Book description
Lysander Hawkley combined breathtaking good looks with the kindest of
hearts. He couldn't pass a stray dog, an ill-treated horse or a
neglected wife without rushing to the rescue. And with neglected wives
the rescue invariably led to ecstatic bonking, which didn't please
their erring husbands one bit.
Lysander's mid-life crisis had begun at twenty-two. Reeling from the
death of his beautiful mother, he was out of work, drinking too much
and desperately in debt. The solution came from Ferdie, his fat,
fast-operating friend: if Lysander was so good at making husbands
jealous, why shouldn't he get paid for it?
Let loose among the neglected wives of the ritzy county of Rutshire,
Lysander causes absolute havoc. But it is only when he meets
Rannaldini, Rutshire's King Rat of Rutshire and a temperamental,
fiendishly promiscuous international conductor, that the trouble
really starts. The only unglamorous woman around Rannaldini was Kitty,
his plump young wife who ran his life like clockwork. Soon Lysander
was convinced that Kitty must be rescued from Rannaldini at all costs,
even if it means enlisting the help of the old blue-eyed havoc maker:
Rupert Campbell-Black.
Jilly Cooper is a journalist, writer and media superstar. The author
of many number one bestselling novels, including
Riders, Rivals,
Polo, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous,
Appassionata, Score!
and
Pandora
, she lives in Gloucestershire with her husband, Leo, five cats and her
greyhound dog. She was appointed OBE in the 2004 Queen's Birthday
Honours List for her contribution to literature.
