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1) Swan song
Author
Series
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
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"Chief of Police Ed Kapenash is about to retire. Blond Sharon is going through a divorce. But when a 22-million-dollar summer home is purchased by the mysterious Richardsons—how did they make their money, exactly?—Ed, Sharon, and everyone in the community are swept up in high drama. The Richardsons throw lavish parties, flirt with multiple locals, flaunt their wealth with not one but two yachts, and raise impossible hopes of everyone they meet....
Author
Series
Last Mrs. Parrish novels volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Daphne and Amber Parrish are thrust back into one another's lives upon the resurgence of a long-forgotten threat, forcing a vicious game of cat and mouse where everything is on the line, in this thrilling sequel to the million-copy-bestselling Reese's Book Club Pick The Last Mrs. Parrish. Amber Patterson Parrish has come a long way from being an invisible wallflower. Her hard work and immaculate planning have paid off now that she's a prominent socialite,...
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Description
"Welcome to the St. Cecelia, a landmark hotel on the coast of Georgia, where traditions run deep and scandals run even deeper. . . . Everyone refers to the St. Cecelia as "the Saint." If you grew up coming here, you were "a Saint." If you came from the wrong side of the river, you were "an Ain't." Traci Eddings was one of those outsiders whose family wasn't rich enough or connected enough to vacation here. But she could work here. One fateful summer...
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Publisher
Berkley
Description
"With the Great War finally behind them, thousands of civilians and business moguls alike flock to South Florida with their sights set on making a fortune. When wealthy industrialist Robert Barnes and his wife, Anna, build Marbrisa, a glamorous estate on Biscayne Bay, they become the toast of the newly burgeoning society. Anna and Robert appear to have it all, but in a town like Miami, appearances can be deceiving, and one scandal can change everything....
Author
Publisher
Erewhon, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged and the perfect location to host reunions for the Rochford Institute. Rochford boasts only the best: the wealthiest, most promising students with the most impressive pedigrees. Complete with space walks, these lavish reunions are a prime opportunity for alumni to jockey for power with old friends and rivals--and crucially, to advance their applications...
7) Fortuna
Author
Series
Publisher
Anagrama
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Una escritora galardonada de ficción absorbente y sofisticada ofrece una novela elegante y propulsora arraigada en la Nueva York de principios del siglo XX, sobre la riqueza y el talento, la confianza y la intimidad, la verdad y la percepción. En la glamorosa ciudad de Nueva York de la década de 1920, dos personajes de gusto sofisticado se unen. Uno es un magnate legendario de Wall Street; la otra, la brillante hija de aristócratas pobres. Empapado...
Author
Publisher
Hillman Grad Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"Ocean Yoon has never felt very Korean, even if she is descended from a long line of haenyeo, Jeju Island's beloved female divers. She doesn't like soju, constantly misses cultural references, and despite her love of the game, people still say that she doesn't play Hwatu like a Korean. Ocean's also persona non grata at the Alliance, Korea's solar system-dominating space agency, since a mission went awry and she earned a reputation for being a little...
Author
Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"It's 1961, and for Margo Hightower, everything is about to change. True, her engagement is off, her family has fallen in scandal, and she's completely broke. But she's just been hired as an assistant to photographer Slim Aarons--famous for his vibrant pictures of high society, royalty, and Hollywood stars--and she knows this opportunity is her ticket to something better. From the bright beaches of Acapulco to glitzy parties in New York, Margo is...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"American Kompromat tells the story of the unimaginably corrupt, dissolute, and decadent subculture of the most powerful people in the world and how they have orchestrated, obtained, and used kompromat--Russian for compromising information--as leverage to achieve their political goals"--
Author
Publisher
Keylight Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Oleander Court in Alpharetta, Georgia looks like a utopia, complete with identical McMansions and pruned lawns. The residents collecting their newspapers at the end of their drives similarly appear perfect. The beauty ends at the surface, however, with no one as they seem. Tripp, the cheery politician, always waves but won't lift a finger for a neighbor. Pam uses her position as the Homeowners Association president for petty revenge, gleefully issuing...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2024].
Description
"The White Lotus meets Knives Out meets Crazy Rich Asians in this devilishly entertaining debut novel: both a sophisticated locked-room mystery in the tradition of Agatha Christie, and a provocative literary whodunit for the twenty-first century. Ro Krishna is the American son of Indian parents, educated at the finest institutions, equally at home in London's poshest clubs and on the squash court, but unmoored after he is dramatically forced to leave...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"A propulsive, extraordinary novel about a mother and her daughters' harrowing escape to Taiwan as the Communist revolution sweeps through China, by debut author Eve J. Chung, based on her family story. Daughters are the Ang family's curse. In 1948, civil war ravages the Chinese countryside, but in rural Shandong, the wealthy, landowning Angs are more concerned with their lack of an heir. Hai is the eldest of four girls and spends her days looking...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
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"Rufus Leung Gresham, future Earl of Greshambury and son of a former Hong Kong supermodel has a problem: the legendary Gresham Trust has been depleted by decades of profligate spending, and behind all the magazine covers and Instagram stories depict impeccably designed manors and shiny new yachts, the secret reality holds nothing more than a gargantuan mountain of debt. The only solution, put forth by Rufus's scheming mother, is for Rufus to attend...
15) Sigo siendo yo
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Lou Clark sabe demasiadas cosas ... Sabe cuántos kilómetros hay entre su nuevo hogar en Nueva York y su nuevo novio, Sam, en Londres. Sabe que su jefe es un buen hombre y sabe que su mujer le está ocultando un secreto. Lo que Lou no sabe es que está a punto de conocer a alguien que va a poner toda su vida patas arriba. Porque Josh le recordará tanto a un hombre que conocía que hace que el corazón le duela. Lou no sabe lo que hará a continuación,...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
Fifty years after runaway heiress artist Juliette Willoughby perished in an accidental studio fire in Paris, two Cambridge art history students stumble across proof that the fire was no accident, which threatens the very foundation of Juliette's aristocratic family and revives rumors of the infamous curse that has haunted them for generations.
17) Spread
Publisher
Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Nikki has slept his way into a life of privilege. He lives it up at the Hollywood Hills home of Samantha, a middle-aged attorney. Everything is going swimmingly until Nikki meets a gorgeous waitress named Heather. Unbeknownst to Nikki, she is playing the same game that he is. As the truth of their life unravels, they find themselves sexually charged by a game of one-upsmanship that has them dining at fine restaurants and crashing posh parties. When...
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