{"product_id":"righteous-damage-paperback","title":"Righteous Damage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNico James Vesper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRighteous Damage\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Nico James Veper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosh Atkinson, a wheelchair-using Careers Advisor, enrols on a counselling diploma course, he's been sent by his employer. He meets Lorna Romanetti, magnetic, manipulative, and brilliant; whose charismatic presence begins to distort the group dynamics. Lorna sets her sights on Caroline, the polished but emotionally unstable participant, drawing Josh into an erotic and psychological alliance. At first, Josh is captivated: by Lorna's intellect, her mystery, her control. But soon, he becomes her instrument or has he become complicit?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, they isolate Caroline, exploiting her insecurities and pushing her toward professional and personal collapse. Josh believes he's helping Lorna expose hypocrisy; in truth, he's deepening the damage. As Caroline unravels, Josh begins to question whether he's liberator or accomplice, too late to stop what's coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Lorna's revenge runs deeper than Josh understands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Caroline is disgraced and gone, Lorna targets a darker network: Stephen\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eLocke, her retired probation officer with a history of coercive control and his old colleague, Elliot\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eDrexler, whose name appears on multiple survivor forums. What began as personal catharsis becomes a campaign of exposure. Lorna uses old contacts, her sexuality, and strategic whispers to unravel the protective veil around these men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosh, now confused emotionally but besotted, watches as Lorna transforms into something less like a victim and more like a vigilante. Drexler becomes the final mirror: a man who once protected predators now sweating under Lorna's gaze. The climax unfolds violently, intimately, a confrontation charged with grief, revelation, and blood. Lorna exacts her revenge but, in the process, accidentally and tragically shoots and kills Josh. When the dust settles, Lorna disappears into flame and myth, leaving Josh and her perpetrators dead and sends a cryptic postcard months later, from far away, to a friend that reads: \u003cem\u003eStill haunted. Still standing. Love, L.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRighteous Damage\u003c\/em\u003e is an erotic psychological thriller about seduction, complicity, and control. Told through the emotionally unreliable lens of a man both in love and in denial, it asks: how far can you be manipulated before you're culpable and what happens when the one pulling the strings vanishes?\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267593715961,"sku":"9798231052110","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/rkGaCIVzvf9798231052110.webp?v=1768868234","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/righteous-damage-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}