Dark Blossom By Neel Mullick

‘Dark Blossom’ is Neel Mullick’s debut novel.

EO Barista Sam returns home from a business trip a day before his son’s thirteenth birthday and is looking forward to being with his family, when his world is cruelly shattered in one fell swoop. Initially he thinks he can cope with the loss, but finally seeks the help of Cynthia, an experienced therapist, to regain his equipoise. What he does not know is that Cynthia herself is trying to cope with a debilitating divorce and the sinister shadow of her ex-husband over her daughter… What happens when doctor and patient find themselves in the same sinking boat? Moreover, when they are rowing in opposite directions–one clinging to the past, and the other unable to get rid of it! In the midst of it all is Lily, Cynthia’s daughter, who harbours a secret that has the power to explode the lives around her.

‘Dark Blossom’ is dark a claustrophobic story of love and loss.

When Sam loses both his wife and son in a tragic accident, he comes to Cynthia who is a therapist and hopes that she will help numb the pain. He’s heartbroken and angry at the sudden loss and has realised that he needs help with the pain. Whilst Cynthia is also on her own journey, having left an abusive relationship, her daughter Lily hates her for not getting out earlier and takes her teenage angst out on Cynthia.

As Cynthia helps Sam deal with his own demons and loss, she begins to look at her own life and the problems that have happened along the way and what she has avoided for a quieter life. As the story progresses, we see their relationship turn from professional into a more tender friendship as the pair of them embark help each other through the dark times.

An intelligent and observational story of life and relationships, ‘Dark Blossom’ is an engaging, psychological romantic thriller.

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