The Cult by Anita Burgh

What motivates three apparently normal nineties' women to join a cult? What is lacking in their lives to make them search for an alternative? Ginnie Mulholland, blessed with both money and looks, finds out her husband is having an affair. Jessica Lawley, a once-famous actress, must come to terms with a fading career, while Selina Horne is forced to sell her business just as she discovers the man in her life is not Mr Right. Then the three women discover a group which appears to offer them hope. Receptive to its ideas they go to a retreat in a beautiful house in Cornwall. But the meditation and encounter sessions led by Xavier, the charismatic and handsome leader, become ever more sinister. And as suspicions and fears build, so does the drama for Ginnie, Selina and Jessica, each of whom must now face the truth about herself.