Pretty Little Profits

A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist

By: Shelby Shaw

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

They sold her empowerment. Then they tried to erase her.

Grace Anderson thought the hardest part of her life was over when the divorce papers were signed.

She was wrong.

Freshly untethered and quietly panicking, Grace didn’t just need a fresh start—she needed reinvention.
A new identity.
A new future.

That was how Aurabelle found her.

A glittering wellness empire wrapped in soft lighting and sharper promises.
Six-figure dreams.
Empowerment language.
Sisterhood without judgment.

And for the first time in years, Grace felt chosen.

She felt visible.

She felt safe.

The women were flawless and fearless, their lives perfectly filtered into something aspirational and intoxicating. Grace threw herself into the dream—posting, promoting, trusting—telling herself this was what healing looked like now.

Then the cracks began to show.

A friend vanished without explanation.
Posts were altered after being published.
Warnings appeared—and disappeared—before she could react.

Her follower count slipped.
Her finances collapsed.
And the more questions she asked, the quieter the world around her became.

Someone was watching her.
Controlling her.
Deciding what stayed—and what was erased.

When a mysterious burner phone lands in Grace’s hands, she realizes Aurabelle doesn’t just build women up.

It removes them.

To survive, Grace will have to decide how much of herself she’s willing to lose—and what it costs to walk away from a world built on perfectly filtered lies.

Pretty Little Profits is a razor-sharp psychological thriller novella about control, identity, and the cost of believing the wrong dream. Designed to be devoured in one unforgettable sitting.