Steel Magnolias meets The Ya Ya Sisterhood fromNew York Times bestseller Carolyn Brown

Carlene Lovelle, owner of Bless My Bloomers lingerie shop, has everything she's ever wanted: a loving husband, a successful small town business, and great friends who never disappoint.

However, that all changes when Carlene finds a pair of sexy red panties in her husband's briefcase.She knows exactly who those panties belong to—they were purchased from her very own shop.

Carlene is shocked. Her marriage is over, her life in a tailspin. She's humiliated, upset and heartbroken, but it's time to move on to the anger stage of grieving.

Carlene finds that she has all she needs as the ladies of this small town rally around and teach her that revenge is a dish best served red-hot.

(Previously published as The Red-Hot Chili Cook-Off and A Heap of Texas Trouble.)