The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives

Book excerpt: Pampered Hunting Hills, Ohio, socialite Marti Denton never realized she was madly in love with John Harding until he married Claire Stark, a socially awkward newspaper reporter. No one will befriend an outsider, and Claire, a compassionate woman who has seen first-hand the terrors of war, sees no reason to run the gauntlet of manicures, yoga and therapy just to fit in. It’s not until the Hunting Hills wives are plunged into a series of explosive scandals that Claire and Marti reach a new understanding of each other and what it means to be a fortunate wife in the twenty-first century.