Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives
Genre: Women’s Fiction, Chick Lit
Publication Date: June 1, 2010
Downtown Press
ISBN: 978-1439173176
331 pages (on my Nook)
I received an e-galley from the publisher for an honest review.
Suburbia is a jungle, filled with lots of vicious creatures.Take the Paradise Heights Women’s League board. Lyssa Harper should have warned golden-haired DILF du jour Harry Wilder what he was getting into when she invited him to meet the mommies who run their suburban, gated community. At least he brought cupcakes. Since meeting the former Master-of-the-Universe turned stay-at-home single dad, Lyssa has been his domestic Sherpa, teaching him the ins and outs of suburban life. She just didn’t realize her friends would show up at his house unannounced with casseroles, leopard-print bikini briefs, and plans to rearrange his kitchen cabinets.
The truth is, if Harry and his wife, the neighborhood’s “perfect couple,” can call it quits, what does that mean for everyone else? Lyssa’s husband, Ted, is a great father, but he pays her Pilates-pumped momtourage more attention than he does his own wife. Her friends gossip about the neighbors while ignoring their own problems: infertility, infidelity, and eating disorders.
When Harry sets boundaries with his new fan club, he is exiled from the neighborhood’s in-clique. But Lyssa refuses to snub him. What she never expects is the explosive impact her ongoing friendship with Harry will have on her close-knit pals — and on her marriage.
Harry is forced to draw a line and soon finds himself exiled from the mommies of Paradise Heights. Lyssa continues to be his friend, to the anger of her mommy friends. What Lyssa doesn’t expect is the impact that this friendship will have on her own marriage with her hubby (who likes to watch tv sports while having sex – what a great guy!), and her so-called “friends”.
This is a fast read and a great story. I enjoyed reading about Lyssa and Harry’s friendship and the shenanigans of the mommy clique were downright hysterical! This would make a great beach read – definitely recommended!
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This sounds really good!!
Awesome! This author is in my RWA chapter. Can't wait to read it myself!
This is on my to-be-read-and-reviewed list. Thanks for a great review!
This sounds different but interesting.
This book just arrived as part of a book tour. After your review, I'm even more eager to read it.
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Just stopping by to let you know that you are part of today's 6 degree's of blogging separation over on my blog.
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Just stopping by to let you know that you are part of today's 6 degree's of blogging separation over on my blog.
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This sounds like a good read–adding it to my TBR list!
This sounds like a good read–adding it to my TBR list!