'Tackles a difficult subject with a light touch to keep you turning the pages' VERONICA HENRY A perfect husband To their friends, Lily and Freddy have a great marriage. He taught her to love again after the death of her first husband. But when Freddy becomes tense and distracted, a life-changing truth is revealed. A terrible shock Freddy has built up massive gambling debts that threaten to destroy not only his life but Lily's as well. Should she go forward - or back? Her friends and family urge her to forget him and move on - easier said than done. Is her willingness to give him a second chance just down to loyalty? Or is the truth something altogether darker? 'Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships' WOMAN & HOME