Three friends - Candace, Roxanne and Maggie - have a wonderful tradition: on the first day of every month they meet at the Manhattan bar and share the latest news from their lives. This “cocktail club” is a closed institution where outsiders have no access, because the most secret actions and thoughts are discussed here (however, everyone saves some secrets only for themselves). And it seems that there is no force that could break this friendship.

But then a certain ambitious person, Heather Trelawney, squeezes into their close circle - and everything goes to hell! As luck would have it, this event coincides with a period when a crisis occurs in the life of each of the girls. Roxanne is abandoned by her lover. Maggie gives birth to a baby, and she cannot cope with her new maternal responsibilities. And Candace... Well, Candace started this whole mess by warming a snake named Heather on her chest. Under the blows of fate, the triple alliance begins to burst at the seams...

Madeline Wickham is the real name of the famous writer Sophie Kinsella, author of the super-popular series about Shopaholic.