{"product_id":"ex-scaped-hermecia-story-9798261951148","title":"Ex-Scaped Hermecia Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Judith Tamalynn\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: African American \u0026amp; Black - Urban \u0026amp; Street Lit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSYNOPSIS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHave you ever broken down so far that you no longer recognize yourself?\u003cbr\u003eBelittled, blamed, and beaten until your self-esteem is nothing but dust on the floor. Looking in the mirror becomes a punishment because all you see is the damage and ugliness someone else created in you. \u003cb\u003eI have.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe only reason I kept pushing through was my two children, \u003cb\u003eDreezy and Pud\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThey were the light in a house full of darkness, the reason I didn't give up.\u003cbr\u003eMy relationship with \u003cb\u003eTheo\u003c\/b\u003e was a ruthless rollercoaster up one day, crashing the next.\u003cbr\u003eOne moment I was his Queen, his peace... the next I was his enemy, his verbal punching bag, \u003cbr\u003eHis emotional target. He didn't always put his hands on me, but the words cut deeper, \u003cbr\u003ethe accusations hit harder, and the manipulation bruised my spirit in ways fists never could.\u003cbr\u003eAnd still... I loved him.\u003cbr\u003eTheo was a good man \u003cb\u003ewhen he was sober\u003c\/b\u003e. But the second money hit his hand, and the \"enhancers\" came out, the demon version of him stepped forward and I became his destination every single time.\u003cbr\u003eSix years.\u003cbr\u003eSix years of surviving without help from a single family member or friend.\u003cbr\u003eSix years of praying-begging-\u003cb\u003eAllah\u003c\/b\u003e to guide me out.\u003cbr\u003eBut the real question was: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWould I leave alive... or not at all?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHermecia\u003c\/b\u003e, 34, mother of two, is fighting her way through a storm that wants to swallow her whole. She's trying to rebuild a woman she barely recognizes anymore, trying to find her voice, her strength, and her freedom again.\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, Theo walks into her world thinking he's the man.\u003cbr\u003eAfter seven long years in prison, Natalie, his \"homegirl\" who held him down the whole bid, was supposed to be his loyalty. But meeting Hermecia felt like fate. For the first time, he saw a future worth protecting.\u003cbr\u003eTheo wanted out of the street game, wanted to leave behind the drugs, the violence, the chaos. But when his mentor \u003cb\u003eErnie\u003c\/b\u003e is taken out, Theo loses the last piece of sanity he had left. His world collapses, and he drags Hermecia down with him.\u003cbr\u003eHurt becomes hurt. Lies turn into weapons. And the love she thought they built becomes the same thing that destroys them. Theo never thought she would leave. Never believed she dared to walk away.\u003cbr\u003eNever imagined the woman he broke would become the woman strong enough to save herself.\u003cbr\u003eBut this is \u003cb\u003eher\u003c\/b\u003e story.\u003cbr\u003eA survival story.\u003cbr\u003eA story about rediscovering your worth when someone tried to crush it.\u003cbr\u003eA story about a woman who loved hard, fought harder, and finally chose herself-even if it exploded everything around her.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47969265451159,"sku":"9798261951148","price":1194.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798261951148.webp?v=1782921099","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ex-scaped-hermecia-story-9798261951148","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}