The Unlucky Ones Series by Marley Valentine

Two halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were both unwanted kids brought together by the foster system. Dealing with the aftermath of neglect and abandonment, we grew up side by side and found solace in one another. We wanted. We needed. We loved. Desperately. But somewhere along the way, Arlo wanted and needed and loved drugs more. So, I did the only thing I could and broke my own heart to save his. Now, four years later, I’m back in L. A. and face-to-face with my past... moreTwo halves of a whole, Arlo Bishop and I were both unwanted kids brought together by the foster system. Dealing with the aftermath of neglect and abandonment, we grew up side by side and found solace in one another. We wanted. We needed. We loved. Desperately. But somewhere along the way, Arlo wanted and needed and loved drugs more. So, I did the only thing I could and broke my own heart to save his. Now, four years later, I’m back in L. A. and face-to-face with my past. Not only does the pain and hurt of our mistakes linger between us but so do our feelings. I didn’t plan on a second chance—fear of history repeating itself making it hard to forgive and even harder to forget. But with only one touch, one kiss, I was taken back to where it all started. Two halves of a whole, Arlo and I were made for each other. But we were no longer the unwanted foster kids. We were grown men. And I wanted nothing more than him. less

From USA Today bestselling author Marley Valentine comes an all new emotional, hurt/comfort, polyamorous romance. We longed. We lost. We loved. Desperately. I thought I had my life all figured out. But after a college football accident leaves me deaf, I was learning how to live all over again. I expected the anger, the frustration, and the struggle to readjust, but what I didn’t expect to happen amongst the chaos, was to fall in love. Especially not with two men... moreFrom USA Today bestselling author Marley Valentine comes an all new emotional, hurt/comfort, polyamorous romance. We longed. We lost. We loved. Desperately. I thought I had my life all figured out. But after a college football accident leaves me deaf, I was learning how to live all over again. I expected the anger, the frustration, and the struggle to readjust, but what I didn’t expect to happen amongst the chaos, was to fall in love. Especially not with two men. Rough-edged puzzle pieces, Rhys, Samuel, and I were nothing but aching memories, painful realities, and hidden scars. We were products of our pasts, abandoned and unloved, messy and complicated. Individually we had baggage; together we had mountains to climb. But when the three of us were tangled up in one another, spilling secrets in the dark, hearts beating in sync, nothing else mattered but them. We needed to break the cycle, because they deserved love… And who knows, maybe I finally did too. UNLOVED is book two in Marley Valentine's emotional LGBTQ+ series that follows a group of foster siblings, who are banded together by their pasts. Each book can be read as a COMPLETE standalone. less

From USA Today Bestselling author Marley Valentine comes her debut, bisexual awakening, age gap, sapphic romance. At twenty-four, I’d already lived a thousand lives. I was a daughter. An orphan. A foster kid. A sister. Someone to everyone, and yet I was unrecognizable to myself. I spent my time keeping everybody else afloat, while I was slowly drowning. Until I met her. The first time she walked into my life, I was mesmerized by the mysterious stranger... moreFrom USA Today Bestselling author Marley Valentine comes her debut, bisexual awakening, age gap, sapphic romance. At twenty-four, I’d already lived a thousand lives. I was a daughter. An orphan. A foster kid. A sister. Someone to everyone, and yet I was unrecognizable to myself. I spent my time keeping everybody else afloat, while I was slowly drowning. Until I met her. The first time she walked into my life, I was mesmerized by the mysterious stranger. When I came face-to-face with her a second time, I was being introduced to my best friend’s mother. We were worlds and experiences apart, unlikely in every sense of the word. Everything between us was unexpected. Our attraction to one another, the secrets I shared, and the cracked pieces of her I so badly wanted to put back together. We broke. We healed. We loved. Desperately. But I didn’t know how to love her without losing myself, and if she discovered the cost, I knew she wouldn’t let me. less