Domestic Controlling

Evan Stark, founder of one of America's first battered women's shelters, shows how "domestic violence" is neither primarily domestic nor necessarily violent, but a pattern of controlling behaviors more akin to terrorism and hostage-taking. Drawing on court records, interviews, and FBI statistics, Stark details coercive strategies that men use to deny women their very personhood, from "beeper games" to food logs to micromanaging dress, speech, sexual activity, and work.

Could you or someone you know be married to a sociopath? The author of this book was, but it took her twenty years to figure it out. She wrote this book to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen to other people. Onna thought the classmate she married was her Prince Charming—kind, honest, loving, and intellectually vibrant—but she was wrong. That “spark” she felt wasn’t true love, it was a trap—custom designed to ensnare her. Onna’s repayment for investing twenty years into her marriage and unwittingly providing her husband with a façade of normalcy was ongoing gaslighting ...

He says he loves you. So...why does he do that? You've asked yourself this question again and again. Now you have the chance to see inside the minds of angry and controlling men---and to change your life. In this groundbreaking book, a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men shows you how to improve, survive, or leave an abusive relationship.

Hannah doesn’t remember her life before Peter. And in this quiet Victorian neighborhood, that’s exactly how he wants it. The house is charming. The marriage seems perfect. The neighbors are polite in a way that feels rehearsed. But inside this carefully controlled world, one thing stands out—the locked upstairs room Peter insists she never open. He tells her it’s a utility space with dangerous wiring. He tells her her memory loss comes from “a traumatic past” she’s not ready to face. He tells her she’s safe now, that he’s the only one she can trust. But the late-night ...

A riveting memoir that describes one woman's journey through shocking levels of domestic abuse and coercive control, Don't Smile will keep you gripped until the very end. A true story, it delves deep into the psychological world of the abused and the abuser, and you will travel - with Charlotte Robertson - through her raw experiences, discovering shocking levels of gaslighting and manipulation. Bravely written, this story is both heartbreaking and powerful.

It started with a cup of black coffee. A routine morning. A familiar café. A woman who thought her life was under control. Susan lives by the rules. Quiet mornings. The comfort of repetition. But everything begins to unravel the day a well-dressed stranger walks in — spinning a metal lighter between his fingers and watching her like he already knows her secrets. First come the memory lapses. Then the dreams. Then the bruises she can’t explain. Two men enter her life — one fiery, charming, impossible to ignore. The other calm, collected… and terrifying in his quiet intensity. One of...

Coercive control is a form of domestic violence experienced by millions of children. It involves a perpetrator using a range of tactics to intimidate, humiliate, degrade, exploit, isolate, and control a partner or family member. Some coercive control perpetrators use violence, others do not. Drawing on interviews with children and mothers who have experienced coercive control-based domestic violence, this book sheds light on the impacts of coercive control on children, how it is perpetrators who must be held accountable for those impacts, and how resistance by children and mothers occurs.

'Now, kitten, why don't you tell me how you really feel? Lying to me again would not be a good idea.' You know you want to. Give up control. Let yourself feel the things you've always been too scared to feel. You just need the right man to teach you how. This alpha male is experienced and he knows how to treat you right. He'll put you through your paces, teach you who's boss, and leave you begging for more, even if he has to bend you over his knee to make you behave. Evelyn Wren is here to deliver the forbidden erotic encounters that you need. This special, limited-time-only collection of ...

You Can Love God and Still Get a Divorce And get this, God will still love you. Really. Are you in a destructive marriage? One of emotional, physical, or verbal abuse? Infidelity? Neglect? If yes, you know you need to escape, but you’re probably worried about going against God’s will. I have good news for you. You might need to divorce to save your life and sanity. And God is right beside you. In The Life-Saving Divorce You’ll Learn:- How to know if you should stay or if you should go. - The four key Bible verses that support divorce for infidelity, neglect, and physical and/or ...

