Domestic Emotional

A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB SELECTION! Laura Dave continues Hannah Hall’s pulse-pounding journey in the riveting and deeply moving sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Apple TV+ show, The Last Thing He Told Me. How far would you go for a second chance? Five years after...

In The Emotionally Abused Woman, therapist Beverly Engel introduced the concept of emotional abuse, one of the most subtle yet devastating forms of abuse within a relationship. Now Engel exposes the most destructive technique the abuser uses to break our spirit and gain control - and guides listeners on how to free themselves from the shame that can keep them from the life (and the love) they deserve.

The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: Finding Healing After Hidden Emotional and Psychological Abuse is the most comprehensive and helpful audiobook on the topic of covert narcissism. This type of narcissism is one of the most damaging forms because the abuse is so hidden and so insidious. You can be in a relationship that can last for decades and not realize you are being psychologically and emotionally controlled, manipulated, and abused.

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER YOU CAN'T MISS! The perfect marriage? Or the perfect lie? “A hair-raising debut, both unsettling and addictive...A chilling thriller that will keep you reading long into the night.” —Mary Kubica, New York...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Diamond Eye and The Rose Code returns with a haunting and powerful story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse during the McCarthy era. Washington, DC, 1950. Everyone keeps to themselves at Briarwood House, a...

"Sumptuous prose and a mind-blowing twist will make sure that readers don't forget The Professor's Wife, an unsettling psychological thriller wrapped in a provocative dark romance." -IndieReader Carl Bingham is a lonely British Literature Professor who has sworn off love and sex since an affair with a student at Skidmore College almost lost him his tenure and reputation. Camilla is a young artist who sits in his classroom, mesmerized by his voice and appearance. Despite their age difference, they fall in love, marry, and feed each other's physical and emotional needs. But when secrets and ...

For twenty-five years, Sera Simmons believed her marriage was unshakable—until one forgotten phone on the kitchen counter exposed the truth. The text messages weren’t just betrayal. They were a blueprint of lies that shattered her family and cracked open every bond they thought was unbreakable. Marc Simmons, husband and father, isn’t just caught in an affair—he’s entangled with Chloe, their daughter Emoni’s best friend. The fallout ricochets through every corner of their lives: Sera fights to maintain control while drowning in rage, Emoni faces humiliation and heartbreak as her ...

In this beautiful, urgent, and ultimately uplifting novel by a rising Irish literary star comes a heart-pounding, life-affirming story about one woman trying to leave her marriage and start over. On a bright spring afternoon, Ciara Fay makes a split-second decision that will change everything...

Sometimes the most twisted secrets come from your own past... Seven years after her little sister drowned in a lake, Kate is finally beginning to heal from Emily's tragic death. Until one night, after returning to her hometown, she sees the one face she never thought she'd see again. It's Emily. The girl is all grown up now, but Kate knows her sister's face better than anyone. The chilling sighting reignites the doubts Kate has always had about Emily's drowning, and forces her to revisit all the mysterious circumstances that surrounded that day. With the help of her high school ex-boyfriend...

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 ...

This program is read by the author. For readers of Fair Play by Eve Rodsky and Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski comes a scathing, deeply-researched foray into the invisible, uncompensated work women perform every day. We’re tired. A stranger insists you “smile more,” even as you...

“The best book about adultery since Madame Bovary.” —Tony Tulathimutte, author of Rejection A New Yorker, NPR, ELLE, and Esquire Best Book of the Year A hilariously acerbic sliding doors novel about a chance meeting between two young parents, both happily married (just not to each other)...

You fell in love with him. But over time you've come to realize he's in love with himself - and you feel trapped. His needs, his problems, and his plans always seem to take precedence over yours. Dr. David Hawkins, director of the Marriage Recovery Center, offers a guide to help you identify signs of narcissism, understand how your loved one's issues are affecting you, and prepare a biblical game plan for freeing yourself to live courageously in light of God's love.

Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller “Compulsively readable...a gothic thriller laced with arsenic.” ––EW One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021: CNN Newsweek Vulture PopSugar Parade BuzzFeed E!Online TimeOut Woman's Day Goodreads She...

One out of three married women sitting in an average conservative Christian church is in a confusing and painful marriage relationship. These women believe they are alone. I want them to know they aren't. They believe they can't find peace. I want them to know they can. They believe they don't have choices. I want them to know they do.

What would you do to save your sister? Zoe Montgomery needs money fast—more than she could earn in 10 years as a nurse—to keep her little sister alive long enough to receive a heart transplant. Then she finds a possible miracle. Looking for a female assistant. Must travel. Must adapt. Must disappear into a role. Payment: life-changing. Terms: classified. When she finds an ad seeking a female “travel companion” for a two-week luxury trip, she knows it’s dangerous. Vague. Too good to be true. And she goes anyway. Soon Zoe is swept into a world of billionaires, boardroom sharks, and ...

In the affluent town of Weslyn, Connecticut, where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen at all. She’s more concerned with feigning perfection - pulling down her sleeves to conceal the bruises, not wanting anyone to know how far from perfect her life truly is. Without expecting it, she finds love. It challenges her to recognize her own worth - at the risk of revealing the terrible secret she’s desperate to hide.

Lisa Carlson once embraced a life of passion and adventure. Her days were filled with helping others, exploring far-off places, and savoring the freedom she held dear. Yet, deep down, she longed for a love that would make her feel complete. When she met Dameon, she was certain she had found that missing piece. But her dream of a perfect life unraveled into a chilling nightmare. Soon after their wedding, Dameon revealed a darker side—one that trapped Lisa in a rigid religious cult and an abusive, suffocating marriage. When she became pregnant with their second child, his threats to harm ...

Betrayal has many faces, including anger, abuse, deceit, and infidelity. These feel like betrayal because they violate the implicit promise of emotional bonds, that your loved one will care about your well-being and never intentionally hurt you. If you've recently left a relationship where you felt betrayed by your partner, you may have difficulty moving on. In fact, it can seem impossible to view the world without the shadow of past betrayal hovering over you. As a result, you may struggle to create meaning in your life and to build new, loving relationships.

We humans all need to have a secure emotional connection. For we women, this is the search for the anchor for our personal development as an adult. Here, we assume that all people around us are developing into maturity...In reality, there are people who don’t know how to process their own emotions and use their partner’s emotions to regulate themselves. They are people emotionally stuck in childhood issues of such severity that they can’t grow up and thus will engage in relations of power and control. For young women who are still learning the ropes of sexual connection, it can be ...