Chasing Rabbits: A Story of Desire and Deception

By Mark Ashford

**What if the person who saves you... is the one you can't save?**

Mark Sullivan is drowning.

Not literally-though some days, sitting in his open-plan office under fluorescent
lights, it feels close enough. He's a good employee. A helpful colleague. The guy
who shows up, does the work, and never complains.

He's also completely numb.

Then the pandemic hits, and everyone scatters to home offices. Mark settles into
his isolation, resigned to video calls and microwaved dinners. Until his phone
rings at 10 PM on a random Tuesday.

It's Alice. The intriguing new colleague he's barely spoken to. She's stuck on a
work problem. Can he help?

That one call changes everything.

**Their late-night conversations become daily rituals.** Her laugh becomes his
favorite sound. Her texts, his reason to smile. When they finally meet in person
at the eerily empty office, the chemistry is undeniable-and terrifying.

Alice is brilliant, mysterious, and utterly captivating. She has a white rabbit
tattoo and refuses to talk about her past. She elongates his name when she's
teasing him. She makes him feel alive for the first time in years.

**Their secret relationship becomes an addiction neither can quit.**

Stolen moments in conference rooms. Whispered confessions during lunch breaks.
Weekend escapes where they pretend the real world doesn't exist. Mark falls-
completely, irrevocably, dangerously.

But Alice is hiding something. A life she hasn't left behind. A truth she can't
bring herself to tell.

And when reality crashes through their carefully constructed fantasy, Mark
discovers that **loving someone doesn't mean you get to keep them.**

**The Treasure Beyond the Mirror is a devastating contemporary romance about: **
→ The electric intensity of forbidden workplace love
→ Finding connection in isolation
→ Loving someone who can't love you back
→ The transformation that comes from heartbreak
→ Learning to see yourself clearly-even when the reflection hurts

**This steamy, emotionally raw story** explores attachment, desire, and the
painful beauty of relationships that change us forever-even when they don't last.

For readers who loved the emotional complexity of *It Ends With Us*, the workplace
tension of *The Hating Game*, and the bittersweet honesty of *Normal People*-this
is your next obsession.

⚠️ **Content note: ** Explicit intimate scenes, adult language, infidelity themes,
emotionally complex situations. This is not a traditional HEA romance-it's a story
about growth through loss.

**"A mirror doesn't lie. Sometimes the treasure you find is yourself."**

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G3HXTV6B
• ISBN13: 9798275614008
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"