Betrayal

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I initially felt for her and her children, no woman should have to be in a violent and toxic relationship. I was rooting for Eve all the way through; hoping she'd put the past behind her to start a new and prosperous life in Devon. With her trademark insight into relationships, Lesley Pearse thrills and entertains in this exploration of being a strong woman ― My Weekly --This text refers to the hardcover edition. But Don's abusive behaviour got worse with each day and when he started taking his anger out on her infront of the kids, and then on her kids, she knew that it was finally time to get them out. The story then follows Eve and her children over the years after breaking free but it looks as if the past is always lurking around the corner waiting for the truth to come out and justice to be done.

She goes to the police and gets in touch with a social worker who helps her leave London to flee to a refuge in Sidmouth. She couldn’t have been better named as she represents a universality of experience that women have had since the first woman herself. But then the last quarter or so of the book, things really picked up and god did the book veer off in a direction that I hadn’t seen coming but really looking back on it the clues were there for the reader to see if they had looked hard enough.I am not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other Web sites or media without my permission. Moves back to her house while he has to stay away, but sometimes spends his drunken nights in the shed having a nap. I have read all of her books and I have always loved the way she portrays strong women within her books. Every year I find myself extremely fortunate to be gifted an early addition of the latest Lesley Pearse book to review.

With Lesley Pearse ‘s reputation for grippy, gritting stories that never shy away from the seamier side of life, I was expecting distressing themes here. This is an emotional roller coaster read that had me fully invested from beginning through to the end.I didn’t mean to hurt you,’ he said almost as soon as he’d attacked her, and he got a bag of ice to put on her already swelling eye. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. This is not a light hearted read it is a storyline that tackles a number of disturbing situations, one in particular made for difficult reading but each situation was weaved into the storyline perfectly creating more depth and drama to the storyline.