Between Love and Hate: How Intimacy Turns Into Punishment - and What a Fair Ending Could Look Like

By: Hartley, A. M.

Between Love and Hate
When Separation Becomes Punishment

A.M. Hartley

Divorce and separation are often described as emotional.
But sometimes they become punitive.

Between Love and Hate explores what happens when a relationship breakdown turns hostile-through financial control, custody conflict, procedural delay, and the quiet rewriting of shared history.

This is not a legal guide.
It is an examination of the psychological and relational patterns that escalate high-conflict divorce and separation.

The book looks at emotional abuse after separation, financial punishment, threatened control, and the long-term impact of hostile endings. It also acknowledges a sobering truth: the period of separation can be one of heightened risk when control is challenged.

Written in clear, grounded language, this book is for anyone asking why an ending became so cruel-and for those who believe divorce does not have to destroy the people involved.

Because even when love ends, responsibility remains.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GNDNT86K
• ISBN13: 9798247887140
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"