FRANCESCA'S PARTY

After years of being the perfect wife and mother, Francesca Kirwan's lifeis changed irrevocably one dismal autumn morning when her husband Markforgets his mobile phone. In the space of ten minutes her comfortable,safe, uneventful existence is completed shattered. With her life turnedupside down and an extremely uncertain future ahead of her, she has twochoices...sink or swim! Francesca decides to get a life, but first shemust deal with razor-sharp international banker Nikki Langan. Super-babeis ten years younger and two stone lighter than Francesca. Sculpted, tonedand dressed to kill, Nikki wants it all and she doesn't intend to letanyone, least of all Francesca, stand in her way. But youth and beautyaren't everything, and Francesca proves to be a far tougher adversary thanthe glamorous career girl had anticipated. After a shaky start, Francesca'slife takes a decidedly upward turn. New job, new friends, new lifestyle -and when dishy journalist Ralph Casson shows more than a professionalinterest in her, Mark is not at all pleased. Francesca decides to throw aparty, and that's when the fun really starts. Revenge is a dish bestserved cold...especially if you've been on a diet.