One grand English country house one American divorcee three rich wives two business tycoons
a pair of miniature sausage dogs and one butler... what could possibly go wrong? If you think
the English countryside is all green wellies muddy Land Rovers and grey-haired ladies in
tweed then you've never visited The Bottoms. These tiny rose-strewn Cotswold villages (Little
Bottom Middle Bottom Great Bottom and Monkton Bottom) are home to a glittering new country
crowd. Following a ghastly row about a missing suite of diamonds Tata Hawkins has flounced out
of Monkton Bottom Manor with her daughter Minty and Executive Butler Ian Palmer in tow
decamping to The Old Coach House to teach her husband Bryan a lesson. Ian knows the only way
to restore order to his - and Tata's - life is to get his employers back together. But nothing
goes to plan. Bryan disappears with a bikini designer Selby Fairfax the glamorous American
divorcée who has inherited the beautiful estate next door - Great Bottom Park - is refusing
Tata's overtures at friendship Tata's best friends are distracted by their own problems and
worst of all Ian simply cannot find the space at The Old Coach House for his collection of
vintage Gucci loafers. Tata just wants her husband to see the error of his ways so she can go
back home. Selby just wants to believe in love again. And Ian? Ian wants his walk-in wardrobe
back. With the help of a pig farmer a stable hand a barrister and a bikini influencer (and
many more besides) can Ian restore harmony to The Bottoms? Praise for Plum Sykes' previous
novels: 'Deliciously moreish' Daily Mail 'Thoroughly fabulous' Vogue 'A total hoot' The Sunday
Times 'Sykes has a distinctive wily and well-deployed comic voice' New York Times 'Savagely
funny' Observer 'Glam and lively' Heat 'You'll have a blast' Red
