Paul Burston

Helen has been holding out for a hero all her life. Her father was a hero - but he was murdered when she was ten. Her husband is a hero - but he's thousands of miles away, fighting a war people say will never be won. And when he returns home, altered in a way she can't understand, bitter truths are uncovered. Helen must finally face her fears and the one place which has haunted her since childhood - the Black Path.

Phil Davies has a flourishing bar in the heart of Soho and in six months he will be marrying Ashley, the man he adores. In short - he's living every gay man's dream. There's just one problem: Phil has been married before, to a woman. In fact, technically Phil and Hazel are still married. And what Phil doesn't know yet is that Hazel has a seventeen-year-old son. But that's all about to change..