BENEATH HIS MERCY
READING AGE 18+
When Aliyah arrives at a grand estate in the French countryside, she looks nothing like the girl she used to be—her clothes worn, her body weary, and her past buried beneath layers of dirt and shame. Fleeing a brutal past in the United States, she seeks shelter with Genevieve, her only friend from a life long gone. But what Aliyah doesn’t know is that she’s stepped out of one hell and into another.Damien, Genevieve’s cold and powerful husband, sees only disgrace in Aliyah’s past as a private dancer—a past she took on to care for her dying mother. His contempt is immediate, cruel, and merciless. He humiliates her, banishes her from his table, and forces her to earn her keep in ways that strip her of what little dignity she has left.What Damien doesn’t realize is that Aliyah is the girl who unknowingly saved a mafia boss’s life—an act that has made her a hunted pawn in a deadly international game. Both the men who tried to silence her and the one she saved are closing in. But as the truth begins to surface, so does the unbearable weight of betrayal, pain, and silence.This is not a story of rescue.It’s a story of what happens when mercy never comes.
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Aliyah stood just outside the towering gates of the French estate, her heart thudding violently against her ribs as if it were trying to escape her chest. The wrought-iron fence gleamed beneath the gray morning light, pristine and cold, a stark contrast to the state she was in. Behind her was nothing—no safety, no certainty. In front of her was ……
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