Jane Brennan

A recently widowed young mother goes to great lengths to protect her family while searching for answers about her husband's unsolved murder.

An instant, animalistic, spark of attraction propels chemistry teacher Paula to have sex with James, a good-looking but dangerous, ducker and diver. From that moment, they are fatally entangled. Blackmail leads to murder and James' eventual arrest. His desire for revenge draws him ever back to Paula. Will she work out how to protect herself from a man who won't stop coming for her?

The story of Natalie and Leah, friends who grew up together in North West London, whose lives have taken them in different directions. In an area where wealth and poverty are only streets apart, life is fragile.