Into the Darkest Corner

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in " The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly " Publishing This Week" newsletter. USA paperbackCatherine has been enjoying the single life for long enough to know a good catch when she sees one. But what begins as flattering attention and spontaneous, passionate sex transforms into raging jealousy, and Catherine soon discovers that Lee’s dazzling blue eyes and blond good looks hide a dark, violent nature. All her friends think she has gone to the States so Lee has a perfect opportunity to keep her locked up and no one will look for her.

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Four years later, Lee is behind bars and Catherine—now Cathy—compulsively checks the locks and doors in her apartment, trusting no one. They have sex, it was rough, she was in pain during - and afterwards - and at no point did she say no. If the coupling is warm and trusting and romantic, does it really matter if the sex is all a bit crap?And so a difficult situation can be made much worse, and the cycle of violence continues and escalates. Our resources are crucial for knowledge lovers everywhere—so if you find all these bits and bytes useful, please pitch in. Stuart gradually grew on me — I love how, despite his attraction to Catherine, he is first and foremost a friend. Certainly for me the presence of sex - regardless of the degrees of satisfaction - is a dealbreaker. Four years later, Lee is behind bars and Catherine–now Cathy–is trying to build a new life in a new city.

Into the Darkest Corner, Elizabeth Haynes | Literary Review | Into the Darkest Corner, Elizabeth Haynes | Literary

In 2003, Catherine meets handsome, charming Lee Brightman, who gradually isolates her and controls every aspect of her life, despite her increasingly desperate attempts to escape him. Into the Darkest Corner is a gripping read and an important and powerful book: I couldn’t put it down once I’d started it. The prime players are fully developed with the changes from happy Catherine to crippled Cathy appallingly frightening.After a few days he comes in the room with a knife, rapes her again, beats her and finally takes the knife and makes numerous cuts all over her body. A harrowing psychological thriller … A terrifying and convincing portrayal of an abusive relationship and a damaged woman’s heroic attempts to recover from it.