Third Time Lucky: Living the nightmare
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Three damaged women scarred emotionally and physically from their past.
Three individual battles to fight:
Beth's friends meant everything to her. Unlike all of the others who claimed they cared, she knew differently. Betrayal and pain became her every day life but they were always there, protecting her from the evils which followed her every move. Letting them go would be so incredibly difficult, but Beth knew that despite their pleas, she had to destroy them.
All Lizzie had ever wanted was to be Mummy's little angel but the nightmares continue to haunt her, tormenting her mind and creating the all-familiar rage within the confines of her soul. Would she ever find the strength to confront the cause and lead a normal life once again?
How could Elise live without her fix? Didn't the doctors understand that the drugs hid the horrors of her past? Didn't they realise that they made life bearable? And really, would life be worth living without them?
ONE MAN
Ever since he had been a young boy, he had always enjoyed an incredible ability to listen to people without ever judging them. He cared and he knew instinctively which path he should follow in life.
Could Jonathan Davies, a highly experienced and compassionate psychiatrist help these women overcome the horrors of their past or would the Mother of all Demons destroy him too?
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