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Perfect Little Ladies

Perfect Little Ladies, August 2009
by Abby Drake

Avon A
320 pages
ISBN: 0061648361
EAN: 9780061648366
Paperback
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Fresh Fiction Review

Perfect Little Ladies
Abby Drake

Reviewed by Sharon Galligar Chance
Posted October 24, 2009

Women's Fiction Contemporary

Elinor, her twin sister CJ, Poppy and Alice are four friends who have grown up together, and know each other's deepest, darkest secrets. Or at least they thought they did. When Elinor gathers her friends, plus her hairdresser Yvonne, together for an intimate chat, the others never would have guessed the bombshell that Elinor was about to drop on them. She was being blackmailed over her affair with a major political figure. After recovering from the shock, the friends band together to try and find out who is doing the blackmailing, and how they got the information to hold over Elinor's head. As Elinor attempts to stay calm and continue preparing for her son's big-event wedding, her sister and friends set out to do a little sleuthing of their own. They never dreamed that they would be uncovering a myriad of secrets that should have been left well enough alone. CJ reflects on her secret of bearing her sister's child, and falling in love with her sister's husband in the process. Poppy finds out that her adoring husband isn't all that adoring, and she longs to find happiness of her own. And Alice is busy playing cat and mouse with gentlemen all over the country while escorting her granddaughter to talent show contests. Each one of them with a secret that could destroy friendships and relationships -- and Elinor thought she had problems! In her novel, PERFECT LITTLE LADIES, author Abby Drake takes her readers on an inside journey into the lives of the wealthy and entitled -- where maybe privilege isn't all it's cracked up to be when the chips are down. I found this story to be so fascinating, I stayed up all night reading it. PERFECT LITTLE LADIES is a mature, hen-lit tale that leaves readers with a distinct impression of being treated to a very smart and well-written book.

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SUMMARY

Nobody knows that better than Elinor Young, one of the posh housewives of Westchester County. She's worked hard all her life to get where she is. With her perfect husband, gorgeous grown-up children, and a house with more rooms than she can count, Elinor has it all—including her own personal blackmailer. Somehow, someone has figured out that she hasn't been spending her afternoons in Manhattan with ladies who lunch but with a major married politician, and now she's got to shell out a whole lot of money or the truth about her life will be exposed. If her family learns everything it would be embarrassing—besides she never set out to hurt them—but if the town finds out she's really screwed! So she gathers her friends around her, spills the beans to them, and decides to do whatever it takes to prevent scandal. But when Elinor and friends set out to track down the extortionist, none of them expected other secrets to be told.


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