検索キーワード： 著者 "Martina Cole" すべてのカテゴリー

Freddie Jackson føler sig som kongen over den kriminelle underverden, da han bliver løsladt efter en længere dom. Mens han sad inde, mødte han de helt rigtige folk, og det har han tænkt sig at nyde godt af nu. Hans kone, Jackie, vil bare gerne have sin mand hjem og har tilsyneladende glemt alt om skænderierne, volden og de kvinder, som Freddie ikke kan holde fingrene fra. Bitter og forurettet ser Jackie sit eget liv smuldre, mens hendes lillesøster Maggies liv blomstrer.

Dara Tailor has had to grow up fast. With a mother addicted to cocaine, Dara must look after her seven younger siblings, until social services split them up for ever. Grace Perry has led a sheltered life. Until her widowed mother is attacked and left for dead and Grace is taken into care. At Holly Brookes Children's Home, the two girls unite in the face of horrific abuse and form an unbreakable bond of loyalty. But when their loyalty is tested can they rely on each other to do the right thing? Friendship - it's all about trust.

Steph Barker can't forget her past. A single mother, Steph runs a women's shelter for local prostitutes while coming to terms with a tragic loss. And it's people like Joseph Potter, battling with his own grief, who keep her going. When Hennie, one of her friends from the shelter, goes missing, Steph's convinced Hennie's violent pimp Artie Rogers has something to do with it. Steph and Artie go way back, but his reign of terror throughout the Medway towns is out of control and even she can't do anything to stop him.