A marriage headed straight for the rocks since a husband's bankruptcy is saved by the intervention of the wife's friend.

A rescue plan unlikely to be appreciated by the male of the English couple's union.

Especially when the evil and calculating Anglo/Arabic friend devising it is geared more for the desires and fantasies of the woman herself and the man's equally calculating wife, rather than any wish to set the married couple on a happier path.

A path already agreed with the wife herself, that will - if her evaluation of the husband's core weakness is correct - result in a one-way and female-led marriage in which the friend fully intends to be involved.

And on a permanent and day-to-day basis!

Believable female-led fantasy fiction for those readers who prefer to use the darker sides of their imaginations with the help of character-driven plotlines.

Clarice Darling is the author of the classic marital role-reversal tale, "Wifely Control".