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by Anna Godbersen

Scandal and social ambition in 1899 Manhattan

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Scandal and social ambition in 1899 Manhattan

Set among New York’s high society in 1899, this second novel in Anna Godbersen’s series turns the uncertainty surrounding Elizabeth Holland’s reported death into a contest over reputation, loyalty, and opportunity. The story shifts attention to the people nearest her: her sister Diana, Henry Schoonmaker, Penelope Hayes, and former maid Lina Broud, whose different positions in society shape what they stand to gain or lose. Gossip links the characters’ personal rivalries to the era’s social hierarchies, while questions of love, friendship, money, and family prospects give the historical setting a distinctly social focus.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in historical fiction set in nineteenth-century America.
  • Readers who enjoy stories of high-society rivalries, romance, and scandal.
  • Those following the series begun with The Luxe.

Themes

Gossip and reputationSocial class and ambitionFriendship and rivalryRomance and loyalty

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Book overview

Gossip Girl meets the Gilded Age in this delicious and compelling novel, the second in the New York Times bestselling series from author Anna Godbersen.

As old friends become rivals, Manhattan's most dazzling socialites find their futures threatened by whispers from the past. In this delicious sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Luxe, nothing is more dangerous than a scandal...or more precious than a secret.

True love. False friends. Scandalous gossip. This is Manhattan, 1899.

After bidding good-bye to New York's brightest star, Elizabeth Holland, rumors continue to fly about her untimely demise.

All eyes are on those closest to the dearly departed: her mischievous sister, Diana, now the family's only hope for redemption; New York's most notorious cad, Henry Schoonmaker, the flame Elizabeth never extinguished; the seductive Penelope Hayes, poised to claim all that her best friend left behind--including Henry; even Elizabeth's scheming former maid, Lina Broud, who discovers that while money matters and breeding counts, gossip is the new currency.

"Mystery, romance, jealousy, betrayal, humor, and gorgeous, historically accurate details. I couldn't put The Luxe down!" --Cecily von Ziegesar, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Gossip Girl series

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