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Unmasking Manipulation

Taken captive by subtle lies, held prisoner by invisible bonds, silenced by shame…now is the time for the manipulative games to stop! Form your plan of escape.

The surface appears safe and serene. The sea offer a coolness and tranquility that is difficult to refuse, so you trust yourself to the waters. At first, it is invigorating. Then suddenly you find yourself sucked under by an unexpected pull. The undertow is powerful. Before you realize what is happening, you are too far from shore to walk back. You find every bit of your strength is being used to keep from being permanently sucked under. Your plight looks hopeless because your cries will be stifled by the rushing waves. If you are drowning because of it, regretting risking the alluring waters, it is time to engage the unrelenting force. You must learn to shrewdly maneuver in your swim against the current.

Unmasking Manipulation takes you along the pathway out of the complex and surreptitious snares of manipulation. It helps you uncover the deceptive tactics, which are attacking the very foundations of your identity with pomp, eloquence, and rhetoric. It then goes on to explain why each tactic works so well and what you can do to battle against it with the stronger weapon of truth. By rediscovering the power of objective judgment, you can develop the confidence you need to engage this battle of the mind with integrity, strength, and effectiveness. If you are being repeatedly duped and are helpless to know how to stop it, enter the journey as an epic quest. It may be your only real hope.

In praise of Unmasking

“Meredith offers victims of manipulation the opportunity to clearly understand this form of abuse, which in turn has the potential for the reader to stay awakened as they navigate the healing journey ahead. Reclaiming the mind takes time, and Meredith’s knowledge of this subject matter is sure to be a comfort for anyone looking to free themselves from the grips of psychological manipulation.” ~Lisa A. Romano, Life Coach and Bestselling Author of The Codependency Manifesto — Clearing the Way Out of the Codependent Mind

“Unmasking manipulation approaches the subject of coercive control with elegance, sensitivity, and intellect. Those suffering in a confusing and frightening relationship will benefit enormously from the insight offered and will carefully move out of the darkness into the light. A captivating read!” ~ Rachel Watson, Author of How To Annihilate A Narcissist In the Family Courts. 

“Meredith Wesley’s book is a must read for anyone who has or has had the challenge of disengaging from a Manipulator. She has excellent examples, distinctions, and strategies to identify and free yourself from the Manipulator.” ~Dr. Anne Brown RNCS, Author of Backbone Power, the Science of Saying No

“Meredith Wesley offers bare-knuckle strategies to help anyone targeted by a manipulator get a clear grasp of their situation and identify practical ways to shift from oppression to agency and, ultimately, freedom.” ~Manya Wakefield, Recovery Coach and Founder, Narcissistic Abuse Rehab, Author of Are You In An Emotionally Abusive Relationship?


“Meredith uncovers the manipulator’s tactics with clarity and simplicity. Unmasking Manipulation is a must read for victims of emotional and psychological abuse. This quick read will help victims see through the fog and begin to rebuild their lives.”
~Anne Blythe, M.Ed. , Betrayal Trauma Recovery Podcast, Founder of btr.org , Author of Trauma Mama Husband Drama

At His Service

A Novel

Alice Pembroke is an conscientious daughter of a clergyman, peaceably navigating her way through rising adulthood in rural Victorian England. There she meets Algernon Whitney. As a dynamic, energetic, winsome son of a shipping magnate, he waltzes into her life with his charm and rhetoric. Though she resists, she finds herself reluctantly drawn in and eventually united to him, and so begins the imperceptible journey of losing herself. While endeavoring to always do right, she finds herself more and more entangled in his web of deception and betrayal, alone and disbelieved.

Depicting the great internal struggle created by coercive control, At His Service follows Alice’s journey in and out of the dark confines of the victim mentality and all its implications. Hardly detectable at first, the signs of trouble do not appear until the problem is already serious. Isolated and voiceless, she tries several strategies for regaining her dignity, even as it is slowly being usurped. Fighting despair, bitterness, bad advice, and widespread misjudgment, she strives to see clearly despite the clouding of the facts. Her eventual resistance however rouses even more complications, intensifying the struggle. Will she manage to find a way to battle the relentless force of deceit and lies without sacrificing her integrity or even her very life?

The Divorcee

A Christian Romance

Paige Hayfield is a single mom of four, trying to rebuild their lives after an ugly divorce. Forced to choose divorce after enduring a covertly abusive marriage for fifteen years, she is thrust into a marginalized existence– both by society and the church. Still struggling to reconcile her beliefs about divorce with her reality, she meets the charming new pastor, Joel Roberts. Recruited into helping him write his missionary memoirs, gradually they become friends and begin to uncover each others’ hidden fears. As they grow closer, an intimacy blossoms. Through the force of events, pressing them even more closely together, Paige is forced once again with a moral dilemma. Joel offers the perfect answer to all her inadequacies and desires, dreams and hopes, yet can she justify reaching for the forbidden: remarriage after divorce?