Happy Wife is a national bestselling thriller novel by authors Meredith Lavender and Kendall Shores, published by Bantam (Penguin Random House) on June 24, 2025. It is a Read with Jenna Book Club pick as featured on TODAY with Jenna Bush Hager. This Costco edition features a lavender cover.

Nora Davies doesn't quite fit into Winter Park, Florida, where old-guard locals mingle with tax-fleeing coastal elites. Working at a country club and barely making ends meet, she is swept off her feet by Will Somerset — a prominent 46-year-old lawyer and recently divorced father. Their whirlwind Cinderella-style courtship shocks the social scene, but everything unravels when Will mysteriously disappears the morning after his own birthday party. Told across two timelines — the romance and the frantic search — Nora must answer the question from every angle: Where is Will?

Combining breathless suspense, glittering social dynamics, and an unforgettable cast of characters, Happy Wife is a clever and subversive novel exploring marriage, wealth, and the secrets that lurk behind closed doors. The book runs 346 pages in hardcover. ISBN: 978-0-593-97438-4.