By: Tamar Cohen
Genres: Fiction
Posted: March 25, 2015
Lottie's life is not as great as Selina's. Lottie has a daughter and a loving husbandl Simon. Little do they know that they are both married to the same man. How do they find out? It's at his funeral. While Selina is grieving, Lottie is not only grieving, but can't understand why she was not involved in the funeral arrangements. All of this comes to a head when they meet up at Simon's funeral. Both women are shocked beyond words.
Not only do they find out that Simon married both of them, but he also divided up his estate between the two of them. Selina is mad as hell, that she has to sell her home but also has to give up their property in Italy. Lottie is devastated that she is broke, and may lose her home. Because the police feel that Simon killed himself, there will be no insurance pay out. Selina feels that Simon would never take his own life.
Can the two of them learn to deal with the fact that they both were conned by Simon or will there be a WAR OF THE TWO WIVES?
Tamar Cohen had me from the first page. I really enjoyed the way that she made me feel for both women. At first I felt sorry for Selina, than all of a sudden I was feeling sorry for Lottie. At one point in the book I really hated Selina. It seemed like she didn't care about Simon, only what his money would get her.
Tamar Cohen has a way of making the reader love and hate characters at the same time. She also brought into the book the feelings of what the four children of Simon were going though. Both women learn a lot through their children. From one not being in the right frame of mind to the other ones coming to grips knowing that they have another sibling
WAR OF THE WIVES is a great story. I really like the way it all came together.
Book Summary
Think marriage means happily-ever-after? Think again…
Selina and Lottie are complete opposites. Where Selina is poised but prudish, Lottie is quirky and emotional. Selina is the dutiful mother of three children and able manager of their stylish suburban home. Lottie lives with her eccentric teenage daughter in a small city apartment fit to bursting with color and happy chaos. But these women also have one shocking similarity: they're married to the same man…and they've just found out he's dead.
Selina has been married to Simon Busfield for twenty-eight years, Lottie for seventeen. Neither knows a thing about the other until the day of Simon's funeral, where the scandalous truth is revealed in front of everyone they know. Another wife, another family… And they've only just scratched the surface of Simon's incredible betrayal.
With dark humor and razor-sharp wit, Cohen expertly unravels a story of deception and betrayal, where two very different families will discover they are entwined in ways that will change them all forever.
by: Tamar Cohen
MIRA
February 1, 2015
On Sale: January 27, 2015
Featuring: Selina Busfield; Lottie Busfield
384 pages
ISBN: 077831748X
EAN: 9780778317487
Kindle: 077831748X
Paperback / e-Book