'What you need,' said Saffron, pouring Alex another glass of wine, 'is someone to take away your worries, someone you can rely on, someone to deal with all the boring details.' 'But I've got a bloke already,' protested Alex. 'No, no!' replied Saffron. 'I mean, what you need is a WIFE.' Alex is a high-flying marketing manager in a brand-name sportswear company, where the motto is 'Play for Your Life'. The top of her head is pushing against the glass ceiling and she's determined to let nothing - not even family - stand in the way of her success. But with so much to juggle, Alex begins to realise that she needs some serious domestic assistance. Especially when she discovers her Spanish cleaner has been using the flat to turn tricks in the afternoons, and in her bed! She needs someone more committed than a cleaner - what Alex needs is a 'wife'. An advertisement is placed in the local paper and it isn't long before Alex believes she has found the perfect person. Ella comes across as glamorous and terrifically capable. But Ella isn't quite what she appears, and pretty soon Alex is contemplating 'divorce'...

Author Biography

Annie Sanders is two people. Annie Ashworth and Meg Sanders are television and print journalists who have written nine non-fiction books together while managing to remain the best of friends. Both in their thirties with young children, they live in Stratford-Upon-Avon.