When Jill's husband discovers he can never have children, it tears a hole in their marriage that Jill doesn't know how to repair. Frustrated, she seeks comfort in her friends: fierce Leigh, with her high-powered career and doting family, and sweet, uncomplicated Wendy, who has a rock-solid marriage any woman would envy.

Leigh and Wendy's lives seem perfect. But beneath the surface are secrets that could tear their friendship apart.

Leigh has grown tired of her stay-at-home husband and is looking for excitement—outside of the marriage bed. And after seventeen years of marriage, Wendy can't shake the sense that there is something missing in her life.

As Jill is drawn deeper into her friends' relationships, she is confronted by a temptation of her own: an intriguing stranger whose good looks and charm spark an instant connection.

Full of the realities of modern-day marriage, The Secrets of Married Women asks the question: how well can we ever know our husbands, our friends, or even ourselves?

Revised edition: This edition of Secrets Of Married Women includes editorial revisions.

Carol Mason was born and grew up in the north-east of England. As a teenager she was crowned Britain’s National Smile Princess and subsequently became a model, diplomat-in-training and advertising copywriter. She currently lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her Canadian husband, a rescue dog from Kuwait and a three-legged cat. To learn more about Carol and her novels, visit www.carolmasonbooks.com, her Amazon author page at www.amazon.com/Carol-Mason/e/B0045AP0NI or follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CarolMasonAuthor.

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“Her debut, The Secrets of Married Women, marked Carol Mason’s coming out as a writer of compelling insight, with a gritty yet humorous edge…” —The Daily Mirror

“Full of realistic emotional twists. There is a refreshing honesty about the numbness that comes from discovering an infidelity and the shame that comes with perpetrating one.” —The Telegraph

“A bittersweet narrative and ambiguous outcomes make this much grittier and more substantial than standard chick-lit fare.” —Financial Times

“A grand little book for the festive fireside.” —Irish Evening Herald

“What really goes on behind closed doors? Carol Mason unlocks life behind a marriage in this strong debut.” —Heat Magazine

“Mason's writing is absorbing.” —Vancouver Sun

“This poignant novel deals with honesty, forgiveness, love and the realities of modern-day marriage.” —Notebook Magazine