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Chapter One

“Lord haveof the GCB” She caught a glimpse of the Reverend Bain’s wife, Lydia, and her disciples as they stalked down the sideith purpose and a uided air of authority The “Good Christian Bitches” hadn’t lasted long on TV, but these less gla in Wilder, Texas

Ginger reached for the clothes rack standing in front of her store, about to pull the display back into her lingerie shop, located on a corner of Main Street But her friend, Liza Brooks, halted her with a hand on her shoulder

“Uh-huh,” she said “You are not koing to those women”

With a sigh, Ginger asked, “Are you forgetting Lydia Bain set my last shop on fire and destroyed my entire inventory?”

“How could I forget?” Liza replied in a dry tone “She nearly killed us both because ere trapped in the attic”

“It was an accident,” Jess Mills reminded them She’d had lunch with Liza before they’d stopped by to see Ginger this afternoon Jess was always the voice of reason, though she was no hty wife than the other tere

“Regardless,” Ginger said, “she’s still publicly denouncing my wares”

“Notthese days,” Liza commented “We’ve talked about this Your sales are up in the store and they’re off the charts online The two of us confronting Lydia after the fire and not backing down thereafter uns, girlfriend”

“You have a point” But the er’s shoulders bunch as tension skittered through her

The reverend’s Plain Jane wife, ore noband, was dressed in her usual drab-gray attire Her most notable feature was her shiny brown hair, styled in a chic bob Despite being a genius hairdresser—owning the only salon in town—she was as humdrum as they came