In a dazzling celebration of the power of friendship and love acclaimed bestselling author Fern Michaels brings her trademark wit and warmth to an action-packed story featuring a group of diverse women who bond Survivor-style under the most unlikely of circumstancesand find romance along the way When Samantha Rainford -- newly wed to Douglas Cosmo Rainford III -- returns home from her honeymoon to find divorce papers waiting shes shocked and heartbroken Then she discovers that shes not the first to be abandoned -- shes one of four or maybe more ex-Mrs Rainfords -- and decides its time to put into practice that old truism Dont get mad get even With the help of her longtime girlfriend Slick a glamorous fashion model Sam gathers together a highly unlikely team Mrs Kayla Rainford an architect who moonlights as an exotic dancer Mrs Zoe Rainford a plumber and Mrs Olivia Rainford a former cheerleader and cartoon artist Sam and Slick flunked out of FBI training school but they still learned a few things there -- like how to plan a mission And the fivesome is determined to do whatever it takes to bring down Douglas Rainford III Whatever it takes means attending a top-secret private special-ops training camp in the North Carolina mountains where Sam meets fiercely disciplined ex-CIA operative Kollar Havapopulas Six feet three and handsome as a Greek god Pappy is the best at what he does -- transforming civilians into highly skilled fighting teams What hes less adept at however is telling a woman how he feels and before long he discovers hes developing some very warm feelings for Samantha Rainford -- an attraction that seems fated to be a total disaster Two personalities as strong as Sam and Pappy are sure to strike sparks but will the fire that burns between them consume everything in its way.