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Beyond the Red Water
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
Publisher: Jocelyn Smith
Published: Feb 5 2026
Pages: 382
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Beyond the Red Water
A Novel by Jocelyn Smith
The moral of this story isn't that love conquers all. The moral is that choice conquers all.
For Lydia Mae, life is a series of quiet navigations and desperate hopes. From behind the steam of a bistro espresso machine, she clings to the illusion of normalcy. But the reality is far darker: a husband, Travis, whose spiraling addictions are swallowing their family whole, and a young daughter, Macy, who is growing up in the shadow of a house built on secrets and fear.
Tethered to a man who treats her like a hired hand and living under the roof of a family that offers no refuge, Lydia's world is a crumbling foundation. But in the most unexpected corner of her marriage, she finds an unlikely architect of hope: Grant, whom her husband has long cast as the villain.
When the cycle of chaos reaches a violent, jagged peak, Lydia is forced to make a choice that will change everything. She must cross a border from which there is no return-leaving behind the red water of her past to fight for a future she never thought possible.
Beyond the Red Water is a gripping and triumphant novel of survival, reclaiming identity from the wreckage of trauma, and the courage it takes to build a new life from the ground up. It is the story of a family forged not just by blood, but by the firm, proud ink of a new name.
A powerful debut about the complexity of family, the weight of the past, and the ultimate victory of choosing to wake up.
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