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The Air We Steal To Breathe: A desperate mother's unraveling through lust, lies, and ruin
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ISBN13: 9798245312583
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 23 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 23 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
She wanted to feel alive. She didn't know it would cost her everything.
Sarah Miller is drowning. Trapped in a suffocating marriage to a decent but exhausted man, buried under a mountain of debt, and erased by the relentless demands of motherhood, she has become a ghost in her own life. She is a woman on the verge of a total psychological collapse.
Sarah Miller is drowning. Trapped in a suffocating marriage to a decent but exhausted man, buried under a mountain of debt, and erased by the relentless demands of motherhood, she has become a ghost in her own life. She is a woman on the verge of a total psychological collapse.
Then she meets Dr. Elias Thorne.
He is the Director of Nursing. He is powerful, clinical, and dangerously perceptive. He doesn't see a tired mother; he sees a starving animal. He offers her a way out-a tuition waiver to nursing school and a secret life where she is the center of the universe.
But oxygen isn't free.
What starts as a desperate grasp for agency quickly spirals into a dark, addictive obsession. To keep her secret, Sarah begins to lie. Then she begins to steal. As she drains her family's savings to fund expensive hotel rooms and silk lingerie, she convinces herself she is saving her marriage by outsourcing her desire.
She is wrong.
As the walls close in and the bank statements pile up, Sarah finds herself trapped in a high-stakes game of deceit where the rules are constantly changing. Elias isn't her savior; he is a mirror reflecting her darkest impulses. And when the truth finally comes out, it won't just be a scandal.
It will be a demolition.
The Air We Steal To Breathe is a visceral, heartbreaking, and unflinching dive into the mind of a woman who sets her life on fire just to see the light. Perfect for fans of dark domestic noir, complex female protagonists, and stories about the devastating cost of forbidden passion.
He is the Director of Nursing. He is powerful, clinical, and dangerously perceptive. He doesn't see a tired mother; he sees a starving animal. He offers her a way out-a tuition waiver to nursing school and a secret life where she is the center of the universe.
But oxygen isn't free.
What starts as a desperate grasp for agency quickly spirals into a dark, addictive obsession. To keep her secret, Sarah begins to lie. Then she begins to steal. As she drains her family's savings to fund expensive hotel rooms and silk lingerie, she convinces herself she is saving her marriage by outsourcing her desire.
She is wrong.
As the walls close in and the bank statements pile up, Sarah finds herself trapped in a high-stakes game of deceit where the rules are constantly changing. Elias isn't her savior; he is a mirror reflecting her darkest impulses. And when the truth finally comes out, it won't just be a scandal.
It will be a demolition.
The Air We Steal To Breathe is a visceral, heartbreaking, and unflinching dive into the mind of a woman who sets her life on fire just to see the light. Perfect for fans of dark domestic noir, complex female protagonists, and stories about the devastating cost of forbidden passion.
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