Patti Massman Livres

As Kelly Nelson approaches her thirty-second birthday, she is consumed by the fantasy of making love to a man other than her predictable, dependable husband of fourteen years-the only man she has ever been to bed with. At her gym, she confesses her obsession to her friends, Ericka and Kristen, who then devise the perfect birthday gift for her: one evening of extramarital romance with a man Kelly has admitted her attraction for-Brandon Michaels, a successful architect who at 40 is single by choice and very sexy. With Brandon, Kelly discovers the passion that has been missing from her marriage, and the fling that was supposed to have been a one-night adventure suddenly takes on a deeper meaning. The effects of Kelly's affair in the marriages of all three women involved, is what this fast-paced novel is about. The book captures every nuance of the ambivalent feeling that holds a woman in limbo somewhere between wanting more sexual freedom and needing the security of marriage.

Diana Lowe has everything—marriage to a Beverly Hills dentist, two bright teenage children, a beautiful home in a tony suburb of Los Angeles, friends who actually like her and a Mercedes-Benz. When her overweight mother suffers a heart attack, Diana’s perfect world turns upside down. Her frustrated husband, Harvey, threatens to leave Diana if she doesn’t solve her own weight problem. Diana adopts a new eating regimen, and when Harvey finds it includes chocolate candy, it’s all he can handle. He follows through on his threat and moves out. Alone for the first time, Diana feels the acute emotional and financial pain of the deserted wife. She doubts herself and loses sight of who she is. And though her well-connected friends are there for her, it’s Alison Rifkind, the wife of Harvey’s professional rival, who champions Diana’s cause and offers a way out. Transforming her life slowly, an ever-wiser, more mature Diana experiences a quixotic, adventure-filled romance that carriers her to the farthest reaches of the globe, and rediscovers love where she least expects it.

When three gorgeous bridesmaids at the Beverly Hills wedding of the year watch their best friend marry for love AND money, they make a pact over champagne and caviar: they will move to California and do it too!