Just like that: no warning, no discussion, no attempt to put right whatever had gone wrong. He simply drove off into the sunset, leaving the silence of four shattered lives behind him.

Picking up the pieces has been tough, but now the worst is over. With the help of good friends, hard work and sheer determination, Rose has survived.She's made a success of her catering business, and the children, however unsteadily, are beginning to leave the nest. There is, finally, room for her own life to blossom.

Then, one day, the doorbell rings and Ben walks back into her life, ready to assert his claim to what he thinks is his due.

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Just like that: no warning, no discussion, no attempt to put right whatever had gone wrong. He simply drove off into the sunset, leaving the silence of four shattered lives behind him.

Picking up the pieces has been tough, but now the worst is over. With the help of good friends, hard work and sheer determination, Rose has survived.She's made a success of her catering business, and the children, however unsteadily, are beginning to leave the nest. There is, finally, room for her own life to blossom.

Then, one day, the doorbell rings and Ben walks back into her life, ready to assert his claim to what he thinks is his due.

But Rose is no longer the quiet, passive girl he married all those years ago.Her coping skills are honed, her wit is sharp and she is a born fighter. From the moment Ben reappears, Rose is a woman with a mission: to protect her young, to keep her business on track, to safeguard her hard-won freedoms and even, perhaps, one day to try to find love again.