Dinner at eight: Social climbing Millicent and Oliver Jordan throw a dinner for a bunch of New York society types, each of whom has much to reveal. Libeled lady: New York's Evening Star is sued by Connie Allensbury for $5 million for libel with claims that she is a home wrecker. The editor of the newspaper concocts a plan to catch Connie with a married man in order for the suit to be dropped. The editor may need a plan B when his personal life get...

A poor young woman reinvents herself to get revenge on the family of the man she loves. Maricruz fell in love with Octavio; however his snobbish family mistreated her and forced her to run away to Mexico City. A rich man takes her under his wing and transforms her into a successful business woman. Now, with her new identity, wealth and power, Maricruz returns for revenge. Will the love she shared with Octavio be rekindled, and can it tame her vengeful...

"Run and Hide is Pankaj Mishra's intimate story of achieving material progress at great moral and emotional cost. It is also the story of a changing country and global order, and the inequities of class and gender that map onto our most intimate relationships"--

Three upscale girls from Mexico's elite class who have enjoyed the good life because of their parents' connections have grown up to become beautiful and powerful women. Nevertheless, they have no education or respect for other people with less material possessions. But destiny has a surprise that will make them confront their reality.

"In the gripping prequel to the blockbuster best seller ... discover exactly how Amber Patterson transformed from small-town girl to master manipulator-after all, practice makes perfect."

The "New Yorker" artist and writer and the late-night comic host present a satirical survey of the "universally detested" wealthy elite that lampoons their megalomaniacal fantasies, environmental recklessness and moral indecency.

"A dying man brings his oldest friends together for one last beach blowout in this witty, heartfelt novel from the author of Last Couple Standing. At just thirty-five, reclusive billionaire Robbie Malcolm is a renowned financial prognosticator, a celebrated philanthropist, and a mathematical genius. Also, he's dying, which is a fact he's carefully concealing from the world. As he takes stock, Robbie realizes that his wealth means nothing if he can't...