Donna Stewart is a star pupil. Hard-working & good at everything, her future holds much promise. She is leggy with long dark hair & sparkling blue eyes, but she's always been too bust studying to pay much attention to boys. But when she goes out to celebrate exam results, she meets Danny Lester. He's ten years older than her & as a man of the world, he impresses her with plenty of money to splash around
- a far cry from her own humble upbringing. She finds him exciting to be with, even enjoys his slight air of danger. Danny sweeps her off her feet. Her family are worried. Her friends drop hints. They think Danny might be bad news. But Donna quickly falls deeply in love, & comes to believe that this is the man she will marry & live with happily ever after. But it gradually emerges that Danny has some criminal connections. When Donna questions him, he hits her. Danny, it turns out, is a sadist who gets his kicks by terrifying her. Donna realises she had fallen in love with a very bad man, but is it too late to escape? The longer she leaves it, the harder it gets, & the violence escalates.