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By (Author) Karen Woods
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperNorth
27th October 2021
8th July 2021
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
Street fiction / urban fiction
Family life fiction
Narrative theme: Social issues
Narrative theme: Love and relationships
823.92
Paperback
336
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 23mm
250g
Youve got to fight for everything when you start with nothing.
Susan Knight has a good life. So she turns a blind eye to the gambling winnings her husband Donny puts through the books at her salon. After all, he needs some way to unwind. At work, he is headteacher at Second Chance, an alternative provision school for kids who have nowhere else to go.
Being the headteacher gives Donny respect, money, and charm. But respect can be lost, money can be stolen and charm can only go so far.
The kids at the school all have a story to tell as do the staff. Drugs, debt, violence and threat are part of their everyday lives. Donnys got this far by never playing by the rules. But to keep winning, you have to keep chancing it all. To stay at the top means risking everything.
Susan knows Donny walks a fine line but if he stumbles too far on the wrong side of the tracks can she stand by him And for Donny, if he loses Susan, he knows he might be pulled back into the life thats been waiting for him all this time
The northern Martina Cole Melanie Blake, bestselling author of Ruthless Women
Wow! Karen Woods has delivered a gripping read full of grit and with characters to keep you turning the pages. And that ending! I didnt see that coming at all. Loved it. 5 huge stars from me.Caz Finlay, author of the Bad Blood series
Karen Woods left school at 15 with no qualifications but she always knew she had a story to tell. An adult literacy course when she was 40 opened the gates and she's written over 20 novels since. She is now a passionate literacy campaigner who also works in schools empowering children to write and tell their story. Karen lives in Manchester with her family.