From the back cover:

At the first of every month, when the office has reached its pinnacle of hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne, and Candice meet at London's swankiest bar for an evening of cocktails and gossip. Here, they chat about what's new at The Londoner, the glossy fashion magazine where they all work, and everything else that's going on in their lives. Or almost everything. Beneath the girl talk and the laughter, each of the three has a secret. And when a chance encounter at the cocktail bar sets in motion an extraordinary chain of events, each one will find her biggest secret revealed.

In Cocktails for Three, Madeleine Wickham combines her trademark humor with remarkable insight to create an edgy, romantic tale of secrets, strangers, and a splash of scandal.

Madeleine Wickham is the author of several acclaimed novels. As Sophie Kinsella, she has written bestsellers including the Shopaholic series and The Undomestic Goddess. She lives in London.

I was entertained by this book. I didn't find it as hilarious as Confessions of a Shopaholic, but there were definitely moments where I could see that humor under the surface. The subject matter of this novel is different, however, so perhaps it isn't fair to want the same brand of humor that Confessions allowed. While I was reading it I was happy (for whatever reasons) and when I was done I was still happy (for whatever reasons), which is all I really ever ask from a story.

I'll mark this as available and probably set it free somewhere.

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

This book is part of a box of props I am bringing to a short presentation I am doing on "wild release" techniques for BookCrossing for a public speaking class. Hopefully one of my fellow students will pick it up and drop it out in the wild somewhere.