Synopses & Reviews
Welcome to Kettle, Wisconsin, a town where everyone knows nothing bad ever happens.
Enter Lorelei Taylor—notorious, glamorous, and hot off a not-guilty murder verdict that stunned the nation. To the women of Kettle, bad things seem suddenly inevitable . . .
Sarah Gilchrist—A perfect house and garden can't quite make up for a marriage that's a wreck. Sarah is determined to rise above her opinion of Kettle's dreadful newcomer and give her a perfect welcome. But in the face of Lorelei's outrageous provocations, Sarah's control starts to unravel.
Erin Hall—What her husband does to her behind closed doors stays hidden. But Lorelei's acquittal gives Erin hope for the first time. Convinced Lorelei did kill her abusive lover . . . and got away with it, Erin thinks she may have some power after all.
Lorelei Taylor—In Lorelei's eyes, peaceful, heavenly Kettle could not look any more like hell. She vows to shake up the town—smug, priggish Sarah; mousy, downtrodden Erin; and while she's at it, her widowed neighbor, Mike. Except the harder she shakes, the more the shake-up is happening to her.
Sometimes the only thing women on the edge need . . . is a push.
Synopsis
Lorelei vengefully returns to the hometown where she was wrongfully accused of murder, while Sarah hides the truth about her troubled marriage behind a faade of perfection, and Erin's frustration about her husband's inappropriate behavior reaches a boiling point. Original. 25,000 first printing.
Synopsis
When Lorelei wiped the dust of Wisconsin off her shoes (and stopped drinking all that milk!) she vowed she'd never return. But scandal follows her: accused of a murder she didn't commit, she leaves New York City and returns home. Lorelei decides to put on a show for the locals–after all, they think she's the Black Widow, guilty as charged. She knocks her Martha Stewart–esque neighbor off her pedestal; she gives an abused friend the strength to finally stop her husband once and for all. And though everyone says nothing bad ever happens in Kettle, Lorelei knows better.
About the Author
Isabel Sharpe was not born pen in hand, like so many of her fellow authors. After she quit her job in 1994 to stay home with her first-born son and nearly went out of her mind, she started writing. Yes, she was the clichéd bored housewife writing romance, but it was either become that cliché or seduce the mailman—and her mailman was unattractive. After writing more than twenty novels for Harlequin, and the exciting, new women-focused stories for Avon, Isabel admits her new mailman is gorgeous, but she’s still happy with her choice.