Temperature's Rising

In a story that bubbles with energy and glamour, queen of the London party scene Tyne O'Connell asks: In passion (and fashion), should we ever go back?

Lola was the hottest publicist in London for one of the city's hippest members' clubs. She had fabulous friends, an apartment to die for-and her boss, Charlie, was the sweetest man alive. But as celebrity guests enjoyed her latest cocktail party, Lola was having a dramatic epiphany as she spotted her three significant ex-boyfriends chatting over the same bottle of Dom Perignon….

Shocked to see her past objects of affection so happy without her, it dawned on Lola that maybe one of them had, after all, been her true soul mate. Had Richard-or Hamish, or Jeremy-been The One? Lola was determined to find out-no matter how loudly her friends, and an unexpectedly concerned Charlie, warned about the perils of Sex with the Ex.

Caroline's EX-boyfriend: That slimeball attorney who was two-timing her with his own ex-wife.

Caroline's OH-boy: This forty-three-year-old career woman is pregnant!

Life certainly hasn't gone according to Caroline Moore's carefully constructed plan. As the craziness of her situation begins spiraling out of control, she decides on a change of scenery. So off to a small lakeside cottage she goes. Soon she's shedding her designer shoes for barefoot walks, uncovering old family secrets and becoming best friends with Tori-a woman who is her total opposite. And thanks to a handsome neighbor, she might just be ready for romance, as well.

But wait…Caroline's new oh-what-a-great-guy also happens to be Tori's ex-husband.

Get ready for the shoes to fly!

If the gods decided to grant Cara Adams one "do-over," the choice would be a no-brainer-she wouldn't have been sucked in by Mark "the Shark" Morgan. Back in law school, Cara had "dumbed down" to catch Mark's eye. Thanks to her stunt, she lost a plum job at a Wall Street firm, and the Shark is enjoying life in the Big Apple.

Now Cara's thirty and doing just fine, thank you very much. Positive she's a shoo-in for a partnership at her prestigious Michigan law firm, Cara has bought herself a new loft, paid off her student loans and is ready for the success she deserves. But the gods are laughing now. Her ally in the law firm bolts in the middle of the night, her secretary gets fired for using the file room as her own boudoir and…Mark the Shark has come home. Really, the gods must be crazy.

Will Cara go down without a fight? Not this time.