Domestic Controlling

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 ...

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...

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.

Her husband knows everything. Where she goes, what she says, who she's called. She thought this was love. Now she can't remember why. Melissa Hartley is a trauma therapist specializing in intimate partner abuse. For years, she has sat across from survivors who describe manipulation so subtle it seemed like care—the constant checking in, the careful guidance, the way their partner knew their weaknesses better than they did. She teaches other clinicians to recognize the patterns. She knows the signs better than anyone. But when her own husband begins positioning himself as essential to her ...

In this groundbreaking bestseller, Lundy Bancroft—a counselor who specializes in working with abusive men—uses his knowledge about how abusers think to help women recognize when they are being controlled or devalued, and to find ways to get free of an abusive relationship. He says he loves...

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 ...

'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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

From bestselling author Britney King comes a hypnotic and terrifying psychological thriller about a man held hostage in a remote location by the “love of his life”—aka the woman he refuses to marry. She only wants one thing: for him to love her the way he used to. When her boyfriend hesitates to propose—and then cheats instead of leaving—she decides the relationship needs structure. Space. Consequences. A reset. Retreating to an isolated house in the countryside feels like the responsible choice. A place where distractions disappear and commitment can finally take root. He ...

She went there to find herself. She didn't know which parts she’d have to cut away. Ivy Callahan is disappearing. To her husband, Owen, she is a "tired" mother. To her children, she is the person who manages logistics and juice boxes. To herself, she is a ghost—fading into the beige walls of her Palo Alto home. Then comes Luminous Collective. Led by the ethereal Sienna Vale, the community promises a return to the woman Ivy was before the world told her who to be. It starts with meditation and "healing circles." It ends with a total surrender of the self. Within weeks, the boundaries ...

From bestselling author Britney King comes a razor-sharp psychological thriller about a street built on secrets, a neighbor who knows too much, and the woman who learns—too late—that the most dangerous lies are the ones everyone else is willing to believe. “You’d be surprised how easy it is to disappear someone.” That’s what Clint says. Always with a smile. Always like a joke. But Nora knows better—jokes don’t leave bodies. Nora Givens runs the salon where the cul-de-sac comes to confess. She knows who’s day-drinking, whose marriage is composting under the patio lights, ...

Secrets can destroy more than trust—they can fracture lives. When Monica’s final moments trace a trail of hidden connections, Samantha Leary and Greg Dickson are drawn into a web of control, possession, and cold certainty. As the investigation closes in on the truth, the devastating consequences ripple far beyond the crime itself. Meanwhile, choices that seem safe can carry unforeseen weight. One young woman, seeking care and certainty, walks away from the life and family she’s known—alive, but gone. In the wake of these events, Samantha, Greg, and those left behind are forced to ...

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.

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.

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, ...

Best-selling author Britney King returns with an adrenaline-fueled thriller about an unlikely array of characters and their heart-pounding plunge into the dizzying depths of madness. March 2020: Stranded on a remote cruise ship as the pandemic ravages the world, 753 desperate passengers find themselves in a perilous situation. With no hope of docking in sight and dwindling supplies, each must fight their inner demons to survive. Among them are an eclectic mix of people—a father desperately searching for a way to save his daughter's future, an artist running from a broken past, and a ...

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...

A luxury kidnapping? Or a disaster in the making? He’s done this before—followed women, watched them, waited for their secrets to surface. It always ends the same. He chooses the perfect victim. And then he makes them pay. But this one? She’s too perfect. Too normal. The kind of woman who smiles like she has nothing to hide. That’s what gives her away. When she leaves the hospital that night, he’s ready. Calm. Precise. Until she turns to him and says: “This is a mistake.” She’s not talking about him. By the time he realizes he’s taken the wrong woman—she’s already ...