The Runaway Wives by Karen King
by Luke Randall
If you want a light and amusing read, “The Runaway Wives” by author Karen King may be good for you? With over 3,000 Amazon reviews and rated at 4.4.
Two friends in their sixties are both married to men behaving badly! One husband goes off on a golfing holiday on his wife’s sixtieth birthday without informing her, whilst the other husband is determined to sell the family home and move to Spain, without the wife’s agreement!
Both women decide to head for a seaside holiday in Cornwall, much to the annoyance of their husbands. In Cornwall they both reinvent themselves to some extent, enjoying the seaside and meeting the locals, whilst negotiating possible ways forward with their husbands?
The book is described as “Full of warmth, loads of fun and hugely enjoyable with that all important uplifting ending.” One reviewer wrote “A totally delightful read… The writing was quite wonderful, so easy to read and to become immersed in the story’s many twists and turns – I’ll be looking forward to reading more from this really talented author.”