Lydia McCloud meets Arthur Danse at a wedding party in Plymouth, N.
H., and she thinks he\'s a man she could grow to love.
This scathing novel is an indictment of a justice system that makes a mockery of its very name..
When the courts become involved, the nightmare really begins.
Once their only child, Robert, is born, Arthur\'s behavior worsens.
He decides he\'s going to show her she wouldn\'t always be protected.
In Lydia, he sees the sort of woman people always want to protect.
Arthur sees things differently.
Lydia McCloud meets Arthur Danse at a wedding party in Plymouth, N.
H., and she thinks he\'s a man she could grow to love