Three women find an unexpected sisterhood in this perfect beach read from the USA Today bestselling author of Best Beach Ever and My Ex-Best Friend's Wedding . Madeline, Avery, and Nikki are strangers to each other, but they have one thing in common. They each wake up one morning to discover that their life savings have vanished along with their trusted financial manager—leaving them with nothing but co-ownership of a ramshackle beachfront house. Madeline Singer is a homemaker coping with empty-nest syndrome and an unemployed husband. Avery Lawford is an architect, or was, until she somehow became the sidekick on her ex-husband’s TV show. And professional matchmaker Nikki Grant is trying to recover from her biggest mistake... Throwing caution to the wind, the three women take on the challenge of restoring the historic beach house to its former glory. But just as they begin to reinvent themselves and discover the power of friendship, their secrets threaten to tear down their trust and destroy their lives a second time... Praise for USA Today Bestselling Author Wendy Wax “Wise and witty...A beautiful book about loyalty, courage, and pursuing your dreams with a little help from your friends. I loved this book!” — New York Times bestselling author Karen White “Reading Wendy Wax is like discovering a witty, wise, and wonderful new friend.” —Claire Cook, bestselling author of Must Love Dogs “A terrific story brimming with wit, warmth, and good humor. I loved it!” —Jane Porter, author of The Good Wife “Quite a clever, fun little novel.” — USA Today “Great escape reading, perfect for the beach.” — Library Journal “Fun...heartwarming....A loving tribute to friendship and the power of the female spirit.” — Las Vegas Review-Journal “[Wax] writes with breezy wit and keen insight.” — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Wendy Wax , a former broadcaster, is the author of fifteen novels and two novellas, including My Ex-Best Friend's Wedding ,  Best Beach Ever ,  One Good Thing ,  Sunshine Beach ,  A Week at the Lake ,  While We Were Watching Downton Abbey ,  The House on Mermaid Point ,  Ocean Beach , and  Ten Beach Road . The mother of two grown sons, she left the suburbs of Atlanta for an in town high-rise where she and her husband are happily downsized. Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Epigraph   One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one Twenty-two Twenty-three Twenty-four Twenty-five Twenty-six Twenty-seven Twenty-eight Twenty-nine Thirty Thirty-one Thirty-two Thirty-three Thirty-four Thirty-five Thirty-six Thirty-seven Thirty-eight Thirty-nine Forty Forty-one Forty-two   Ten Beach Road Acknowledgements An Excerpt from A Week At The Lake PRAISE FOR Magnolia Wednesdays   “Wax, the author of The Accidental Bestseller , writes with breezy wit and keen insight into family relations.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution   “An honest, realistic story of family, love, and priorities, with genuine characters.” —Booklist   “Bittersweet . . . Vivian’s an easy protagonist to love; she’s plucky, resourceful, and witty.” —Publishers Weekly   “Atlanta-based novelist Wendy Wax spins yet another captivating tale of life and love in this wonderfully entertaining book.” —Southern Seasons Magazine     The Accidental Bestseller   “A little bit Sex and the City with a dash of The First Wives Club .” —Sacramento Book Review   “A warm, triumphant tale of female friendship and the lessons learned when life doesn’t turn out as planned . . . Sure to appeal.” —Library Journal   “A wise and witty foray into the hearts of four amazing women . . . A beautiful book.” —Karen White, author of On Folly Beach   “A terrific story brimming with wit, warmth, and good humor. I loved it!” —Jane Porter, author of She’s Gone Country   “A wry, revealing tell-all about friendship and surviving the world of publishing.” —Haywood Smith, New York Times bestselling author   “Entertaining . . . Provides a lot of insight into the book business, collected, no doubt, from Wax’s own experiences.” —St. Petersburg Times Titles by Wendy Wax 7 DAYS AND 7 NIGHTS LEAVE IT TO CLEAVAGE HOSTILE MAKEOVER SINGLE IN SUBURBIA THE ACCIDENTAL BESTSELLER MAGNOLIA WEDNESDAYS TEN BEACH ROAD THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Group Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd.) Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Par