The Mysterious Mr Love by Karoline Leach
When jaded con-man, George Love, encounters naïve, middle-aged and ever-hopeful Adelaide, a working-class milliner who purposely works in the back room so as not to trouble the customers with her plain looks, he plays on her desperate longing for a new life in order to follow through on his plans to marry her, take her nest egg and dump her as per his modus operandi. But once together in their cheap honeymoon lodgings by the sea, his plans begin to unravel in bizarre and unpredictable ways. This story of love, trust and how we deal with second chances gives you a climactic end that creeps up on you unaware and leaves you with a spine-chilling sensation.