Mary knows her husband loves her. She doesn’t care what everyone else says. She knows he loves her because she is certain he has remained faithful to her. Geoffrey is very handsome and arrogant enough to know other women would want him but in the three years of their marriage there hasn’t been the slightest hint of an affair. Mary happily puts up with the humiliation, the sexual demands and the beating, safe in the knowledge Geoffrey truly loves her. And he is always so sorry each time she makes one of her little trips to the hospital. She knows it is her fault really. If only she could...

Coercive control will see an abuser dominate their victim's life, from the food they eat, the people they see, the places they can go, and the things they can say. A controlling partner, through fear and intimidation, will seek to ensure their victim is subdued, to the point of accepting any and all abuse that's fired their way.

Killing Kate is an award-winning book that earned acclaim from the prestigious Next Generation Indie Book Awards in 2021 in the category of Women's Literature (Non-Fiction). A hot topic question around domestic violence is, “Why doesn’t she just leave?” Killing Kate reads like a real-life horror-thriller of what happened when one woman did “just leave.” Follow the crazy signs and red flags the husband showed and the tragedy that ensued. This book is a cautionary tale and a rallying cry for women to support each other. Kate’s story is an essential read in the fight against ...

Like a constant friend, this collection of meditations is a source of strength and reassurance designed to speak to women like you, women in relationships with angry and controlling men. It helps you to digest what is happening a piece at a time, so you can gain clarity, safety, and freedom.

Based on over a decade of clinical and domestic abuse research, Women with Controlling Partners will help you identify the coercive constraints that can be predictive of intimate partner abuse, recognize the harmful effects of psychological abuse on your mental and physical health, and gain the personal strength and power to break free. Using the author's three-stage recovery model, you'll be empowered to move out of denial, deconstruct what holds you psychologically captive, and take back your life.

This is a two-book collection of previously released books by Lauren Kozlowski, Trauma Bonding and Coercive Control.

In this sequel to the gripping and harrowing book, Don't Smile, Charlotte Robertson writes about what happened in the aftermath of the breakdown of her abusive relationship. Gritty and compelling, this book shows that just because a relationship has ended, it doesn't mean that the control has stopped...

A mother’s shadow. A son’s obsession. A woman trapped between them. When widowed Ellen Dalton marries enigmatic artist Stuart Drummond, she thinks she has found safety at last. Instead, she steps into a nightmare. Drummond Lodge is grand, remote — and frozen in time. Every room whispers of Stuart’s mother, Isobel. And slowly Ellen realises Stuart is looking for a replacement. Soon she is sleeping in her bed. Wearing her clothes. And submitting to his vision of eternal devotion. But the lodge is not just a home. It is a mausoleum. Cut off from the outside world, watched by Stuart and...

A Sultry BDSM Saga of Submission and Scandal: In a pristine Connecticut suburb, a marriage unravels into a dark dance of dominance and submission, where hidden cameras capture every forbidden moan. A wife, haunted by a reckless past, is caught in a steamy indiscretion, igniting her husband’s ruthless desire to claim her body and soul. Their new home, a polished cage of wealth, becomes a stage for raw, punishing encounters—agreements are made, belts crack, boundaries blur, and desires twist into something primal. As a cunning ex-lover and watchful neighbors circle, secrets simmer, ...

Power was never the danger. Silence was. Someone always decides. This time, everyone is watching. Claire believed she was preventing harm—redirecting risk, smoothing outcomes, keeping chaos from breaking through. Working quietly inside a powerful system, she learned how decisions made in silence could reshape lives without ever leaving fingerprints. Until the system turned on her. When Claire makes one choice the system cannot absorb, she is exposed—publicly, deliberately, and without protection. Suddenly, the invisible architecture she helped build reveals itself, and Claire becomes ...

This book is addressed directly to women experiencing domestic abuse, and to those who seek to support them, including pastoral leaders, friends, and support organizations. It debunks the myths—perpetuated by some abusers and, unwittingly, by many churches—which prevent women from getting out of harm’s way. It helps them realize that the Bible does not belong to their abuser but is a text of liberation. Written with careful attention to pastoral issues, it closely examines and clearly explains the relevant scriptural texts.