EXCERPT :

They’d hardly spoken the last several years, but they’d found each other through their college alumni association last year, just as Lilli was going through her divorce. They’d talked a bit through e-mail, and then by phone. Lilli could hardly believe it whenCaroline had admitted what it was she did for a living, managing Exotica. But the idea had become more and more intriguing, until finally, Lilli hadn’t been able to resist Caroline’s repeated invitations.