High Society Fiction

An engrossing debut novel that cannily reimagines the extraordinary life and mysterious death of bohemian Georgetown socialite Mary Pinchot Meyer— secret lover of JFK, ex-wife of a CIA chief, sexual adventurer, LSD explorer and early feminist living by her own rules. She was a longtime lover...

Wenn es um die Liebe geht, wird auch schon mal geflunkert. Doch was passiert, wenn zwei Lügner aufeinandertreffen? Es wird kompliziert ... Isabelle: Als erfolgreiche Maklerin für New Yorks High Society bewege ich mich mühelos durch die Welt der Reichen und Schönen – als wäre ich eine von ihnen. Im Job top – in der Liebe eine Niete. So sieht leider die Realität aus, nachdem mich mein Traummann mit einer anderen betrogen hat. Um mein Leben wieder in den Griff zu bekommen, flüchte ich in eine ruhige Strandhütte auf Long Island.

Unwiderstehliche Feelgood Historical Romance ab 14 mit spannender Detektivhandlung und kribbeligem Fake Dating! Brave Ladys folgen den Regeln – mutige schreiben ihre eigenen. Marigold Bloom steckt in Schwierigkeiten: Ihr Verlobter gibt ihr den Laufpass, und im Rosenkrieg droht sie nun den Blumenladen zu verlieren, der seit Generationen ihrer Familie gehört. Ausgerechnet der miesgelaunte Oliver Lockhart ist Maris Rettung: Dank ihm wird sie die neueste Rekrutin der Agency for Scandal, und für einen Fall sollen die beiden sich als frisch verlobtes Paar ausgeben.

Zum 100. Todestag von Henry James am 28. Februar 2016. In den öden Sommermonaten um die Jahrhundertwende vertreibt sich die Londoner High Society die Zeit mit Ausschweifungen und Seitensprüngen. All die verbotenen Verabredungen gelangen durch die Gitterstäbe des Telegrafenschalters in die Hände einer jungen namenlosen Frau. Aus den kryptischen Anspielungen und Abkürzungen der Telegramme reimt sie sich die Geheimnisse dahinter zusammen, besonders die Liebelei des schmucken Captain Everard zieht sie in ihren Bann.

Meet the Days, Howards, Madisons, and Lees. Four wealthy couples obsessed with keeping up appearances. Pearson, Vonita, Nadalia, and Ryan want the world to believe that they live flawlessly prosperous lives, but behind the custom-made doors of their elaborate mansions lie salacious secrets that are becoming harder to hide. Saving face may be a priority for these wives, but scandal, addiction, financial ruin, and infidelity threaten to reveal their truths to the world - and worst of all, each other.

Eine Liebe, die alles verändert: die Tochter des Stallmeisters und der Erbe der Burnham Dynastie Cathy hat sich nie für das Leben der Schönen und Reichen interessiert. Doch als sie unerwartet zu ihrem Vater ziehen muss, der als Stallmeister auf dem Burnham-Anwesen arbeitet, wird sie in die dunklen Machenschaften der aristokratischen Familie verwickelt. Besonders Josh, der 18-jährige Enkel des Earls, verkörpert alles, was Cathy nicht ausstehen kann – bis ein Mord die Familie erschüttert und Cathys Vater ins Visier der Ermittlungen gerät.

Brave Ladys folgen den Regeln – mutige schreiben ihre eigenen. Historical Romance mit feministischer Detektiv-Handlung: Das perfekte Wohlfühl-Hörbuch für alle Hörer*innen ab 13! Izzy Stanhope hat viele Geheimnisse: etwa, dass sie Hals über Kopf in einen Duke verliebt ist, der nicht einmal weiß, dass sie existiert. Oder dass ihre Familie hoch verschuldet ist, was niemand je erfahren darf. Und dann ist da noch die Tatsache, dass sie mühelos jedes Schloss knacken kann und sich regelmäßig als Straßenjunge verkleidet.

