Luci Evans brings a sassy-fresh voice to psychological thrillers. Not only does she have an eye for the telling detail, but her experience as a psychotherapist gives her an eye into the very soul of her characters. If you want to understand dysfunction while also being engrossed in a compelling story, look no further.
— John DeDakis, author, Fast Track, Former CNN Senior Copy Editor ("The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer")
Synopsis for In Session
Dr. Olivia James has a dark side. Trapped in a cycle of addiction and denial, she tries her best to maintain a façade of composure.
During the day, Dr. James has a thriving couple’s therapy practice. But at night, her persona shifts to a huntress. She preys on men for sexual gratification to feel alive, momentarily escaping from her daily world of angst. Until one day new clients Tara and Nick walk into her office for their first therapy session. Nothing is the same again. Olivia must confront the demons of her past in order to break through her delusions of the present. Twists and turns throughout her journey culminate in a surprise redemption that Olivia never anticipated.
Read on for a blurb from In Session.
CHAPTER THREE
Nick, her husband, my hook-up, was here to start couples’ therapy with his gorgeous, voodoo-worshipping, supermodel wife. I glanced at her… her eyes danced with mischief, mine glazed over with disbelief.
I couldn’t be here. This was not happening. I watched myself standing in the doorway, I dissociated and hovered a few feet above my body. Dr. Olivia James spoke calmly, professionally and I watched her. “Hi, welcome. Please come in. Would you excuse me for one minute? I’ll be right back.” Before either of them could answer I walked out to the hallway and shut the door behind me.
I tried to remind myself to breathe. Where did the oxygen go? My body was paralyzed against the hallway wall. Every single muscle in my body twisted like a thick strand of licorice. I forced a violent exhale from my lungs and gagged on a gulp of air. I shut my eyes tight.