Every Thorn Was Mine

Bramwell Oakley

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Ten years ago, Elise Ellery's half-sister pushed her down a staircase and left her with a ruined leg. The family closed ranks. Her father slapped her for saying so.

Now the whole city knows Elise as the woman who sleeps around and torments her poor stepmother and sister. Let them. She has been building something quieter and far more patient.

Her sister is engaged to Adrian Wexley — cold, untouchable, richer than God. So Elise becomes his secret. The other woman. The stand-in. She tells herself it's strategy, that a man like Adrian is simply a useful piece on the board.

She is very careful not to notice how gently he touches the bruises she comes home with.

The night before she detonates everything, she still doesn't know whose game she's really been playing.

A dark, addictive revenge romance.

Available since: 09/23/2026.

Print length: 48 pages.

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