Tainted Love
Published by Bluemoose Books 2016

‘Secrets and stones have settled in Hawden where everything stays as it is; the past is hidden, or rewritten. Lauren lives with her dad and Mr Lion after her mother left her when she was three months old. Her boyfriend Peter is struggling with his identity. When Meg and her son Richard arrive, both dangerously attractive, and Ali too, angry and on the run from drug dealers, old stories resurface, creating new tensions. After seventeen years Lauren’s mother comes back into her life and nothing is quite what it seems any more, but love, however tainted, can sometimes heal.’

TAINTED LOVE is a modern gothic tale of how old stories can unravel people’s lives.

Read the Prologue to Tainted Love

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Mr Lion is a Northern Soul DJ. This playlist includes the songs which inspired the stories which make up Tainted Love.

Mr Lion’s Playlist (click on the title to play)

1. 1. Shy Guy – The Uptights
   2. The Who Who Song – Jackie Wilson
   3. Sally Go Round the Roses – Jaynetts
   4. You’ve got Your Mind on Other Things – Beverly Ann
   5. You Want to Change Me – Bobby Hebb
   6. Foolish Me – Jo Ann Garrett
   7. He’s So Fine – The Chiffons
   8. Stranger in My Arms – Lynn Randall
   9. You’ve Been Gone Too Long – Ann Sexton
   10. Don’t You Leave Me Baby – Ray Gant
   11. Hit and Run – Rose Batiste
   12. Lonely Boy – Brenda Holloway
   13. Don’t Be Sore At Me – The Parliaments
   14. Sweet Talkin’ Guy – The Chiffons
   15. Oh No Not My Baby – Maxine Brown
   16. I Want To Give You Tomorrow – Benny Troy
   17. Temptation is Calling My Name – Lee David
   18. I’ll Keep Holding On – The Marvelettes
   19. Don’t Pity Me – Sue Lynn
   20. Mr Soul Satisfaction – Timmy Willis
   21. There’s a Ghost In My House – R.Dean Taylor
   22. I Can’t Help Myself – The Gems
   23. I Go To Pieces – Gerri Granger
   24. My Girl – The Temptations
   25. There’s a Pain In My Heart – The Poppies
   26. I’m Gonna Run Away From You – Tami Lynn
   27. He Was Really Saying Something – The Velvelettes
   28. This Time I’m Loving You – Venicia Wilson
   29. Nowhere To Run – Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
   30. You Keep Me Hanging On – The Supremes
   31. Turning My Heart Beat Up – The M.P.V.S
   32. Eternally – The Charmaines
   33. Then He Kissed Me – The Crystals
   34. Rescue Me – Fontella Bass
   35. Do I Love You (Indeed I do) – Frank Wilson
   36. Tightrope – Inez and Charlie Foxx
   37. Will you Still Love Me Tomorrow – The Shirelles
   38. Tainted Love – Gloria Jones