exhaustion, yet his mother refuses to see his suffering. To her, rest is weakness, and anything less than a perfect score is failure. Arian keeps trying to be the son she wants, until one day he discovers the truth she has hidden for seventeen years. He has a father. He has two older brothers. And the life he thought he knew was built on silence. Broken by the truth and overwhelmed by years of pressure, Arian runs away. In his darkest moment, he is saved by a police officer who brings him to the hospital - not knowing that the boy he rescued is connected to his own family. When Arian's identity is discovered, the past his mother buried comes crashing back. His father is called. His older brothers arrive. His sister-in-law appears. And for the first time, Arian wakes up surrounded by the family he never knew existed. But reunion does not heal everything. His father wants answers. His brothers are furious. His mother is terrified of losing him. And Arian is left caught between the woman who raised him, the family who never knew him, and the painful question of where he truly belongs.

A 15 year old kid, abused by his parents, runs away to a military camp, where he poses as an 18 year old newbie by hacking their databases. Only to have his lie exposed in 2 weeks. He is presented before the court and the judge rules that neither can he be sent to his parents nor can he go into the system because he has learnt some confidential data which cannot be leaked what so ever. He is to be reassigned under the guardianship of "The GENERAL", known for his strict, no nonsense attitude. Will Our Boy Find a home in the experienced and calloused arms of his new "DAD"?

The best lies are the ones you never let them see. The best disguise is the person you never let them meet. Brayln Varadi may be only seventeen, but he knows these truths as well as he knows how quickly people turn on you once they see who you really are. Fresh out of juvie and living on the streets is how Ryan Navarro, a family court attorney, finds him. Ryan knows something about taking in kids who have no one left. His older brother, Gavin, once took in both Ryan and Levi, who became another brother to him. More recently, Levi opened his own home to his younger half brother, Grey. Now Ryan finds himself facing the same decision. The problem is, Ryan and his wife, Karlie, have no idea how much trouble they are inviting into their home-or how Brayln will affect everyone in Ryan's family, including Grey. Life is about to become much more complicated for Ryan and Levi when trouble arrives wrapped in a confident seventeen year old who refuses to let anyone see how vulnerable he really is.

Rafe Burne has endured years of abuse from his father. Now out of rehab due to heroin addiction and a juvenile detention center due to dealing drugs, Rafe is placed with a foster family. As he tries to navigate his new life, his past begins to creep back into his life. Living with a police officer and a courthouse employee forces Rafe to clean up his act, but habits are hard to kick and Rafe soon finds himself spiraling. He needs to decide if he's going to follow in his father's footsteps or accept the help he's been offered.

Kidnapped on his eighteenth birthday, Luke must now adapt to the new rules of Lockwood. Only, it's not just the rules that have changed. It's the people. The guards. The heightened security. And the new institution he's found himself locked away in...

Twins, Dylan and Evan, live life in silence and fear. They know the sound of safe feet over dangerous ones, the consequence of being heard when they should be silent and the pain of failing to be anything but good boys. Years of trying and failing have broken Evan in ways Dylan can't heal. Dylan is trying his best to protect his best and only friend as much as he can but he is powerless against the rules. Then one day someone looks beyond the basement door, a place no one enters but them. Will they be brave enough to take hold of the hands reaching out in the darkened silence that surrounds them? If they do will they be rewarded with safety or more pain? Only time will tell and when an injured Dylan needs Evan to make the right decision for them, can he do it? Can he save them both or will he lead them into more pain than they've ever known before?

A 12-year-old 'nobody', an orphan, with a brilliant mind but a troubled past, constantly punished and reprimanded for his rebellious behavior. His disobedience, only a pretense, to hide deep emotional scars from a life of abuse and loss. What happens when the 'nobody' comes across, Professor Park, a kind but firm middle school teacher, who sees through him and takes him under his wing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can the Orphan finally find his "FAMILY"?