{"product_id":"treacherous-god-paperback-2","title":"Treacherous God - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. M. Stoneback\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI didn't want Lilac.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI selected her.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSweet. Untouched. Mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo secure my place inside the secret society that governs North Haven University, I needed a wife-someone controllable, compliant, temporary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLilac was supposed to be leverage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo I lied to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI bound her to me in a marriage she believes has an expiration date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe thinks escape is possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe doesn't understand the rules were written long before she arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer trust destabilizes me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer fear anchors me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI don't protect her because I love her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI protect her because once she chose me, I couldn't allow her to belong to anyone else-including herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe can resist. She can hate me. She can try to break what I'm building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut every shared breath, every trembling touch, every moment she survives because of me pulls her deeper into a dependence she doesn't yet recognize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis marriage was never meant to end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was meant to erase the version of her that existed before me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Lilac will learn the truth the hard way: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe most dangerous thing about loving me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eisn't what I'll do to her-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit's what she'll become when she can no longer imagine life without me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA NA dark psychological romance with psychological horror undertones-exploring coercive control, identity erosion, obsession, and moral corruption.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStandalone with a psychologically conclusive HEA, where the damage is acknowledged, the bond is permanent, and survival comes at a cost.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 366\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48048621551767,"sku":"9798295649301","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4552\/4631\/files\/rRXXEnpN1F9798295649301_d35562fe-82b5-4827-94b8-27a0af2094e0.webp?v=1784852956","url":"https:\/\/leyambercollective.com\/products\/treacherous-god-paperback-2","provider":"Ley Amber Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}