The Whispers of a Lie: Part 1: Beneath The Ashes

Love is supposed to set you free. But some love stories only tighten the chains.Catherine Sinclair has spent years perfecting the art of survival. Engaged to Damien Mercer—a man who thrives on dominance and control—she has learned that silence is safer than defiance, that submission is easier than the war she cannot win.Until she meets Fabian Laurent.Fabian is everything Damien is not—unpredictable, untamed, a man who built himself from the wreckage of his past. He shouldn’t care about her. He shouldn’t look at her the way he does, as if he sees the parts of her she thought had long since disappeared. But he does.And it’s dangerous.Because the moment she lets herself feel, the moment she allows herself to want, the walls she has built begin to crumble.Their attraction is impossible to ignore, their pull as inevitable as a storm on the horizon. But every stolen touch, every whispered temptation comes with a cost. And as their tangled web tightens, the lines between love and obsession blur.Catherine thinks she has found her way out.She doesn’t realize she’s only stepping into something far darker.Because secrets don’t stay buried. Love doesn’t erase the past. And the man she’s trying to escape isn’t the only one capable of destruction.Some love stories don’t end in redemption.Some end in ruin.Beneath The Ashes is a seductive, slow-burning psychological thriller woven with desire, deception, and the kind of love that consumes.