Some fathers protect their daughters. Mine taught me to fear the dark.

Nina Kasai has spent almost twenty years building a life her father could never touch — brilliant career, devoted husband, a future entirely on her own terms. Then Phillip Copeland steps out of the shadows, and she remembers exactly what he is capable of.

Charismatic. Powerful. Running for Governor of Massachusetts. And holding the buried secret that could detonate everything Nina has worked for. His demand is simple: stand beside him publicly and smile. Refuse, and he exposes the past she buried two decades ago.

What follows is a brutal game of blackmail, betrayal, and escalating danger. To survive, Nina must make an unthinkable choice: disappear quietly and protect the life she’s built or go to war with the man she’s been running from since she was a teenager.

When the shocking truth is revealed in a high-stakes public trial, the question is no longer whether Nina can survive Phillip Copeland a second time. It’s whether the world will see her as a courageous whistleblower or as a cunning manipulator determined to destroy an innocent man.

Beverley Murray

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