Elsie grew up in New York. She went to grade school there then to college.

She could have been anything she wanted to be.

What she chose was marriage.

She sacrificed for it.

Diminished herself for it.

Clung to it when the cracks became impossible to ignore.

But once the truth finally begins to surface, Elsie finds herself unraveling beneath the weight of betrayal, jealousy, and desire.

The former NFL player living next door will become the only thing capable of saving her…

Or the final step in destroying what remains.

Without Romance 7/8/2026