Kat Griffiths has come across emails on her husband's computer, and those emails lead her to believe that her husband of twenty years is getting ready to divorce her and run off with his assistant, Bree.

Now the fun starts... Kat sure in her belief, and not wanting to let on what she thinks she knows decides it's time to face the music in regards to her spending. To that effort she finally gives in to her housekeeper's pleas to attend a meeting of the Rocky River Penny Pincher's Club.

The club is an eclectic mix of people, and Kat struggles to find her place in the group. They however have no shyness, and at Kat's first meeting they bundle everyone up and head to her house to find out just how dire her financial straights have become.

Throughout her struggle to become more frugal Kat is also suffering with her undying love for her husband. Just when she believes that life can't throw anything else her way she's faced with having to decide to strike out on her own in her professional life as well. An opportunity of a lifetime is there if she's willing to reach out and grab it. However, when she does will she be jeopardizing her marriage even more, because that opportunity is in the form of an ex love, Liam Novak.

While the Penny Pincher's Club focuses on Kat's story and her struggle to decide whether or not to save her marriage it also does a great job of telling the story of each member of the group. As you read you want to cheer each one on for facing their own personal demons and coming out on the other side.

While tackling a serious issue that I'm sure many face today Ms. Strohmeyer puts her unique spin on it and never once does an issue seem to be trivialized. As I shut the book I was happy that I knew where each member of the group was headed, and that Kat had finally discovered her own self worth, and that no matter how her marriage ended or didn't she would be able to stand on her own two feet with a secure financial picture ahead of her.

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