THE WELSH BOYS

The blurb;

The Howell brothers hail from a poor and deprived family background in Porthmadog in North Wales. Positive influences try to steer them away from criminality.

Despite this and the merits of involvement in sport with its discipline and team spirit the boys struggle to stay on the right side of the law.

Events in the mountains of Snowdonia dictate the pace and necessitate cooperation between the authorities in North Wales and in Staffordshire to manage the risk to the public and the interests of justice. Rory Scott, newly married to Emma is the probation officer with supervisory responsibility for the Howell brothers as the cases are considered for transfer to England. Events however lead to serious and unexpected consequences.

Emma and Rory have to balance their own ambitions and aspirations with the demands of their working lives. They look to new opportunities to find contentment and the security they seek for their future.

Will the Howell brothers manage to succeed against the odds and where will Emma and Rory look towards the potential of a new life?

The opening paragraph;

Chapter One

Spring 1986.

Pregnant at sixteen, Bronwen Howell stood at the bus stop, waiting. Cold, isolated, frightened. She wondered where she would go and how she would manage, but she knew that after her father had thrown her out of the house last night that there was no prospect of return. She was alone……