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    <![CDATA[The Luxe (Luxe, #1)]]>
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    <![CDATA[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.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another Christmas gift, and one I wanted to read very much when it first came out, but shied away from somewhat after reading several reviews comparing it to the <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22188.Gossip_Girl_Gossip_Girl_Book_1_" title="Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl, Book 1) by Cecily von Ziegesar">Gossip Girl</a> 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...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42468545">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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