Madam Hoffman’s Escape

How many scars must a woman bear before she stops calling her captor a savior? For five years, Alani Sterling was the loyal shadow, lover, and secretary to crime boss Gordon Hoffmann, only to be rewarded with a branding iron and a cold-blooded betrayal. Discarded for a manipulative rival and traded away like collateral, Alani is forced to survive a gauntlet of torture and heartbreak in the world that once claimed to protect her. As Gordon’s obsession turns to a desperate, late-blooming regret, Alani must decide if she will remain a casualty of his criminal empire or find the strength to leave the man who saved her life—and the one who ultimately destroyed it—behind forever.