Novel Women: Between Friends Book Club, Sullivan Harwanko, Kim, Vrana, Patty, Furtado, Fran, Panyik-Dale, Denise, Ann, Jeanne

When middle age hits – it hits hard.

Marriages fall apart, children leave for college, and jobs disappear.

The six women of Novel Women stand at this crossroad in their lives when their beloved book club goes on hiatus for the summer: • Bri, the book club founder, faces down a beautiful woman who tries to seduce her husband as Bri struggles with her own midlife meltdown.

• Staci falls in love on the rebound after her divorce – but is love enough to overcome grief.

• Tess, devastated after her husband’s sudden death, house/ dog sits for a friend, falling in love with a handyman/ex-Ranger and a 100-pound golden retriever named Mac.

• Charlotte after a painful divorce has sworn off romantic attachments of any kind.

She basks in sex without intimacy…until romance finds her.

• Ava, a successful businesswoman hangs on to her marriage and business, both of which are threatened by her husband’s secrets.

• Hanna overwhelmed and neglected by her workaholic husband, she endangers her marriage of 16 years by lusting after her daughter’s handsome soccer coach.

Through their summer of confusion and rediscovery, heartache and loss, these Novel Women manage to grow closer by the ever-enduring power of love and friendship.

And along the way they have the best sex of their lives.