Secret Lives of Second Wives — Catherine Todd

"WHAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF PREMONITION? THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO 'KNOW' THINGS IN ADVANCE, OR SAY THEY DO. I AM NOT ONE OF THEM. IN FACT, I FREQUENTLY DON'T 'KNOW' SOMETHING EVEN AFTER IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED."

After waiting more than a decade for the "right" man to come along, attorney Lynn Bartlett said "Yes!" as soon as kind, clever Jack Hughes proposed. His children from his previous marriage are already grown, and the San Francisco Bay Area is an ideal location to launch a new immigration law practice, so it seems like a win-win situation.

Until an unemployed, unmotivated stepson decides to move in "temporarily." Add a stepdaughter who exudes nothing but scorn, an ex-wife who won't go away, a law partner who may be involved in nefarious dealings, and a client who's much too attractive for Lynn's own good, and suddenly she could be watching her marriage and her career self-destruct simultaneously. The Anne Boleyn Society--an informal support group for second wives--has a motto: I never thought it would be so hard. But they don't know the half of it.