First published 2005
Janey Wilcox has made it. The lingerie model now moves through Manhattan's most exclusive circles, surrounded by expensive cars, polo players, and media titans. She attends parties in Fifth Avenue apartments where the champagne flows and the conversation sparkles with hidden meanings. Success has changed her. She wants more, always more, and she believes she deserves it all. But Janey's new world operates by rules she doesn't fully understand. Behind the glamorous facade, powerful people play dangerous games. Money flows like water, yet moral boundaries have dried up completely. As Janey pushes deeper into this rarefied atmosphere, she makes enemies without realizing it. Forces she cannot see begin working against her. When everything starts to crumble, Janey faces hard questions about what she truly values. Her friendships hang in the balance. Love becomes complicated by ambition. She must decide how much she will sacrifice to achieve her dreams, and whether the cost of climbing higher is worth losing herself in the process.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, social-commentary, social-satire
Setting: Manhattan, New York
Period: 21st-century
586 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Hyperion