socialites

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Gardens in the dunes

a novel
2000
Indigo, a young child of the Sand Lizard people, a tribe that has been driven from its home, is reduced to scavenging from the town dump in an effort to stay alive before being rescued by Hattie, a Victorian woman who, with good intentions, sets out to transform Indigo into a proper American girl.

The beautiful and damned

1998
The romantic pursuits of spoiled couple Anthony and Gloria Patch leave them, after six years of marriage, with Anthony a mental and physical wreck and Gloria's beauty waning.

The money changers

2009
During the Wall Street panic of 1907, prosperous New York lawyer Allan Montague attempts to help his old friend from Mississippi, young widow Lucy Dupree, make it in the city, and after he helps her sell a block of stock, they are both caught up in the greedy scheme of a group of unscrupulous power brokers, which may devastate the financial world.

The Beautiful and damned

2005
Chronicles the relationship of Anthony Patch, Harvard-educated aspiring writer, and his beautiful young wife, Gloria, as they enjoy an endless string of parties as they wait for Anthony's grandfather to die and pass on his millions to them. As they're waiting, their lives quickly evolve into a chronicle of a dying marriage in a hedonistic society in which beauty is all too fleeting.

Paris Hilton

life on the edge : the biography
2007
Chronicles the life of socialite and heiress Paris Hilton, discussing her family, friendships, romantic relationships, careers as a model, actress, singer, and businesswoman, legal problems, sex tape scandal, and other topics.

Pretty evil

2005
Sunnie's misgivings over her bachelor friends' decision to buy a dilapitated, but potentially fabulous house near Rodeo Drive turn out to have merit when she realizes a shape-shifting demon is living in the house and is not too happy to have her space invaded.

A lady of secret devotion

2008
Cassandra Stover can't believe her luck when she becomes the companion to Mrs. Jameston, a wealthy society woman. Not only can she help her widowed mother and sister, but Cassie genuinely comes to care for the elderly woman who treats her like family. Enter Mark Langford, an insurance investigator, and everything changes for her. When Mark reveals that he is investigating Sebastian Jameston, the son of Cassandra's employer, she agrees to pretend they are courting so he can stay in close proximity to the family. Motivated by her devotion to Mrs. Jameston and her own suspicion regarding Sebastian, will the game of pretense that Cassie and Mark embark upon allow a tentative love to grow...especially when unexpected danger puts them both at risk?.

Everyone worth knowing

2006
Realizing that her prestigious investment banking job is making her miserable, Bette Robinson impulsively quits and accepts an opportunity with a successful PR firm, a job that tests the boundary between her personal and professional lives.

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