A New York Times Bestseller, Simultaneous release with Kensington's original trade paperback edition, A Featured Alternate Selection of Literary Guild, Doubleday Book Club Book of the Month Club, and Rhapsody Book Club -- Book 1 in The Godmothers series. Teresa "Toots" Amelia Loudenberry has crammed a great deal of living -- not to mention eight much-loved husbands -- into her varied and rewarding life. Newly single, Toots is ready to taste life again, and fate has just handed her the perfect opportunity. The owner of the gossip rag where Toots's daughter works is about to lose the paper to his gambling debts. Eager to find a way to keep her daughter employed among the movers and shakers of Hollywood, Toots calls on her three trusted friends -- Sophie, Mavis, and Ida -- to help her pull some strings.