Annie: The broken armor: The Obsession, Betrayal, and the Price of Desire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798241830982)

Annie has spent her life hiding behind an armor of shyness, forged by a fractured childhood and a heart broken too young.

In college, she becomes obsessed with Teck, a charismatic artist who represents everything she is not. What begins as a silent, solitary obsession-fueled by intense fantasies and a growing addiction to pleasure-explodes one New Year's Eve into a fierce, life-altering encounter on a dark beach.

But the dream soon turns into a hollow reality. Years later, Ann finds herself trapped in a stagnant marriage with a man who has lost his spark, leaving her emotionally starved and physically neglected.

When Luk, a younger, ambitious colleague, enters her life, the wall of guilt she built around her heart begins to crumble. What starts as a desperate search for the passion missing from her marriage spirals into a dangerous affair that threatens her professional future and her soul.

Caught between the ghost of her first love and the electric heat of a forbidden lover, Ann must decide if she is willing to destroy her world to finally