Tripping Hurts

Talk show host Maureen Lyte discovers that her show's co-host, and also her fianc , Lou Dark, has a volatile and violent nature unleashed and fueled by alcohol. When Maureen has finally had enough abuse and walks away from shattered life with Lou, Allison Kuntz steps in and convinces Lou that she is the one he needs for his wife. It takes only hours for the new relationship to wane. Allison struggles to hang on to her marriage but finds Lou to be too physically and mentally cruel. Beaten, demoralized and defeated, she devises a plan of revenge. Needing help, Lou convinces Maureen that he is a changed person. Still in love with him, she believes him, and their relationship rekindles. On their wedding day, Maureen finds that Lou is up to his old ways. Tripping Hurts is a story filled with twists and turns devised to keep the pages turning.