Lucy and Kate find themselves in a new town and in need on a friend -- a confidante. With their children in the same grade, the mothers become best friends and eventually their husbands do the same and the foursome are soon inseparable. This story brings strong meaning to the fact that sometimes too much togetherness can just be too much.

One wife is keeping secrets from her husband while asking her best friend to not only keep her secret too, but keep it from her own husband. You know, whether this type of story lies between the pages of a book cover or is playing out in real life - anytime it begins or is built on a lie there is usually not a happy ending and it is pretty much guaranteed that somebody is going to get hurt.

I don't want to spoil the story by telling what the secrets are, but everyone is hiding them, living them and others not dealing with them. All hell breaks loose and it is obvious that only the strong will survive, or at least those with the strongest relationship.

I will say I enjoyed the story and hung on every chapter as I watched their lives unfold. The author laid out their lives in ricochet format, switching from present to past as she built up to the moment the dam broke.

I saw where some reviewers of this story that felt the author left it open ended -- with the possibility of a simplistic, Suzie Homemaker meets Stepford wives scenario where everyone trust everyone, smiles and the world rolls along in greased grooves, but I closed the book and thought to myself -- "never going to happen". Call me cynical, but any marriage that involves infidelity also involves a lack of trust, respect and solid ground.

Regardless of what any reader perceives as the ending, it was an entertaining read that left much room for thought, reflection and hope.