Once again Lucinda Hibbard is lying in a hospital bed. Once again her face is swollen and battered, her body beaten and broken. And once again her violent, brute of a husband is crying and grovelling at her bedside, begging forgiveness and promising that it will never, ever, happen again. Lucinda doesn’t believe him anymore…she knows how little it takes to turn him from a caring husband into a vicious animal. She knows next time he could kill her. That’s why she knows that this time she must run! Seventy eight year old Flora Metcalf sits terrified night after night in her darkened house. Helpless…unable to defend herself from the little thugs that are terrorising her. She cowers in her chair as they rattle her doors and windows, she cries with dread at the spiteful whispered threats. She pleads for help…but no one comes. Should she run…or should she make them pay? RUN! Is the long awaited sixth book in the exciting “Witches of Glory Woods” series. Spite, retribution and betrayal are all speeding towards the quiet little village of Kenley. It is useless to run, there will be no safe place to hide...like a thick insidious fog it will creep into every crevice, spreading its evil tentacles far and wide. Seeking out the vulnerable, the weak and the damaged. The Witches of Glory Woods, Carla, Maggie, Tracy and Helen, face their greatest challenge yet. Terrible events that will set them against each other and threaten to tear them apart. Only their friendship will give them the strength to overcome this latest challenge, but will it be strong enough or will they crumble?
Great book with some gripping storylines and some terrifying detail of domestic abuse. Although a tenuous link at the end, it would have been great to have had a twisting link at the end instead of leaving as separate story lines. Great book nonetheless and I can't wait to read the other books in the series.
This was the first time I'd encountered this author but it won't be the last! Totally enjoyable read although the descriptions of domestic abuse were hard to read. That said, they felt necessary as regards the mindsets of the perpetrator and the victim. But there's a lot more to the story than that and I will definitely be checking out the others in the series!