Description：
Sophia Sterling should have been coming home.
Instead, when the Sterlings finally find their biological daughter, they give her the coldest room in the house while continuing to shower Vivian—the girl they raised in her place—with love, protection, and excuses. Sophia quickly learns the truth: blood may have brought her back, but it will not make this family treat her like their own.
Quiet, brilliant, and too proud to beg for affection, Sophia throws herself into the only future she can control—Harbor University, her writing career, and the independence she fought for with her own hands. But the deeper she pulls away, the more the Sterlings begin to realize exactly what they lost. And when a hidden recording exposes Vivian's lies, the perfect illusion holding the family together starts to crack.
Now the parents who once overlooked Sophia want forgiveness. The brother who stood by in silence wants to make amends. But after a lifetime of abandonment, kindness offered too late may be its own kind of cruelty.
As Sophia builds a new life beyond the Sterling mansion, she must choose between protecting the peace she created for herself and risking her heart on a family that never earned it. Because finding her real home may mean deciding who truly deserves to be called family.
Author Biography：
Abigail Ross is a contemporary romance author known for emotionally rich stories of love, longing, and second chances.
