02507cam a2200409 i 4500 1286947656 TxAuBib 20240529120000.0 240426s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062429087 hardcover 0062429086 hardcover (OCoLC)1432173408 TxAuBib rda Sykes, Plum, author. Wives like us : a novel / Plum Sykes. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] 352 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Published simultaneously in Great Britain in 2024 by Bloomsbury Publishing"--Copyright page. "Following a ghastly row about a missing suite of diamonds, Tata Hawkins has flounced out of Monkton Bottom Manor with her daughter, Minty, and Executive Butler Ian Palmer in tow, decamping to The Old Coach House to teach her husband Bryan a lesson. But things don't go to plan: Bryan disappears to Venice with a bikini designer; Selby Fairfax, the glamorous American divorcée who has inherited the beautiful estate next door, is refusing Tata's overtures at friendship; Tata's best friends, Sophie Thompson and Fernanda Ovington-Williams, are distracted by their own heartache, and the posh Pennybacker-Hoare sisters are plotting to prevent Tata regaining her crown as Queen of the Bottoms. Worst of all, Ian has nowhere to store his collection of vintage Gucci loafers. Will Tata ever return to the comforts of the Manor? Will Selby find her Prince Charming? Will the Pennybacker-Hoares prevail? With the help of a pig farmer-ess moonlighting as a Personal Assistant, a male model moonlighting as a stable hand and a London barrister moonlighting as a gentleman farmer, can Ian restore harmony to The Bottoms?"-- Provided by publisher. 20240529. Wives Fiction. Rich people Fiction. Butlers Fiction. Families Fiction. Americans England Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Household employees Fiction. Manors England Fiction. England Fiction. Domestic fiction. fast Humorous fiction. fast Novels. fast