Thank you. I know the whole premise of TPW is hard to read and the beginning is graphic and horrific. I couldn't think of any other way though to realistically show Edward as the "lesser of evils" between him and what she went through with Charlie & James. I had to show Edward was nobody's hero, but at least he was a better option when she had none. Domestic violence has two sides; the abused and the abuser. It in no way is meant to justify the actions of the abuser, but often we forget they were also once the abused. What they choose to do with that experience is what makes the difference. Do they continue the cycle of abuse or do they break the chains and take a stand?

My father and his mother and siblings were abused by my grandfather when he was growing up. He wasn't much better to my mom when they married until he made the decision to stop the cycle. They have been married 44 years and 31 of those have been violence free.There has been no violence in my own marriage of 28 years.

I have started Alice/Jasper's story from TPW, but it's on hold right now. I's only 6 chapters so far. I'll pick it back up in a few months. I have a lot on my plate right now between rl, working on my third novel and I'm determined to finish Creating a Mate before anything else.

Thanks again for reading.

Mic