Second Wives

The world is full of divorced women. But why do the new wives always get the blame? Tragedy robs the four Preston sisters of their only brother when the youngest, Leonora, is only eight. Blaming herself, their mother withdraws from the family, leaving scars that will take a lifetime to heal. Ten years later, Meg becomes the first sister to marry: to Charlie, who already has two children. Amy, too, has a daughter from a first marriage, while Beth completely shuns commitment. Leonora, beautiful and just eighteen, the only sister to hold happy memories of her mother, is desperately in love with a man twice her age.However an unresolved emotional legacy threatens to destroy them all. Because of her love, Leonora is the first victim, yet none will be unscathed by a desperate woman's search for revenge . . .