Have you ever lied to yourself about your life?

Do you have secrets you’ve hidden away—secrets that would destroy the house of cards you’ve built?

Have you ever lied to yourself about your life?

Do you have secrets you’ve hidden away—secrets that would destroy the house of cards you’ve built?

Seduced into living the life her husband has built for her. Enwrapped in a family that is not hers. Stuck in a marriage that is literally killing her. Orphaned and broke, Sarah feels trapped in someone else’s life.

“She flexed her right hand, the hand that had driven a straight punch into her husband, sending him crashing onto their glass coffee table. She’d finally hit Robert back. . . . ‘It was time, Sarah,’ she said aloud to herself. ‘It is the right time.’ She wasn’t sure she’d convinced herself, but she knew she’d had enough. Bruises, broken bones, excuses and stories to protect him and their family.

“He’d come home drunk again, angry and looking for blood. Her blood.”

No one to turn to, no plan for escape, and next time, he’ll kill her

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Reader Praise

"This book is AMAZING!!! The book is very well written and reading it was like watching a movie play out in my head. I laughed and cried through the course of this book. The end brought real genuine tears to my eyes.”
Demetria Polsto
Author of A Healing Journey: Journal to Self Love, I AM: 21 Days to a New Lease on Life and three other books available on Amazon.
“I felt Sarah’s pain from every angle, as a woman, as a mother and as a family member, trying to balance her career. I couldn’t put it down.”
Karen Tabriz
Author, Presenter, Speaker, Book Coach- St. Louis Missouri
“Coming from a victim of domestic violence and knowing the struggle of leaving, Ned Lips has truly nailed it on the head with the waves of emotion, the ups and downs, the ebb and flow. Wonderfully written, it keeps you engaged.”
Elena Janici
Teacher, St. Louis Public School Distric

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