Maxine Cambridge was the perfect embodiment of the trophy wife. She had all the best clothes, all the best shoes, and drove the nicest cars. She had a staff to order about. All she had to do was plan the perfect parties, be the perfect hostess, and perfect her body to fit the image of the beautiful young wife. Now, she finds herself trying to beat out the next pimply-faced teenager for a minimum wage job at the Cluck-Cluck Palace just to get by. Now, she and her teenage son live with her mother in a retirement village because Maxine doesn't have a dime to her name, or a skill to get hired by, let alone the self-esteem to dress herself in something other than one of her mother's brightly colored jog sets.

Without rational thought, Max left the glamorous life after she found out about her husband's latest infidelity by way of the engagement announcement the new younger version of Max placed in the news. With an ironclad prenuptial agreement that left Max with nothing, and years of focusing completely on her husband, Max stepped out into a world where being an ex-beauty queen and forty didn't get you a job. And to make matters worse, she gets caught having a mini-breakdown by her geeky ex-high school lab partner, Campbell Barker, who has grown into an Adonis. Now she runs into him at every turn, and the heat she feels blooming inside her every time she is near him is not due to her hormones.

Dakota Cassidy's YOUR DROPPED A BLONDE ON ME is fun, sexy, and inspirational. She draws a clear picture of the plight of the ex-trophy wife and shows us that, even with money, if you don't put the time and effort into yourself, in the end you are nothing. Max must decide if she is willing to become herself again, and not someone's prize possession, while trying to find a way to trust another again. It's a difficult process and Dakota writes it well, dispersing a sharp wit from Max and shear male sexiness with Campbell throughout the story.

Book Summary

She was the perfect party-planning, haute-to-the max trophy wife. Now Maxine Cambridge is broke, unemployable and living with her mother and teenage son in a retirement village, with her self-esteem kicked to the curb.

Until her geeky former classmate Campbell Barker returns, all grown-up- and off-the-scale smokin' hot. Campbell refuses to believe Max isn't that smart, funny girl he's crushed on since high school. The more Max tries to show him he's wrong, the more she rediscovers her long-retired mojo. Now, she's ready to throw down some payback on her ex- life and fight for what she deserves.