Alice Brooks threw away her genius for love and spent seven years trapped in a secret marriage. She swallowed her husband David Harris’s icy contempt while he openly worshipped his first love, Ivy Joyce. Even her own daughter pulled away.When she finally hits her breaking point, she slaps down divorce papers, ditches her life as a doormat wife, and storms back to her true passion, scientific research in the Aether Realm.With her brilliant colleague Merrick Thorne by her side, she reclaims her talent, smashes every prejudice, and faces off against the Joyce family and her ex without flinching.Now she’s laser-focused on her career, fiercely guarding the people she loves, and walking away clean from all the toxic drama. She rises as a fierce, independent tech queen, commanding respect through nothing but her own power. A full-blown, well-earned comeback totally on her own terms.
