The expectations we bring to a book make all the difference. Because we are pleased or disappointed by the author's ability to live up to them.

I really didn't know what to expect from Nina Foxx and NO GIRL NEEDS A HUSBAND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. I hadn't heard much about this one and my fuzzy recall of Ms. Foxx's backlist placed her squarely in the camp of Street Lit, which has been a bit of a mixed bag for me. However, NO GIRL NEEDS A HUSBAND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK was a pleasant surprise, a women's fiction delight, full of sass and lots of urban, upscale flavor.

In NO GIRL NEEDS A HUSBAND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, we glimpse the lives of Marie, Mai, and Kennedy. Marie is married to a stay-at-home husband who gave up his career to keep house and nurture their children. Her job requires her to travel quite a bit, which Marie uses as an opportunity to flirt with other men, up to and including giving our her number, although it's likely to be the number of one of her friends. She figures there's no harm done but will she feel the same when another woman sets her sights on Louis?

Mai hasn't worked since she married Calvin. Everyone perceives theirs to be the perfect marriage, including her friends, but looks can be deceiving. Mai has a secret from her husband and her friends that could threaten everything, including her very life. And her husband, unbeknownst to Mai, has a secret too, one that jeopardizes his role as the family breadwinner, and maybe his role in the family at all.

Kennedy, a PR executive, feels men are threatened by her career success. Rather than trying to find a man who is her equal, Kennedy finds release wherever and whenever she desires it. Until she forgets her self-imposed rules and let's her guard down, and jeopardizes the career she holds so dearly.

NO GIRL NEEDS A HUSBAND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK was a fun, sassy, and at times, hilarious read. The trials and tribulations of these three women are not far-fetched, especially not for African-American women. Everyone knows the statistics on how hard it is to find an eligible and desirable man, especially an African-American one. So why would these sisters risk the ones they have? Because some needs of a woman are deeper than having a man, as Marie, Mai, and Kennedy all discover.