Mama, I Am Sorry

By Lyle Reed

She was raised to be the perfect daughter. She became something her mother never expected.

Nineteen-year-old Sharon Sterling is everything her mother, Elena, wants her to be, quiet, obedient, grieving, and perfectly controlled.

At least, that's what Elena believes.

Behind the silk dresses and society galas, Sharon has a secret life of her own. She knows how to lie. She knows how to manipulate. And she's learned that being underestimated can be more powerful than being feared.

Then there's Dominic.

Elena's new husband.

A man Sharon doesn't trust.

A man who seems to know far too much about her dead father.

When Sharon discovers a hidden connection between Dominic and her father's past, she begins digging into secrets her mother has spent years burying.

Her investigation leads her to Blackwood, a place tied to a missing boy, a dead employee, a criminal empire, and a night her family has tried desperately to forget.

The deeper Sharon goes, the more she realizes that almost everyone around her has lied.

Her mother.

Her stepfather.

Her father's closest associates.

And perhaps even her father himself.

But the most dangerous secret isn't what happened to her family.

It's what her family has been turning Sharon into.

Because Elena spent nineteen years teaching her daughter how to survive.

She never imagined Sharon would become better at it than she was.

Mama, I am Sorry is a dark, twist-filled psychological thriller about family secrets, murder, manipulation, betrayal, and the dangerous legacy parents leave behind.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDT2HTK6
• ISBN13: 9798191910246
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 87 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"