A family scandal
By: Kitty Neale
Published: 2016
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847562470; 9780007587940
Subjects: Sign painting; Women; Fiction; Stalkers; Runaway wives; Crimes against; Wife abuse
Description: Mavis Pugh has had a hard life. Despised and abused throughout her teenage years, she turned to the first man who showed her kindness. But her new husband, Alec, quickly revealed himself to be a violent bully. When Mavis escapes from Alec, she thinks the worst is behind her. Moving to a large family house with her two children is more than she ever dreamed of, and when handsome sign-writer Tommy takes an interest in her, she can't believe her luck. But Alec is far from a distant memory and, unbeknown to Mavis, he's watching her and her happy family closely. Just waiting for the right time to make his next - and final - move...