She was like Carrie, you know, in Sex and the City. Annie was our Carrie.' Without Annie, friends Catherine, Lexie and Rachel are lost. How will they fill the void? Will their friendship survive? Catherine is characteristically unfazed, forging ahead in her high-flying career while struggling to connect to her unfathomable teenage daughter. But secrets from the past emerge to shatter her carefully constructed image, and threaten all the relationships she holds dear. Meanwhile Lexie is juggling the demands of her young family and the ego of her hardworking husband, while taking the first tentative steps to achieving her own dreams. She just wished Annie was around to talk to - Catherine is so bossy, and Rachel ... well, her head seems be more in the clouds now than ever. Rachel knows what her friends think of her - but what they don't know is that she's currently in the thrall of a new relationship. And she doesn't want them to know, because when the truth comes out, fragile friendships will be put to the test all over again ... Dianne Blacklock has been a teacher, trainer, counsellor, check-out chick, and even one of those annoying market researchers you avoid in shopping malls. Nowadays she tries not to annoy anyone by staying home and writing.