Nasty Little Cuts – Dark, chilling and certainly not for the faint of heart. (Paperback)

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Debs wakes from a nightmare to find her fear waiting for her downstairs. A man stands in her kitchen with a knife. He is not a stranger, but her husband, Marc, a figure as familiar as he is frightening.

Once, their differences felt like balance. Marc brought order and authority, shaped by the army and a family that prized control. Debs came from noise and instinct, raised above a pub, building strength on her own terms. Now those differences have sharpened into something dangerous. Marc carries the violence of a past he cannot release. Debs no longer recognises the compromises she has made, or the quiet rage growing inside her.

Their marriage is a closed room where blame shifts constantly. Hurt is shared, but power is not. When the safety of her children begins to feel uncertain, Debs realises there are limits to endurance, and to forgiveness.

Nasty Little Cuts is a raw, unsettling psychological novel about domestic violence, survival, and the moment when fear gives way to resolve.