Bitter Custody
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Last published Tue, Aug 12, 2025
Nathaniel Harrow is a man carved from betrayal. Once a devoted lover, now a cold guardian of his only son, he believes women to be creatures of deceit, hunters of coins and bringers of grief.
In his home, no woman crosses the threshold, and no tender word is wasted on them.
But when a slow, deliberate knock echoes upon his door one stormy evening, the quiet fortress he has built begins to crack.
What stands on his doorstep will challenge every belief he has clung to... and threaten the only thing he truly loves.
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