The fabulous Frederick Mercedes Hildebrand Ware, Frede to her friends, has it all, including, but not limited to looks, money, status, a mansion, a good-looking, doting husband, Gordon, an art gallery, and she is a member in excellent standing in the prestigious Junior League of Willow Creek, Texas. If Frede hadn't skipped the usual luncheon after the League's New Projects Committee meeting to go home and take a pregnancy test, she would not have walked in on Gordon and his girlfriend. In the blink of an eye, Frede's fabulous life begins a downward spiral. Her lying, cheating husband has depleted her bank accounts and safety deposit boxes, and has left the country with his sleazy girlfriend. There isn't a lawyer in Willow Creek that will represent Frede, as most of them are involved with Gordon. Out of sheer desperation, Frede makes an appointment with the one lawyer in town that dislikes Gordon as much as she does -- the tasteless, nouveau riche Howard Grout.
Howard assures Frede he can recover her money and ruin Gordon Ware in the process. He is also willing to waive his fee since she has no money, but he does have a price. Frede will get his wife a membership in the Willow Creek Junior League. Nikki Grout is a loud, spandex and stiletto heel wearing, ball of fire and definitely not an acceptable candidate for the WCJL. But, she is also a childhood friend of Frede's who had a rough life. It will take a miracle to transform Nikki into WCJL material, but if anyone can do it, it's Frede, so she accepts Howard's conditions. Surprisingly, it is through the Grouts that Frede meets artist Sawyer Jackson, a man who can save her floundering art gallery.
Every now and then a book comes along that makes you glad you are a reader. THE DEVIL IN THE JUNIOR LEAGUE is that book for me. This is a wickedly funny and sexy story featuring top of the line characters -- except for the loathsome Gordon, of course and his skanky girlfriend -- and a narrative and story line that is totally pure gold. Kudos to Linda Francis Lee for one of the best books of 2006!
The Junior League of Willow Creek, Texas, is tres
exclusive. Undesirables need not apply. Fredericka
Mercedes Hildebrand Ware (Frede to her friends) is a
member beyond reproach...until her life begins to unravel.
When her husband betrays her, steals her money, and runs
off to places unknown, it's something Frede would rather
keep under wraps. The last thing she needs is to become
fodder for the JLWC gossip mill. And to make matters
worse, there's only one person in town who stands a chance
at helping her get revenge: Howard Grout, a tasteless,
gold-chain-wearing lawyer who has bought his way into
Frede's tony neighborhood. But there's a price: She has to
get his tacky, four-inch-stiletto-and-pink-spandex-wearing
wife Nikki into the Junior League.
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