My book, though fiction, incorporates the very real issue of domestic violence.
Heart Aches & Rainy Days is a story that will enrage you, make you cry, and at the same time keep you on the edge of your seat.
It is not for the faint of heart.
Trapped in a terrifying and vicious circle of abuse from her husband, Jessica finds inventing ways to protect herself difficult, more often impossible. Yet, her greatest fear is not for herself but for their daughter. When Paul suddenly announces they are going to have another baby, Jessica panics. She can barely protect one child; she worries about how she will be able to protect another child, especially a small baby. Will Jessica ever have the life she so desperately wants and deserves? Can she escape her abusive husband, or will he find her, as before and bring her back?
Watch the story unfold as Jessica tries to survive physical, sexual, mental, and emotional abuse at the hands of her once gentle and loving husband, Paul. Experience Jessica's fictitious life as a victim of domestic violence, as she tries to understand what she could have possibly done wrong to make her husband hurt her in such degrading and unbelievable ways.
"Heart Aches & Rainy Days"
Hidden from the world, what seemed to be the perfect family in reality was not even close. A marriage that started in the gentle beauty of love and laughter quickly became Jessica Westfall's living nightmare. Emotional and mental abuse by her husband, Paul, escalated to the degrading act of physical and sexual abuse. Isolated from the world, Jessica dreams of living a life free of this silent anguish. Suffering the consequences after trying to escape once before, she shudders at the thought of what he is capable. And yet she wonders, would she be forced to forever wander this path tribulation?
A staggering number of domestic violence cases are reported each day; unfortunately, there are also as many unreported cases. Domestic violence is not restricted to the female gender. Women who find themselves in abusive situations are not an exclusive target of domestic violence; men are also victims of abuse. Being the victim of domestic violence is a demoralizing and tragic experience, as well as a painful life-altering event. It is also a very painful suject for victims to discuss. Victims of domestic violence must understand that the abuse they suffer is NOT their fault. No one deserves to be abused--ever! It does not matter who you are or where you are from; everyone is entitled to a life free of abuse. If you are being physically, emotionally, mentally, or sexually abused--or are suspicious of someone who may be in this situation--please step forward and speak to someone. You could save yourself or help someone else out of a possible fatal situation.
God Bless You.
This novel is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places and events used in this book are the product of my imagination. Any resemblances to actual persons living or deceased, events, or locales are entirely coincidental.
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