It`s Alison`s wedding day, her gorgeous husband Luca is by her side, and everything is just perfect. Perfect that is, until Luca`s first wife gatecrashes the reception and makes it clear that she`s going to remain very much part of his stunned Alison soon finds an ally in Fiona, a founding member of The Second Wives Club and similarly plagued by her husband`s ex. There she`s introduced to Julia, whose husband has stayed best friends with his first wife - to Julia`s intense irritation - and to long suffering Susan whose entire life is surrounded by reminders of her partner`s saintly former wife. For the women, The Second Wives Club is a refuge and a lifesaver: somewhere to bitch and to gossip and to share horror stories about the exes` latest excess. But maybe if they all have the same problem they can work together on a solution? For enough is enough: it`s way past time for the Second Wives to stop settling for second best ...