Books like Without Merit by Colleen Hoover
The Voss family’s home—a converted church—houses five sisters and a brother who each cling to a fragile harmony. Merit Voss, burdened by family secrets and a façade of perfection, stumbles into the enigmatic Sagan while hunting for a treasure in a local antiques shop.
The unlikely connection between Merit and Sagan rekindles a longing for authenticity, but their budding bond is abruptly shaken when Merit realizes that the boy she loves is emotionally unavailable. With revelations threatening to upend her world, Merit chooses to unveil buried truths, confront the façade of a ‘happy family,’ and weigh the risk of losing the one person who might change her life.
In *Without Merit*, Colleen Hoover explores the weight of invisible expectations, the complexity of sibling dynamics, and the arduous road to self‑acceptance, all set against a backdrop of modern family life and psychological tension.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Colleen Hoover
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