'Why won't you let me go? What do I have to do to get rid of you?' If Susie wasn't so scared of her mother she would have left home years ago. It's not as if there's any affection there - just the opposite in fact - but for some reason her mother won't let her leave. Longing to escape but too afraid to try, Susie is trapped, until the night she meets Nick - a former male escort - who's willing to help her break free.Diane Deacon is Susie's mother, but as far as Diane's concerned that's the least of her achievements. Eighteen years after being acquitted of killing her husband, Diane has clawed her way back from scandal to become the town's leading V.I.P. But away from public view there's a debt to be settled, and keeping hold of Susie is central to her schemes.

Nick's arrived just in time: this is Susie's last chance to escape - but Diane is watching, and she's not going to let her daughter go without a fight. Cover Image: 'Rooftop, Crows and Clouds at Twilight' by Duncan Harris, https://www.flickr.com/photos/duncanh1/6164372456. License at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0.