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Publication Date : 26th March 2026
Publisher : Joffe Books
Genre : Psychological Thriller
Page Count : 234 pdf pages
Series / Standalone : Standalone
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In Westbrook, wives are currency. Belonging has a price.
And the most dangerous thing a woman can do is change her mind.
MARNI
I didn’t come here to be brave.
I came to disappear.
After New York, after the firm, after everything that broke me, Westbrook felt safe. Predictable. A place where the rules were clear, and someone else made the decisions.
Elke chose me. That meant everything.
I learned how this town really works – the rankings, the favors, the silence. I learned when to smile, when to look away, and which questions never get asked.
Now I’m pregnant. Now I know what happened to the women who stepped out of line.
And now I understand the truth Elke never says out loud: Westbrook isn’t about tradition. It’s about control.
ELKE
I built Westbrook from nothing.
A town of order. Tradition. Women who want to be told who they are.
They see cherry orchards, homemakers’ fairs, and smiling wives. I see loyalty, hierarchy, and power that works because it looks beautiful.
The Cherries follow my rules. They check in when I tell them to. They show up when I summon them. They don’t ask questions.
And when someone threatens what I’ve built, I don’t hesitate.
Perfection only survives if you protect it.
About Bella Ellwood-Clayton
Dr. Bella Ellwood-Clayton holds a BA from Concordia University in Montréal and a PhD from the University of Melbourne in sexual anthropology. Her debut novel, Weekend Friends (Post Hill Press/Simon & Schuster, 2023), was hailed as “unputdownable” by bestselling author Nicola Moriarty. She is also the author of a nonfiction book, Sex Drive: In Pursuit of Female Desire (Allen & Unwin, 2012). Her short stories, poetry, and articles have appeared in Huffington Post and Daily Life, and she has been featured in a National Geographic documentary and given a TEDx talk. Married to an Aussie, she lives in Melbourne with her two spirited—eek—teens and a mini Maltese who’s convinced he’s a pit bull. When not on her laptop, you can find her downward dogging, coaxing her offspring to go outside, and randomly blurting out, “Oh, that’s a good story idea.”
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