Alienation

Maxime believes he has found the love of his life. What he doesn't yet know is that Marie has been planning their story since long before they ever met.

Falling in love, becoming a father, building a family: every step feels like happiness taking shape. But somewhere along the way, the ground shifts beneath him. Absences that are never explained. Silences that grow heavier. A son who slowly stops looking at him the same way.

When the accusations come, they come all at once, and no one asks for his side of the story. Maxime must fight not to save his marriage, but simply to remain a father, against a system built to believe whichever version arrives first.

A gripping, unflinching novel about coercive control, parental alienation, and the quiet violence of not being believed.