Adrian Templeton was having a hard time of coming to grips with what life had dealt him.  Physically scarred by a tragic accident that took the life of his girlfriend Jackie, he had emotional scars that would not heal.  The effect of this on his life was enormous, costing him his career and self respect. 

Life was just one dreary day after another, which Adrian shared with his mother.  At 26 years old he wished he could get away from the babying his mother poured on him.  Since his accident she dominated his life and treated him like a child that could not fend for itself. 

There was one bright side to Adrian’s life that came out of the blue one rainy Sydney day.  It was the day he met Ellen Gerber at the bus stop on his way to work.  He did not have an umbrella to protect him from the rain, and she offered to shelter him with hers.  This chance meeting would throw Adrian’s world into a roller coaster of emotions that would not stop until he resolved just what his heart desired. 

Along this tumultuous journey he would discover things about his mother and his past that would totally shock him.  It would begin a process of soul searching that would lead him to God.  Adrian was not a very religious man but he needed a rock on which to cast his anchor to stop him drifting onto the rocks of anarchy.   

Ellen Gerber also found her life a dreary drudge until she met Adrian, then her world turned upside down.  As a woman who was 14 years older than Adrian, she had to contend with the prejudices of her own daughter and the world around her, in relation to Adrian.  These archaic views would lead her down paths of torment she did not know existed and turn friends from her. 

“Scars of The Heart”, is a book with a good storyline, with the exception of one small part when Adrian went on the run from Ellen.  The logic of this section did not fit in with the flow of the writing.  All of the secondary characters in the book compliment the story, and make the book richer for their presence.