Suburban Secrets

I've read all of Donna Birdsell's books from the very first and Suburban Secrets is a total departure from the previous historicals. Fast-paced, fun and funny--and totally contemporary-- Suburban Secrets contains plenty of references to 80's television and music. While I love Ms. Birdsell's poetic historical voice, this contemporary blew me away. I read Suburban Secrets in less than two days!

Donna Birdsell's Suburban Secrets has all the adventure and sparks of the Eighties TV series "Moonlighting." Left penniless by her cheating jerk of a husband, Grace dumps the kids on her mother for the weekend and takes off for an alcohol-induced night of forgetfullness with her high-school girlfriends. What she doesn't count on is getting involved with not one, but *two* single men, an identity fraud scam, forgery, the Russian mob, and more danger than would ever dare show its face in her suburban McMansion subdivision. Will Grace's gourmet cooking talents save her life? Read Suburban Secrets and find out!

Her husband left her and their three kids for an older woman so Grace Becker is struggling while Tom is having a good time and stretching out the divorce settlement so that she will soon have to beg. Grace is on the verge of capitulation when too much alcohol and a game of truth or dare leaves her giving her undies to a hunk who happens to be much younger than her The hunk turns out to be Secret Service Agent Pete Slade, who thinks she can help him with her knowledge of Russian cuisine. Within two nights of losing her underwear, the suburban soccer mom is kicking up meals for a Russian mobster while males notice how pretty the single mom of three is including Agent Slade. An over the top story line starring a likable woman wondering how she went from soccer mom to undercover espionage agent in a few hours of drinking make for a zany wild contemporary tale that has the audience wondering what is next for the heroine. The story line is fast-paced from the moment that a slightly drunk Grace chose dare and never decelerates until the final undie confrontation. Fans will enjoy Grace's wild turnaround. Harriet Klausner