{"product_id":"battered-a-true-dream-novel","title":"Battered (A True Dream Novel)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"252\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"186\" data-end=\"252\"\u003eWhen they found her, she had no voice. No dignity. No defense.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"577\"\u003eSybil was discovered in Jimmy Bowale’s living room—naked, bruised, and barely conscious. A scandal waiting to explode. A crime scene waiting to condemn her. By the time the police finished their investigation, her name was tangled in a criminal case that threatened to destroy not only her life—but his family’s reputation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"666\"\u003eTo Jimmy’s parents, she was a liability. A disgrace. A threat that needed to be erased.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"709\"\u003eThey were prepared to go for the jugular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"748\"\u003eBut Jimmy saw something they did not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"1019\"\u003eIn the middle of the chaos, beneath the bruises and silence, he felt an instantaneous pull toward the mysterious young woman everyone else had already judged. Against logic. Against family pressure. Against his own better judgment—he stepped between her and the wolves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1107\"\u003eWhen Sybil’s name is eventually cleared, it should have been the end of the nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1119\"\u003eIt wasn’t.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1121\" data-end=\"1200\"\u003eBecause innocence does not erase suspicion.\u003cbr data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1167\"\u003eAnd freedom does not heal trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1202\" data-end=\"1417\"\u003eAs whispers continue and tension escalates, Jimmy chooses to fight for her—risking family loyalty, public opinion, and his own future. But the deeper he draws close, the more he realizes the real war is not outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1419\" data-end=\"1438\"\u003eIt is inside Sybil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1440\" data-end=\"1564\"\u003eShe is guarded. Wounded. Unreachable.\u003cbr data-start=\"1477\" data-end=\"1480\"\u003eThe scars on her body are fading—but the ones in her heart are fortified like walls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1621\"\u003eAnd love cannot rescue someone who refuses to be saved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1623\" data-end=\"1964\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1623\" data-end=\"1656\"\u003eBattered (A True Dream Novel)\u003c\/strong\u003e is a gripping, emotionally charged story about trauma, judgment, redemption, and the fragile power of love. It explores what happens when attraction collides with scandal, when loyalty clashes with family, and when a man must decide whether fighting for a woman is worth losing everything—including himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1966\" data-end=\"2034\"\u003eBecause sometimes the most dangerous battle isn’t against the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2036\" data-end=\"2084\"\u003eIt’s against the brokenness of the one you love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"K \u0026 S Books Etcetera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46193096261788,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/4358\/2876\/files\/Battered3DEbookcover.png?v=1770876722","url":"https:\/\/ksbooksetcetera.com\/products\/battered-a-true-dream-novel","provider":"K \u0026 S Books Etcetera","version":"1.0","type":"link"}