The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives - Sarah Strohmeyer

Reviewed by sunshine316 on March 8th, 2008, 8:24pm

by Sarah Strohmeyer

Format: Print Books

Series: Other

The Secret Lives of Society Wives - Sarah Strohmeyer - Dutton Publsihing - 2005

If you like watching Desperate Housewives and The Real Housewives of Orange County, then you will love this novel.

From inside book cover:

In the exclusive gated community of Hunting Hills, Ohio, "thin and tanned" wives live by a set of rules designed to maintain their social staus, their size two figures and their husband's seven figure salaries. Never mind that Marti Denton only communicates with her husband through post-its left by the Krups. Or that Lisa Renfrew has to down amphetamines to keep up with her neighbor, Karen Goss, who grows sensi hash among her organic oregano.

These wives are willing to do whatever it takes- including sleeping with one another's husbands (or their husband's secretaries)- to spark their perfect lives with excitement.

That is, until unconventionally attractive, yet socially awkward outsider, Claire Stark, marries John Harding, Hunting Hill's most elegible bachelor and the secret object of Marti Denton's desire. Determined to break up their marriage and win John back for herself, Marti embarks on a scheme that is undermines when and even bigger scandal rocks Hunting Hills and she finds herself turning to the one person who can offer her support: her new rival.

Full of characters that you will love to watch misbehave, The Secret Wives of Society Wives is a poignant and wickedly funny tale by nationally best-selling author Sarah Strohmeyer about suburban husbands and wives, crime and money, and, of course, the search for the perfect anti-wrinkle cream.

I absolutely loved reading this novel. This book appealed to me for a few reasons. First and foremost, because the storyline is similar to Desperate Housewives and The Real Housewives of Orange County, two shows that I don't miss for anything. The novel was set in a fictional neighborhood of Ohio. I live in Ohio, close to a prestigious country club so, I felt like I could be reading about the society wives just around the corner, that was fun! This novel was full of juicy scandal, gossip and backstabbing- so fun to read!

We might not have it all together but together we have it all. Suchacutie316