A new series running for the next few weeks
where my guests are female writers
talking about their female characters
(and yes, I'll be doing the chaps next!)
Today:
Pauline Barclay
and
Kitty
from
A
wealthy widow, I am a strong, independent woman with my own successful florist
business. I know my own mind and I see myself as confident. Little daunts me or
stops me doing what I really want to, so when I met the charismatic, Bertie
Costain, I was more than taken aback as he swept me off my feet. Something I could
never have imagined. This kind of behaviour, I believed, was reserved for those
in romantic novels, not me, but there I was, besotted by this dapper man ten
years my junior.
Before I could draw breath, he proposed, and caught me up in his
charm, I gladly accepted. We were married shortly after, and I readily moved
into Bertie’s fabulous home in a fashionable suburb of London. Life was extravagant
and Bertie knew no bounds on showering me with expensive gifts. We most
certainly lived life in the fast lane.
It was a life many would dream about and it
seemed I had it all.
Or did I?
Was
everything perfect or was I wearing rose tinted spectacles? I had no time to
ponder as my world, not only began to crumble, but teetered on the precipice of
destruction. My new husband, it seemed, held a secret, a secret that not only
made his lifestyle exotic and privileged, but was the same source that was about
to destroy it.
It all happened so fast I could hardly think straight. It took
all my strength and much more, yet a deep resilience slowly pushed me forward
and with determination, I eventually found a way back.
Pauline’s
links…
Twitter
@paulinembarclay
Instagram
@paulinebarclay
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