The Fault Line

They say you cannot have it all; we are told it is always a choice between a career and a marriage. Ruth Farringdon, though, has it all. She has just been chosen as Businesswoman of the Year and her husband shares her excitement with pride. Ruth has worked her way up, and during her guidance the sleepy company she took over has grown into a market leader. This means other companies are interested in taking it over and they are now aggressively circling around her. At the same time, she finds out that her husband is having an affair with a girlfriend from his past. Now Ruth must fight on two fronts: to save both her company and her marriage.

The novel gives an insight into the corporate environment where a woman has to fight much harder than most men to reach the top and once there, she is more vulnerable as it is very much still a man’s world.

Ruth has to battle on her own. The directors of her company are tempted by the offer of being part of a bigger business. Will she be able to convince them to stay on her side? And will her husband support her? The outcome of her struggles will change Ruth’s life in an unexpected way.

The author is a financial journalist and she has seen how fierce competition drives bigger corporations into bitter battles. Yet, it is also a story of a relationship, where the man finds it hard to be in the shadow of his successful wife.