Orphaned Lies

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.

Emily was the pride of her dying Midwest town—until she slaughtered everyone who ever loved her. Now, shackled and smeared in shame, she stuns the nation with one final confession: her 'little brother' was never her brother at all, but the secret son she hid from everyone. As her true motives unravel under the glare of Deputy Chief Reed, the world must ask—how far will guilt, desperation, and a monstrous lie drive a girl who once carried all their hopes?

After being murdered by the boy she trusted most, Lillian is reborn with a single mission: expose Caleb's betrayal and protect her reckless sister, Aubrey, from heartbreak and death. But as old wounds resurface and secrets unravel, loyalty, love, and revenge collide in their small American town—where no one is safe, and nothing is as it seems.

When five girls accuse the beloved neighborhood bus driver of molestation, one father’s world shatters. As evidence unravels and a mother’s suicide rocks the city, he discovers his own daughter started it all—with a single, devastating lie. Now, with an innocent man in prison and the truth threatening to destroy his family, he faces an impossible choice: expose the secret or protect his own blood.

A hardworking sister is blindsided when her younger brother spins a web of online lies, casting her as his neglectful secret mother. As the internet turns against her and her family's secrets become viral fodder, she must decide whether to fight back or let the world believe the worst. Betrayal, viral drama, and a battle for the truth explode in this gripping story of twisted family ties.

I was the sister who tipped off my brother’s real parents—and watched my family fall apart. In a sleepy Maine valley where secrets fester, Maggie’s childhood was haunted by the day her younger brother was trafficked, and the lie that bound them together. When the truth explodes in a swirl of police sirens, reporters, and old wounds, Maggie is forced to confront the price of her own survival—and the betrayal she can never take back. Each chapter peels back another layer of the trauma, hope, and resilience that shaped two siblings on opposite sides of an unthinkable bargain. But when the final reckoning comes, will Maggie find forgiveness—or freedom? When the past comes calling, who do you save: your family, or yourself?

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.

Eight-year-old Morgan is the unwanted child of a disgraced senator’s daughter, locked in a livestock pen and tormented on a remote ranch. Her only hope—a mother broken by humiliation, her only comfort—scraps of kindness from a world that wants her gone. When her mother vanishes and blood stains the prairie, Morgan must choose: disappear forever, or fight for a love that’s always been just out of reach.

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.

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.

Lila, a determined but vulnerable teen, is betrayed by those she once trusted and shamed for her illness, driving her into social exile and family tragedy. As she endures public humiliation, financial hardship, and the loss of her mother’s support, Lila’s struggle becomes a fight for survival and dignity. Her journey is a searing exploration of resilience in the face of cruelty and the desperate longing for compassion.

He was Ohio’s most pitied father—until I found the bruises. Fresh out of journalism school, I chased a viral story about a dad livestreaming his daughter’s illness, drawing thousands in donations and a nation’s sympathy. But inside their crumbling apartment, nothing was as it seemed: the girl’s pain ran deeper than disease, and her father’s lies stretched further than anyone guessed. Every question I asked uncovered a new layer of betrayal, desperation, and abuse—until the truth threatened to destroy us all. When the camera stops rolling, who really pays the price? If you could save one life by exposing another’s darkest secret, would you risk everything?