The Price of Love is the heart-rending true strory of a girl who, against all the odds, survived terrifying abuse with her spirit intact.
Scarred by her father's violence, by being bullied, sexually assaulted and raped at school, Nikola had nowhere to turn for help. Her disturbed behaviour was ignired by the adults around her and her self-esteem was at bottom. And then she fell prey to frightening stranger, a man who would turn her life into a living nightmare.
Neil was handsome and charming and she was too young see the warning signs. She married him while in her teens and the abuse started on the first night of their honeymoon. She was kept a prisoner, sexually abused, subjected to horrific beatings and tormented by her husband, who insisted he was only doing this because he loved her. And those who should have helped her refused to believe that she was telling the truth.
When her husband told her, with a chilling lack of emption, that he was going to kill her, Nikola found the courage to run away and fight to be free of him. Eventually, she turned her life around, and today is happily married and works as a therapist helping others. Written without self-pity, this is a compelling and ultimately inspiring book.