false <![CDATA[The Luxe (Luxe, #1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255589645m/1254951.jpg 1254951 12 A big, sumptuous tale of catty girls, dark secrets and windswept romance unfurls in this compulsively readable novel of late-19th-century New York City socialites. Godbersen weaves a tenuous web of deceit, backstabbing and pretense that follows four teens: Elizabeth Holland, a prim and proper lady of old-money society, is betrothed to one man, though furtively loves another; Henry Schoonmaker, a debauched playboy who must marry Elizabeth or be disinherited; Diana Holland, Elizabeth’s younger sister who is in love with her fiancé; and Penelope Hayes, a member of the nouveau riche who will stop at nothing to win Henry’s affections. As Elizabeth and Henry’s wedding approaches, the spectacle unfolds in a wondrously grandiose scene, making for a fun, though not entirely unexpected dénouement. A delicious new twist along the Gossip Girl vein, readers will clamor for this sharp, smart drama of friends, lovers, lies and betrayal. 1243729 book 20 11 2007 The Luxe (Luxe, #1) total:3905|5:1049|4:1414|3:995|2:335|1:112| 3905 14668 6584 1024 4 8 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jan 04 18:09:28 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 05 16:52:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 6 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 13:22:14 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 14:24:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 6 false false Fri Jan 18 14:12:22 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 14 09:27:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 09:26:43 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 14:24:41 -0700 2009 The Luxe is about turn of the century New York socialites falling in love and misbehaving. New York's darling debutant, Elizabeth Holland is poised to marry one of the most eligible (and debaucherous) bac...more...]]> 5 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 29 21:03:21 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 06 17:22:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 5 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 10:10:44 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 10:17:17 -0800 2009 Gossip Girl series and stating that the writing left rather a lot to be desired. Oh, I thought sadly. That's too bad. It looked better tha...more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue May 06 02:38:22 -0700 2008 Tue May 06 02:38:39 -0700 2008
One of the elite, one of the daughters of New York society, is dead.

In life, the lovely and fair Elizabeth Holland is everything a young, turn-of-the-century girl of her position ought to be. But, it's not easy to be proper and...more...]]> 4 4 false false Sun Jul 13 19:00:49 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 13 19:52:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 3 false false Sat Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 15:11:18 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 04 04:26:58 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jul 13 16:14:32 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 26 10:47:57 -0700 2008


Then time flashes back and we are take...more...]]> 3 4 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 14 15:23:14 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 10:46:16 -0700 2008
I admit I've only...more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 30 11:27:43 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 17 09:38:40 -0800 2008 here are my thoughts half-way through, and I don't expect them to change:

1. every review I caught of this made it out to be "gossip girl, 1899"--it's not. the comparison is obvious enough (rich ki...more...]]> 1 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 30 18:56:32 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 15:38:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false true Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 17:43:03 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 13:38:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 02:01:40 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 02:07:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 07:37:36 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 07:40:46 -0700 2009 4 1 false false Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 00:12:41 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 18:38:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 19:27:31 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 19:27:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 07:47:33 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 08:02:52 -0800 2009
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Five teens living in turn of the century Manhattan face difficult decisions when it comes to love and duty. When the Holland sisters find their family in sudden poverty, one sister must decide whether to remain destitute and marry for love, or marry to maintain their family's wea...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1254951