He Took A Mistress After We Took A Family Portrait

Sixteen years of marriage, two teenage boys, and one perfect family portrait.

Beth Corman is the quiet architect behind her husband Fletch's booming real estate brokerage. She runs the household, manages his marketing, and hand-addresses five hundred holiday cards to his clients every December. But when a careless moment at their family photo shoot reveals that Fletch is having an affair with a younger woman, Beth doesn’t scream or cry.

She gets to work.

Instead of confronting him, Beth plays the perfect, supportive wife while secretly funding an irrevocable trust for her sons and unwinding their marital assets. She even steps back, allowing Fletch to struggle through planning a four-hundred-person winter charity gala on his own. As Fletch blithely prepares for the most important night of his career, he has no idea that his meticulously crafted public image is about to go up in flames.

Because Beth is still in charge of the holiday cards this year. And she’s selected a timestamped photograph of Fletch and his mistress for the back panel.

He Took A Mistress After Our Family Portrait is a sharply written, wickedly satisfying story of betrayal, brilliant calculation, and a wife's cold-served revenge with a wild dash of humor.