Ignorance Is Bliss

Shaking the innocence of the charmed childhood in which she was brought up in Barbados, Skyler Philipps is drugged with methadone during her final year at boarding school in England. Her friends have their suspicions about who did it, but Skyler's innate goodness will always seek the best in people. Meanwhile, she has better things to tend to - her exams and her love life. Torn between her lustful, yet loving, relationship with her teenage sweetheart, Carl, and the persuasive charms of...
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Shaking the innocence of the charmed childhood in which she was brought up in Barbados, Skyler Philipps is drugged with methadone during her final year at boarding school in England. Her friends have their suspicions about who did it, but Skyler's innate goodness will always seek the best in people. Meanwhile, she has better things to tend to - her exams and her love life. Torn between her lustful, yet loving, relationship with her teenage sweetheart, Carl, and the persuasive charms of an older man, Benjamin Berkeley, Skyler's fate is sealed when an awful accident happens. Months later, Skyler is now at university in London and, once again, runs into Benjamin. Very quickly, their sexual desires and love for one another are undeniable, but his unwarranted jealousy jeopardises her independent spirit, which deeply concerns her family and friends. As Skyler attempts to push him out of her life, a dark side of Benjamin begins to unfold, along with a past of betrayals that link him to the mystery boy who drugged her back in boarding school. Benjamin becomes even more frightening when he stalks Skyler and her friends all the way to Barbados and back. Will anyone uncover the truth? Will the crimes and lies laced throughout the story come out in the end, potentially destroying the bliss of ignorance? Will it be too late for Skyler to escape the dangerous obsessions of Benjamin Berkeley?