Happy Wife

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • A young woman must find her missing husband and prove her innocence in this twisty, unputdownable novel set in an ultrawealthy Florida community where looks can kill.“Happy Wife is one of those delicious, fun summer books that you’ll open on the beach and never put down.”—Jenna Bush Hager, Read With JennaNora Davies doesn’t exactly fit in to Winter Park, Florida, where old-guard Floridians mix with the tax-fleeing coastal elite. Twenty-eight and barely making ends meet working at a country club, Nora feels like she’s going nowhere fast. Enter Will Somerset: a prominent forty-six-year-old lawyer, father to a teenage daughter, and recently divorced. The two set Winter Park’s social scene agog when they fall in love and marry after a whirlwind Cinderella-style courtship.

“In a world of the uber-rich, a web of deceit, envy, and betrayal leads to one woman fighting for the truth—and her life—in this gripping tale of suspense and intrigue. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.”—Liv Constantine, New York Times bestselling author of The Next Mrs. Parrish

“You'll rip through the pages of this juicy, delicious scorcher of a debut. Happy Wife is a fresh take on Real Housewives that will seduce you with its charm, bowl you over with its whip-smart social commentary, then knock you unconscious with its propulsive, sizzling conclusion. Like the best shaken cocktail, Happy Wife is one part spice, one part salt, one part sweet, and all parts obsession.”—Rebecca Hanover, New York Times bestselling author The Last Applicant and Seems Perfect

“This is a witty and well-crafted whodunit with heart and soul. Avarice, glitz, mystery, friendship—Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores found all the right ingredients to cook up a crackerjack story. It’s terrific stuff!”—Marc Cameron, New York Times bestselling author

“Suspenseful and addictive—Happy Wife is smartly written and easy to devour.”—Karin Slaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“Deliciously devious and wholly satisfying, Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shore’s Happy Wife is everything you want in a summer read. Murder turns a wealthy small town upside down in this twisty, fast-paced whodunitthat will keep you turning pages way past your bedtime. I was utterly captivated by this fun, fresh, and clever mystery!”—Katherine Wood, author of Ladykiller