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"A deliciously funny, sharply observed novel of family, wealth, love and tennis, this zeitgeisty debut follows three women in an old Brooklyn Heights clan: one who was born with money, one who married into it, and one, the millennial conscience of the family, who wants to give it all away. Rife with the indulgent pleasures of affluent WASPS in New York and full of recognizable if fallible characters (and a couple of appalling ones!), it's about the...

Michael Bluth finally realizes that it's his Uncle Oscar serving time in prison, not his father. Reluctant to spring Oscar yet, Michael decides that the only fair thing to do is to find his father and place him under house arrest. George Sr., once found, insists he was tricked into working with the Iraqis, so Michael investigates. When Michael and Buster go to Iraq, the depth of the devious plot is revealed and they learn which family member is the...

Set in 1920's England, the story examines the wealthy Flyte family through the eyes of Sebastian Flyte's less wealthy school friend Charles Ryder, who is eventually tempted into an extramarital affair with Sebastian's sister, Lady Julia. The novel is a story of faith and disillusionment in a glamorous upper-class world.

"Isabel is about to enter the world of le bon ton. But there is more to it than meets the eye. And not all of it is good. Fellsworth School is the only home that Isabel Creston has ever known. An artist at heart, she is curious about what adventure lies beyond Fellsworth's walls. When her long-lost aunt invites Isabel and her younger half-sister to accompany her to Bellfield Crossing for the summer, Isabel cannot resist a new adventure. Colin Galloway,...

New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh presents the first historical romance in the Westcott series, where the death of an earl reveals a most scandalous secret.

Humphrey Westcott, Earl of Riverdale, has died, leaving behind a fortune and a scandalous secret that will forever alter the lives of everyone in his family—including the daughter no one knew he had...

Anna Snow grew up in an orphanage...

"In this stunning and provocative domestic drama about a sweet sixteen birthday party that goes horribly awry, a wealthy family in San Francisco finds themselves entangled in a legal battle, their darkest secrets revealed, and their friends turned to enemies. One invitation. A lifetime of regrets. Sweet sixteen. It's an exciting coming of age, a milestone, and a rite of passage. Jeff and Kim Sanders plan on throwing a party for their daughter, Hannah--a...

A novel about a woman from the backwaters of Kansas who rises to the top of New York society and becomes so obsessed with her place among the beautiful people that she is willing to kill to stay there.

A well-to-do socialite and her husband must wrestle with the impact of Mexico's 1982 economic crisis. Es 1982 y una gran crisis económica está golpeando México. La elegante, encantadora y perfecta Sofía, líder del grupo de amigas del club de tenis, se enfrenta a lo inimaginable: su caída social. Sofía intentará mantener las apariencias, pero su derrumbe además de ser inevitable, dará cuenta de qué es lo que se pierde cuando se pierde el...

"On her seventeenth birthday, Ashen Spencer is blindfolded and escorted to the massive, mysterious building known as the Arc to begin her year of training and testing in hopes that she can earn the Cure--a powerful drug given only to those deemed worthy to survive beyond their eighteenth birthday. Ashen has a chance to rise up from her former life of squalor and be granted a place in society, if the Panel--the mysterious group of powerful men and...

Esme Colborne is about to marry Richard Trevannion. When she finds out she is adopted - from a working class family - she cannot allow Richard to marry so far beneath his station. Fleeing the life she knew, she starts working as a decoy woman, testing British undercover operatives who may otherwise reveal secrets in a moment of weakness. However, she still has feelings for Richard. Will she be brave enough to risk having her heart broken all over...