A Friend's Betrayal: Book 4 - Series: Echoes of Mercy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798316885350)

Under the relentless buzz of fluorescent lights, Georgina Hart scans a pack of gum, her hands moving with the weary precision of a life stitched together from fragile threads-three years since a cabin fire swallowed her past, leaving her and her daughter Lily to build anew in a city that hums with restless energy. The retail store's stale air clings to her, a backdrop to a routine she's carved from the ashes: paycheck to paycheck, a leaky apartment, and a bond with Lily that holds her steady against lingering shadows. But when Sarah-a brash, magnetic coworker-slips into their orbit with gum-snapping charm and unsettling gifts, a splinter of unease pierces Georgina's hard-won calm. A keychain glints, nightmares stir, and a spectral figure from her past-the lady in white-whispers through the dark, her skeletal hands reaching for Lily.
As Georgina grapples with trust and a creeping dread she can't name, the story unfolds into a tense dance of loyalty and peril. A photograph ties Sarah to a shared history of fire and loss, while the city's rain-soaked streets blur into dreamscapes where the lady's hunger grows. With Lily slipping toward an unseen pull, Georgina must unravel the threads binding friend to foe, past to present-racing to shield her daughter from a force that thrives on lies and charm. What begins as a quiet life teeters on the edge of a storm, where every choice could mend their fragile world or unravel it completely, drawing them into a legacy that stretches beyond their own scars.

Author: Umar Habib
ISBN-13: 9798316885350
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2025
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d