Publisher's Synopsis
Richard "Dick" Dean, a forty year old tremendously plain librarian, who finds himself, after 18 years of marriage, in an extremely abusive relationship. He has to figure out how to save his life and his children before Jane breaks him down. For years Richard's close friends have tried to show him the cycle of abuse his wife Jane has subjected him to. Too ignorant, or too unobservant, Richard blissfully went about his life while Jane tortured him and used him as her personal doormat. Richard finally received a wake up call when Jane was arrested for punching him so hard she knocked out a tooth. Jane was sent to the hospital on a psychiatric hold, but relief was short lived as Richard underestimated her level of cunning and Jane escaped. Now, with the help of his friends and a lot of self-discovery, Richard faces his past and his wife in order to take back 18 years of abuse and torture that Jane wasn't ready to give up.
