This book tells the story of a young woman, who from childhood has wanted to be a policewoman. She achieves her dream and begins a promising career in the policeforce. Then Jack enters her life and nothing is ever the same again. He is a charismatic, forceful character who completely takes over Libby's life. She is warned by friends, but ignores them and becomes totally under his spell. The life she has envisaged never happens; she becomes a downtrodden housewife, trapped in an unhappy marriage, with no way out. She discovers a talent for writing short stories, but her family ridicule her, so she takes to writing in secret. It is the one thing she has to see her through the hard times. It takes a tragic accident to change the course of Libby's life. Opportunities open up. She is happy for the first time in years.