Close to Home: A heartbreaking saga of intrigue, tragedy and an impossible love

by PamelaEvans (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.45

  1950s Shepherd's Bush: Ellie Scott's life seems complete when she and husband, Tom, are blessed with a daughter. But their world tumbles around them when a car accident leaves Tom brain damaged. With her husband institutionalised, Ellie slowly learns to live without him. But when she falls in love with the notorious Ray Brent, who has a conviction for alleged murder, her life is thrown into chaos once more. Only when the shocking truth of the real murderer becomes known can Ellie leave her pain behind her and find happiness once more.

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.45

  In 1957, Ellie and Tom Hall are happily married, with a home of their own in Shepherd's Bush and a beautiful baby daughter. Ellie feels truly blessed and has faith in their future - a future which is cruelly snatched away when a terrible car accident leaves Tom brain-damaged and institutionalised. Months later, Ellie is slowly learning to live without him and focuses on her thriving knitwear business.

  Convicted for a murder he has always denied committing, when Ray Brent is released from prison he is ostracised by the community as he tries to rebuild his life. But he finds a loyal supporter in Ellie when she is witness to a vicious attack on him. Something about him makes her believe in his innocence and the two soon become friends. But it's only a matter of time before friendship becomes an impossible love...