The Spa at Lavender Lane
2020 American Fiction Awards Finalist - Women's Fiction
"This witty Roman-à-clef makes for can't put it down reading. Melhado's fully formed characters bring to mind a more modern contemporary version of 'The Women.'" -Jeffrey Banks, Author and Coty-Award Winning Fashion Designer
From her elegant atelier office, Nadia Demidova discreetly monitors the arrival of her latest guests. Legendary doyenne of the fabled Palm Springs getaway, she can always tell from the moment the women arrive, which ones will be problems.
This group will not disappoint: a burned-out Fifth Avenue retail executive...a striking former model and Chicago socialite... an overweight Texas housewife on the brink of her second divorce and her beautiful, teenage daughter...and a CEO who, unhappy with recent plastic surgery, is secluded in her room.
Fortunately, Madame Demidova can rely on her Assistant Director to help manage the herd, not knowing that this valued employee is poised to make an audacious move.
Old secrets, new friends, second chances - and a chance to snag the divine man who unexpectedly arrives on the scene - are all on the menu at The Spa At Lavender Lane.
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"Phyllis Melhado has written a wonderful, lively, bitchy novel populated with a cast of women, young and old, that make the Real Housewives look like Girl Scouts. You'll be glad they don't live next door to you. The perfect beach read, even if there's not a beach within a hundred miles." Charles Salzburg, award-winning author of Second Story Man
"Loved my stay at The Spa At Lavender Lane. Felt like the pampered guest--with the delight of being a fly on the wall. Melhado understands her rich, famous, demanding and self-indulgent characters. Now, if only I can get hold of the spa's Quince Face Cream!" Alice Simpson, author, Ballroom
"What a great fun read. The characters are just wonderful and if I may say, she lets it all hang out!" Lyn Leigh, co-founder, The Perfumed Plume
"This book will take you away from your problems and into the life of glamour and excitement." Christine Schwab, author of Take Me Home From the Oscars and The Grown-Up Girls Guide to Style
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