Ladies' Night
Grace Stanton, a former interior designer now turned lifestyle blogger, seems happy with the way her life has evolved and with the small company she has built. Until she finds her husband cheating on her with her own personal assistant. Not fully equipped to handle such a devastating encounter, Grace does what any other startled, betrayed wife would do: she drives her despicable husband’s car into a pool. After that episode, Grace is forced to attend therapy sessions for divorcées, where she meets other angry “marital misfits.” She also moves in with her mother. Just when she feels she’s reached a new low, Grace invites the misfits to her mother’s beach bar, the Sandbox, where they begin hosting their “Ladies’ Night” sessions, plotting revenge on those who have hurt them but also learning how to move on and finally reach happiness again. As Mary Kay Andrews, the Atlanta-based writer Kathy Hogan Trocheck has been providing readers with romantic beach reads for many years, and her newest novel offers another engaging and satisfying tale of life, loss, and love. --Carissa Chesanek