BOOK REVIEW: A Dance With The Devil by Barbara Bentley
Most of us have heard the sayings "Match made in heaven" and "Marriages are witnessed by angels". However, lady luck was not on Barbara Bentley's side as she narrates her true life story of marriage to a socio-psychopath.
When retired Navy rear admiral John Perry proposed, Barbara couldn't believe her luck. He came with a remarkable military background, spoke 7 languages, knew celebrities, and had an impressive family pedigree. Dashing, attentive, full of fascinating stories, he seemed almost too good to be true. HE WAS...
From the start, things didn't add up. Barbara struggled to ignore her doubts, especially when John grew angry, and she kept trying to put the pieces together...unaware that some were simply missing.
Even as John drained her credit, dodged her questions, manipulated and misled her, she stayed with him, suppressing her growing suspicions. Ultimately he would try to kill her, proving himself not a protector and provider - but a predator.
This tear-jerking book is Barbara's courageous, compelling story - in her own words - of the slow, choking darkness that fell after the honeymoon was over, and what it took to finally make her escape.
She reveals her transformation from terrified victim of deception to triumphant activist - and details her continuing efforts to never let the same thing happen to another woman.
I have read of psychos in the papers, watched horrific stories of random shootings but this book opened up a new part by reading the life of a victim. It immensely broke my heart that guys like this actually existed. This is a wonderful read and makes us women be aware of not judging a book by its cover.
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