Robert Smith Literary agency » Nikola James https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 04 Feb 2025 18:58:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The Price of Love: Abused, beaten, trapped in a terrifying relationship     – one girl’s story of survival https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/authors/614/ https://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/authors/614/#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:36:21 +0000 http://www.robertsmithliteraryagency.com/?p=614 Scarred by her father’s violence and being bullied, sexually assaulted and raped at school, Nikola had nowhere to turn for help.  She fell in love and married Neil while still in her teens, but his abuse of her started on the first night of their honeymoon.  She was tormented, kept a prisoner, sexually abused, and […]

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]]> Scarred by her father’s violence and being bullied, sexually assaulted and raped at school, Nikola had nowhere to turn for help.  She fell in love and married Neil while still in her teens, but his abuse of her started on the first night of their honeymoon.  She was tormented, kept a prisoner, sexually abused, and subjected to horrific beatings.  When the violence escalated and he threatened to kill her, Nikola found the courage to fight back and be free of him.  Eventually, she turned her life around, and today is happily married and works as a therapist helping others.

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