"An emotionally interactive experience [...] father beats up daughter and brother betrays brother love in Wales is not for lightweights." - Kate Copstick, The Scotsman In The Streets novel is a fast-paced, gritty, coming-of-age love story told from three different perspectives: father, daughter and boyfriend. A small-town girl, Alexandra, and loveable rogue Liam have a chance encounter that develops into a whirlwind romance. Set in a working-class town in Wales and coming to a climax in London, shimmers of hope shine through for the young couple. Alexandra is desperate to get out of her current circumstances, away from her violent father Peter. Alexandra and Liam join forces to get out of town. Alexandra is a hopeless romantic looking for love in all the wrong places. Liam helps keep her feet on the ground and it is as though their relationship is fated. Peter has questions that need answering and begins the chase, unravelling Liam and Alexandra's whereabouts. He has an obsessive need to get his daughter back home. He is enraged by his daughter's new boyfriend and is intent on getting them back. A family feud, an amateur drug deal and small-time heist. In The Streets packs a punch for young lovers trying to make a new life for themselves.
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