Ex-Wives: Sometimes Three's a Crowd

by Sandra Howard

Kate Nichols had been married just two years when her art dealer husband crashed his plane and died. A year on, still overwhelmed by grief, she meets and falls in love with documentary film-maker, Richard Marshall. Richard is a divorced father of two and still very involved with his bi-polar ex-wife, but despite these difficulties, Kate's feelings for him are intense and her wounds begin to heal. Meanwhile, as her father battles with the final stages of terminal cancer, Kate's divorced mother has fallen in love with another man, Ben Townsend. Kate warms to Ben, but she is suspicious about his business activities. When Kate eventually discovers the truth, she is devastated to learn that Ben and her mother will have to flee the country for their own safety. Unable to share this secret with Richard, and increasingly insecure about Richard's commitment to her, Kate must live with the burden of knowing that she stands to lose both her father and her mother.

352 pages, Hardcover

First published April 12, 2012

About the author

Sandra Howard (nee Paul) was one of the leading fashion models of the 1960s, appearing on the cover of American Vogue two months running. She worked as a freelance journalist alongside modelling, before turning to novel writing. She continues to write regularly for the press.

Her four novels, Glass Houses, Ursula's Story, A Matter of Loyalty and Ex-Wives are available in paperback and ebook. Her latest novel, Tell the Girl, is available from Amazon and at bookshops from 3rd July 2014.

Sandra has just begun work on her next novel, which has the working title of "Absence".

Sandra is actively involved with two national charities as a trustee of Addaction, a charity helping people to fight drug and alcohol addiction, and as Vice President of Youth Epilepsy. Sandra also supports First Story, a charity that provides funds to enable well-known writers to hold creative writing classes in inner city schools.

She has three adult children: Sholto, Nick and Larissa, and is married to the former British Conservative Party Leader Michael Howard. They live in London and Kent.

Reviews

[Tara Sims · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you want a good book don't read this! Awful and next to no story. Kate starts off as a very down widow who is almost a recluse and then almost immediately meets and falls in love with a stranger. The author attempts a bit of mystery but doesn't tie it up well. A very long drawn out book that would be better as a short story rather than a book in its own right