Online - January 25, 2006

Girls Gone Wild

“Good Women,” by Jane Stevenson

You’re a good girl: Mom raised you right.

But you’ve got a dark side, too. Revenge plots against exes, dreams of undermining professional rivals, steamy fantasies about your boyfriend’s brother.

Give your bad self a little company with the shady ladies of Good Women, a collection of three novellas by Jane Stevenson.

In “Light My Fire,” an architect leaves his wife for a surly sexpot only to discover she’s more bad than he bargained for. In “Walking with Angels,” a housewife is urged to start a faith-healing business by celestial messengers whose guidance takes a sinister turn when her husband proves unenthusiastic. And in “Garden Guerillas,” when a feisty widow’s family seizes her home and beloved garden, she plots a stealthy revenge.

So pick up a copy to feed your inner nasty. And get one for mom — bet she’s got a dark side, too.

Available online at amazon.com or at your local bookstore.