About the book

Synopsis

When she was just four years old, Mel Carnegie lost her much-loved father, and at sixteen she was orphaned when her mother died of cancer. She learned from an early age how to overcome heartbreaking adversity and is nothing if not a survivor. But her world was shaken to its core by the devastating discovery that her husband of ten years was in fact a charming, ruthless sociopath.

Sociopaths, or psychopaths as they are also known, have no conscience, no empathy, no remorse. And there is no easy way to tell them apart from other people. They look and sound normal. Typically, they will be charming, charismatic and the life and soul of the party. But underneath the mask they are ruthless predators who leave chaos and destruction behind them while they lock on to their next willing target.

When Mel discovered the truth about the man she called her soulmate, she drew on all her life experiences and her skills as a motivational trainer to make sense of the situation and fight her way back. She now shares her journey with often brutal honesty in the hope that she can help others recognise and escape the clutches of emotional abuse – whatever form it may take.