Price of Compassion

A novel which explores how a long forgotten and innocent act of compassion suddenly returns to bring trauma and the threat of prison. A combination of romance and suspense which will keep the reader guessing right to the end. Tessa is enjoying life as a librarian, but when she is made redundant, her partner Mark, encourages her to come and work in the City for a company which he is a director of. The move is a dramatic change for Tessa, who is soon immersed in a life of extravagance and socialising. The highlight of her career comes when she is made a director of the company. Out of the blue the company collapses, and Tessa and Mark face the possibility of corruption charges against them. The situation becomes even worse for Tessa when she discovers that an innocent act of compassion has caught up with her and she finds herself at the mercy of the law, with the threat of a prison sentence. Abandoned by friends, colleagues and the man she loves, Tessa wonders whether she will ever know happiness again. Intrigue and romance are blended together in this engaging story that will keep the readers guessing until the last page.