She thought it was love. He knew it was control. If the Shoe Fits is a chilling tale of charm, coercion, and human trafficking.
“She thought it was chemistry. He knew it was a setup.”
Lucinda Barrett had always relied on charm to get by. Smart, attractive, and just impulsive enough to make life interesting, she floated from job to job and city to city, telling herself she was too sharp for the mundane.
But beneath the bravado was a woman desperate for significance and connection — and Marcus saw that from the moment she walked into the bar.
He wasn’t like the others. Cool, calculated, and disarmingly patient, Marcus didn’t flatter. He observed. He listened. And he made Lucinda feel seen — just enough to keep her talking.
By the time she realized she was being groomed, it felt like falling in love.
If the Shoe Fits peeled back the layers of psychological manipulation, power dynamics, and coercion, revealing how predators don’t always take — they invite.
As Lucinda clung to the idea that she was choosing her own path, Marcus was already guiding her toward something darker: a world where women weren’t rescued, they were recruited.
A gripping, slow-burn thriller about trust, trauma, and the brutal logic of control — where every choice felt like hers… until it wasn’t.
This slow-burn psychological thriller explores how easily love turns to leverage — and how control never looks like what you expect.
⚠️ Trigger warning: This book contains depictions of abuse, grooming, and mental illness. Read with care.
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