Powerful start, I'm hooked

"This opening chapter pulls you straight into Brenda's world. She's just ended things with her ex, Chad Dickson, and you can feel her fighting between old feelings and her decision to finally choose herself. There's a quiet strength in how she silences his calls and drives off, you can tell this woman has been through it and she's done playing games. Then the story shifts gears fast. At work, a massive embezzlement scandal breaks, staff members caught funneling company funds, and Brenda's the one trusted to dig through the financial records and expose it. Watching her go from heartbreak to handling a corporate crisis with total composure says a lot about who she is. And just when you think the chapter's winding down, it drops the real bomb: Brenda confronts her father and he admits to having affairs. The image of her holding up the family Bible, demanding the truth, is one of the most powerful scenes I've read in a while."