Haley Cutler is the consummate trophy wife. She’s Out of Control (Ashley Stockingdale Series #1) (Nov 13, 2007)Ĭalm, Cool & Adjusted (Spa Girls Series #3) (Oct 1, 2006) Split Ends: Sometimes the End is Really the Beginning (April 17, 2007) Featured in the New York Times and USA Today, Kristin has appeared on the Today Show for her pioneering role in Christian chick lit. She is a CBA bestselling author and two-time winner of the ACFW Book of the Year. She got married, had four kids, and started writing romance novels until she found her passion: Chick Lit. She was thrust into the exciting world of shopping mall marketing. She went to San Jose State University and majored in Advertising, then worked at the Fairmont Hotel in PR, a small ad agency as an account exec, and then, Kristin Billerbeck was born in Redwood City, California. I can’t find the quote right now, but at one point Haley says something like, “What you have had me do, slide over and welcome my husband’s girlfriend into our bed?” Like it or not, sometimes there are few options for women like Haley…like me…and as Christians we need to extend grace. Oh, they know the meaning of grace, but they certainly don’t extend it. Very often Christians look down their noses at those who are divorced…judging, condemning.

As a Christian who has been divorced, I could relate to Haley’s pain. Nevertheless, she is unjustly judged by at least two characters (and probably several readers). Haley didn’t want this divorce and was committed to her marriage and her man. The thing I most appreciated about The Trophy Wives Club is that Billerbeck honestly shows what divorce looks like from the inside. I was transported to a lifestyle with which I’m much less familiar and it was fun.

If you are looking for chic lit that isn’t like every other chic lit you’ve ever read, then this is the book for you. This weekend I took time to rest, refresh, and READ! My poor husband was planning a romantic time away and I kept pulling out The Trophy Wives Club.

Split Ends by Kristin Billerbeck