Angel

When Lydia stood on the stony beach looking out at the dark sea, she didn't believe in angels, in fact she didn't believe in anything, but something stopped her taking that final walk? Abandoned as a baby, Lydia had learned from children's homes and foster carers to cope with rejection but, when Leo came into her life, that was all over, or so she thought. Instead she finds herself suffering a life of control, violence and sexual abuse from a man she both fears and hates, while desperately trying to protect herself and her baby from what she was sure would end in their death. She had to get away. After a mental breakdown, time in care and a court case Lydia is finally free of Leo and begins to rebuild her life, she returns to university, gets a job and somewhere to live and starts a tentative relationship with a new man. Life's good until she is discovered, and her nightmare begins again. Imprisoned and tortured Lydia starts to plan, she would not die, but she really needed her angel to return and give her the strength to survive.