"So funny, smart, sophisticated, and captivating, you just want to spend your whole life with it."--Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians In this modern reimagining of Jane Austen's Emma, Delhi's polite society is often anything but polite. Beautiful, clever, and more than a little bored, Ania...

Suspenseful and cinematic, New York Times bestseller Bittersweet exposes the gothic underbelly of an idyllic world of privilege and an outsider’s hunger to belong. On scholarship at a prestigious East Coast college, ordinary Mabel Dagmar is surprised to befriend her roommate, the beautiful...

“Murder, blackmail, and betrayal, all set against the glittering backdrop of Washington society.” —The Today Show No one knows the world of high society better that New York Times bestselling author Jane Stanton Hitchcock—and no one captures its behind-the-scenes scandals and...

EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL “Startlingly inventive.”—The New York Times Book Review “A sheer delight to read . . . I had no idea what was going to happen from one page to the next.”—Kate Atkinson On the grubby outskirts of Paris, Grace restores bric-a-brac, mends teapots...

Kyle Stilleno is no longer the invisible boy, and he doesn't quite know how he feels about it. On one hand, he now has a great boyfriend, Brad Greymark, and a handful of new friends, and even a new job. On the other hand, no one screamed obscenities at him in public when he was invisible.

A masterful portrait of desire and betrayal that takes place during the sumptuous Gilded Age, The Age of Innocence questions the morals and assumptions of elite 1870s New York society when "scandal was more dreaded than disease." Newland Archer, gentleman lawyer and heir to one of New York City's best families, is happily anticipating a highly desirable marriage to the beautiful but conventional May Welland—until May's exotic European cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska returns to New York society.

In this sequel to Stalking Susan, TV reporter Riley Spartz pursues a curious story of a bride left at the altar and finds herself caught in a dangerous missing-person case. When Riley Spartz sees a want ad reading “Wedding Dress for Sale: Never Worn,” her news instincts tell her that the backstory might make an intriguing television sweeps piece. The groom, Mark, last seen at the rehearsal dinner, never showed up for the wedding, humiliating his bride, Madeline—and her high-strung, high-society mother—in front of 300 guests.

Writing in the grand American tradition of Annie Dillard and Barry Lopez, Donovan Hohn is an "adventurous, inquisitive, and brightly illuminating writer" (New York Times). Since the publication of Moby-Duck a decade ago, Hohn has been widely hailed for his prize-winning essays on the borderlands between the natural and the human. The Inner Coast collects 10 of his best, many of them originally published in such magazines as the New York Times Magazine and Harper's.

A swoonworthy queer romance set against a riveting story of social change in the 1880s, this historical novel reimagines the life of America’s first stunt girl—a young undercover reporter—and her whirlwind summer of romance and fighting injustice. Seventeen-year-old Helena “Nell”...

The young aspiring poet Alexander Pope crosses paths with the coquettish Arabella and man-about-town Lord Petre at a masquerade ball. It's 1711, and the fashionable citizens of London, weary of recent political and social upheaval, are intent on simply pursuing enjoyment. But society in general is not accepting of any attraction that can't restrain itself behind at least a veneer of respectability, and Arabella and Lord Petre's intense attraction is both unacceptable and dangerous.

Probably the most famous of Edith Wharton's novels, Ethan Frome contrasts sharply with her usual ironic contemplation of the fashionable New York society to which she herself belonged and whose strengths and weaknesses she understood so well. Ethan Frome is a keenly-etched portrait of the simple inhabitants of a 19th-century New England village.

’Jane ’came out’ at fifty-seven and everybody knew it.’ So begins this heartwarming tale of a courteous country maid who comes into a vast inheritance, and uses it to travel into high society in London. along the way, she encounters the snobs of the society set, royalty entirely without regality, and a whole host of characters that make clear just how much better off she is away from the glitz and glamour.

From New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander comes STAR OF THE EAST, a Lady Emily holiday story that will enchant readers and keep them guessing until the very last page... Emily and Colin Hargreaves make it a rule to spend as little time as possible with her parents in Kent, but are...