Since it premiered in the fall of 2004, the hit televisions show has seduced viewers with its outrageous humour, absorbing mystery and deliciously naughty image of Suburbia. Here, favourite chick-lit authors, parenting gurus and experts on the clandestine underside of suburban life take on the phenomenon to answer the question on everyone's minds: just what is it about the show that is so enthralling? Welcome to Wisteria Lane is a light, insightful romp through the world of Desperate Housewives that no Desperate fan will want to be without.

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The editors of Southern Living Magazine presents House Plans.

Everyone has a little dirty laundry. Especially the delectable divas who live on Wisteria Lane... With its darkly comedic take on suburban life, and its unconventional heroines, Desperate Housewives has got the world buzzing. Audiences have been captivated by ill-fated Susan Mayer, ever-perfect Bree Van De Kamp, harried mother-of-four Lynette Scavo, and beautiful but unhappy Gabriela Solis. And in DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, we go behind-the-scenes to get the dish and dirt on everyone's favourite homemakers. Inside you'll discover: hundreds of revealing photographs; in-depth interviews and profiles of the cast; the original pilot script, including unaired scenes; the inspiration behind the housewives' fashions; sizzling quotes from the show; how guest stars are chosen; delicious recipes from each housewife; a comprehensive episode guide to Season One; an exclusive look at the plot lines abandoned in Season One, including some that might still make it to Season Two or Three...; a foreword by the show's creator Marc Cherry; and so much more!

A New York Times Notable Book of 2021 “The kind of book for which the word “rollicking” was invented.”—New York Times Book Review A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance. Cecilia Bassingwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She's also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means. Sure, she has a dark and traumatic past and an overbearing aunt, but all things considered, it's a pleasant existence. Until the men show up. Ned Lightbourne is a sometimes assassin who is smitten with Cecilia from the moment they meet. Unfortunately, that happens to be while he's under direct orders to kill her. His employer, Captain Morvath, who possesses a gothic abbey bristling with cannons and an unbridled hate for the world, intends to rid England of all its presumptuous women, starting with the Wisteria Society. Ned has plans of his own. But both men have made one grave mistake. Never underestimate a woman. When Morvath imperils the Wisteria Society, Cecilia is forced to team up with her handsome would-be assassin to save the women who raised her--hopefully proving, once and for all, that she's as much of a scoundrel as the rest of them.

She just ran from the most humiliating moment of her life… … and now she’s trapped on an island full of eccentric old people. How did she go from being a respected ICU nurse to being the sole caregiver for almost one-hundred difficult retirees? Danielle ponders that thought when she learns that the last eight nurses left the job, and that most of the residents don’t want her there either. And then there’s the handsome and wealthy entrepreneur who owns the whole island, of course. Will she choose to create a new life surrounded by people twice her age, or will she go back to the life she ran away from in the first place? In book 1 of this funny and heartwarming southern women’s fiction series, you’ll have plenty of belly laughs as USA Today bestselling author Rachel Hanna tackles the reality of the way the aging population is often treated by their own families and how friends can become true family.