Tessa’s sharp tongue, hot behind, and desire for the finer things in life are competing to see which can cause her the most trouble. Her sister Karen, the educated fool of the family, is a poster child for professional success but has a struggling love life and has recently fallen too easily for the wrong man.

Patricia, the oldest of the three siblings, is bored out of her mind in her twenty-year marriage when she discovers her husband has had an affair—and an illegitimate baby. Emily, the saucy matriarch of the family, is intent on using her guile and the revelation of shocking family secrets to stop her three adult daughters from spiraling into separate crises.