Darlene A. Halliday celebrates the release of her first novel...During their courtship, Russ appears to have all the qualifications of a perfect mate. He's Italian, tall, dark and handsome with the body of a football star. However he is not her knight, but a man who physically and mentally abuses his wife. Jenny seriously contemplates ending their marriage but is involved in a car accident, and becomes paralysed from the waist down. She refuses to give up trying to walk. Even though she has no sensation from the waist down, Russ has sex with her resulting in several pregnancies.When Jenny finally asks for a divorce, Russ is furious and swears a vendetta upon her and does everything he can to make her life miserable. Darlene was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, married young and soon realized that her husband was an abuser. However, fate stepped in when she was badly injured in a car accident so she learned to tolerate his behaviour. Over the years she struggles to improve her situation, but finally leaves her husband and starts a new life.
