Grey for his childhood, brown for her existence, gold for their love, red for their sexual exploits, black for what was to follow.

This is a searing hot, yet freezing cold, true-life adult novel. It's an intense, yet beautiful portrayal of sensitivity and rawness, humour and sadness, hope and fear, passion and paralysis-an exquisite golden fairy tale, and a sickening black nightmare.

Leon's early life was a prism of adventurous hues, but upon meeting Lauren, a sublime chemical fusion took place, leading to a breathtaking explosion of colours. Both walking a relatively routine path of...