Trading Prisons
By Alicia Dawn
2025
First Published
368
Number of Pages
Jessie was never rescued, only reshaped. Years of abuse have worn her thin, leaving behind a ghost of a woman doing everything she can to protect her daughter from the monster in their home. Colt, charming to outsiders and terrifying behind closed doors, controls every breath she takes. He’s not just abusive, he’s delusional, violent, and terrifyingly devout. He twists scripture into justification, frames pain and control as love, and wields God like a weapon. The law sees but does nothing. But survival has a time limit. When Jessie realizes her daughter’s future is beginning to mirror her own past, something inside her breaks for good. What follows isn’t a cry for help, it’s a desperate, irreversible act of mercy. Trading Prisons is a psychological thriller rooted in the brutal, silent epidemic of domestic violence, a raw exploration of generational trauma, religious manipulation, and the unspeakable choices survivors are forced to make when no one comes to save them. All proceeds from Trading Prisons are donated to the National Domestic Violence Hotline.
