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KATE HANNIGAN
Dr Rodney Prince had never
seen a girl who looked more out o place in the grime and
squalor of the Fifteen Streets than did Kate Hannigan.
He knew she had suffered at the hands of men: Tim
Hannigan, her 'father' was a vicious bully; John
Herrington, a smooth-talking seducer, had left her with
his child.
But Rodney Prince's desire for a family
had been frozen out by a wife who'd wanted Harley
Street, not a Tyneside slum. By contrast, Kate glowed
with a warmth that far outshone the hard, brittle beauty
of Stella, and exposed the emptiness in his
heart.
And so, between Rodney Prince, a wealthy man
locked in an unhappy marriage, and Kate Hannigan, a
bastard child of the slums, grew a love that opposed all
the concepts of an Edwardian society...
THE LONG
CORRIDOR
To outsiders, Dr Paul Higgin's life appeared
to be happy and contented. Everyone had a good word for
him, and his home life appeared to be ideal. At
thirty-six, Bett Higgins could still pass for a much
younger woman, not just in looks but in the way she
loved the company of people half her age. A grand
couple, some might say...
But once the surgery was
closed and the curtains drawn, the façade that Paul and
Bett Higgins presented to the world concealed a welter
of hate that had grown worse with the passing years.
Between them stood the barrier of the past - of secrets
that, were they known, could affect everyone around
them. Unable to forgive each other, they led their
separate lives - until Bett decided to allow her spite
and resentment to culminate in revenge on the husband
she did not love...
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