Horrid hormones are playing havoc with Sammy-Jo's life. Middle-age is her worst nightmare come true, and she can't cope.

Trapped in a loveless marriage, her life spirals out of control as she struggles with the effects of the menopause. Worn down by sleepless nights, relentless hot flashes and anxiety, she is consumed with guilt after a shopping trip lands her on the wrong side of the law.

With separate beds and almost separate lives, the Jacobs are on a collision course beyond anyone's control.

Early one morning, a random decision to hop on a bus brings her face-to-face with an old friend. As trouble at home takes a dangerous turn for the worse, she's happy to have a shoulder to cry on.

But, as renegade hormones play tricks on her mind as well as her body, is everything exactly how it seems?

Written by a woman whose first hot flash took her by such surprise an ambulance was called. You've got to hate hormones, haven't you?