"If you're a sucker for plucky women who rise to the occasion," ("USA Today") then the latest from the author of "Ocean Beach" is just for you... Samantha's marriage has been complicated by love and compromised by a shattering family betrayal. Claire, an empty nester and struggling author, is wondering if clinging to old dreams can be more destructive than not having any dreams at all. And after countless battles with her faithless ex-husband, Brooke is coming to terms with the fact that her life is not the fairy tale she thought it would be. But when Edward, the concierge of their historic Atlanta apartment building, invites them for weekly screenings of an addictive television show, the four of them embark on a season of surprises as they forge a bond that will sustain them through life's hardest moments--all of it reflected in the unfolding drama, comedy, and convergent lives of "Downton Abbey."