The Illusion of Choice: One Bright Future Short Story #1
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Last published Sat, Feb 18, 2017
A special gift to my One Bright Future Series fans.
Nina's brother is dying, and she can save him--if she does something terrible.
Nina sweeps into Enslavement, beautiful and confident and free. Or at least that's how she appears. Her carefully composed facade hides who she really is--a girl from a poor family who would do anything, no matter how repugnant, to rescue those she loves. When Arthur Hayes offers her what her family needs--for a price--does she have any choice but to agree to his terms?
The Illusion of Choice takes place ten years before ENSLAVEMENT and chronicles the backstory of Nina Hayes, the Banker's wife.
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