Triumph of Love by Elivra26 is about Esme's life - how she met and then left her abusive husband, met Carlisle and later becomes the loving mother of the Cullens.
Elivra26 grasped the life of a woman in 1911, who goes against the grain of that society's ideals by leaving her abusive husband, so perfectly, I swear that I was Esme myself.
Excerpt from Chapter 15:
"Do you realize," I breathed, tears streaming down my cheeks, "that he might kill me?"
"Nonsense!" my father snapped angrily. "Stop saying such far-fetched things, Esme."
"He could. He is mad, Father, he is mad because I loved Edward and not him…"
Mother dropped her needle again, and Father grimaced momentarily. We hadn't taken his name at all since after the funeral.
With an effort, Father seemed to pull himself together, and said, "Well, then, it's up to you, isn't it? How should a man feel when his wife never shows him any love? It is expected of her."
How could he not understand? How could he think that I could easily love a man who had tortured me and ripped away my innocence? How? How?
My breathing hitched, my heart seemed to stutter for a moment, and the tears increased two-fold.
"You will not leave him, Esme," my father said, sealing my fate. I choked and sobbed even more, but made not a sound. It is horrible when you want cry, long and hard, but you must pretend not to. Life was throwing too many painful things at me one after the other. I didn't know how I could take it.
Meanwhile, Father, his gaze fixed on the mantelpiece and oblivious to my pain, said, "After, a man is known to use his hand once in a while… that is, when his wife can listen to no other way."
