Between the Lines
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When a reclusive writer pens a chilling tale of revenge, she never expects to wake up inside the world she created. The velvet room, the cracked mirror, the scalpel on the table-all details from her manuscript. She wakes up as Anna, her fictional protagonist, born of grief and driven by rage.
As the lines between author and character dissolve, she finds herself confronting the man who ruined Anna's life-a charming manipulator who stalked her, spread lies, and left her isolated and disbelieved. Now he's tied to a chair in the basement, and the story demands an ending.
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