Envy: A Luxe novel

Description

Two months have passed since the dramatic homecoming of Elizabeth Holland - Manhattan society eagerly awaits her return. But Elizabeth won't rejoin her sister Diana's side. The whispers are beginning - is all as it seems behind closed doors? Uptown, Henry and Penelope Schoonmaker are the city's most celebrated couple. But despite the glittering diamond she wears, the newlyweds share little more than scorn for each other. Manhattan's most envied residents appear to have everything they desire- wealth, beauty, happiness. However, in a city where appearance is everything, sometimes the most practiced smiles hide the most scandalous secrets. . . . %%%Two months have passed since the dramatic homecoming of Elizabeth Holland - Manhattan society eagerly awaits her return. But Elizabeth won't rejoin her sister Diana's side. The whispers are beginning - is all as it seems behind closed doors? Uptown, Henry and Penelope Schoonmaker are the city's most celebrated couple. But despite the glittering diamond she wears, the newlyweds share little more than scorn for each other. Manhattan's most envied residents appear to have everything they desire- wealth, beauty, happiness. However, in a city where appearance is everything, sometimes the most practiced smiles hide the most scandalous secrets. . . .

Anna Godbersen was born in Berkeley, California, the daughter of a cab driver and a painter. She studied English at college, and has been assistant to the Literary Editor at Esquire magazine since 2003. She writes weekly reviews for various New York magazines, and has written several young adult novels under a pseudonym. Envy is the long-awaited sequel to her fantastically successful novels, The Luxe and Rumours.

'All the glitz of The O.C. but with bigger frocks and more dashing boys' Elle 'The bonkbuster beach read of the summer' Style, Sunday Times 'Gone with the Wind meets Gossip Girl' Camilla Morton, author of the bestselling Walking in High Heels 'Bursting with glam parties, beautiful debutantes and a good dose of scandal' Sugar