Overview

Long-ago sins. A family on the brink. Set against the seduction of Palm Beach high society, Palm Beach Confidential is a riveting novel of deception, power, and survival. Lucinda Barrows came to Palm Beach to escape her past-and conquer a world defined by wealth, beauty, and ruthless social codes. Now she has everything she set out to claim: a seat at every elite table and three stunning daughters basking in the shelter of privilege. Beneath the family's renown, Lucinda's life is in turmoil. Out of nowhere, her carefully constructed legacy is threatened. While discretion is offered, the price is steep. Suddenly the daughters are forced to choose between their mother and the truth. Who will prevail ... and who will fall from grace?

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PRAISE FOR THE PALM BEACH NOVELS ""Riveting . . . filled with betrayal, passion, aspiration, and deep emotion . . . A Palm Beach Wife doesn't pull any punches. I couldn't put it down."" -ELYSSA FRIEDLAND, author of The Intermission ""The mystery catches your attention, but Marren's vivid characters seal the deal. Maribelle and her sisters are complicated and brilliant heroines, determined to be remembered and make their mark."" -TERESA SORKIN, co-author of Lacie's Secrets ""Sisters, husbands, scandal, business, and betrayal. This intriguing novel about deception, marriage, and the high society Palm Beach scene will keep you turning the page until the surprise ending."" -SONDRA HELENE, author of the best-selling novel, Appearances ""Susannah Marren returns to familiar territory . . . navigating us through the glitzy, cutthroat world of the Palm Beach elite. . . . An insightful look and welcome addition to the literature of mothers, daughters, and sisters-richer and more relevant today than ever."" -ANNE WHITNEY PIERCE, author of Down to the River ""Another stunning novel from Susannah Marren set in Palm Beach. Exploring the intricacies and interplay of family loyalty, romance, and high society, Marren never ceases to amaze."" -JACQUELINE FRIEDLAND, USA Today best-selling author of He Gets That from Me ""With a penetrating eye for tribal nuance, Susannah Marren returns to Palm Beach, where wearing the wrong shade of lipstick can be social suicide. Maribelle's Shadow explores how a mother and three daughters transplanted from nowhere play the ambition game with chilling skill."" SALLY KOSLOW, best-selling author of The Real Mrs. Tobias

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Under the pen name of Susannah Marren, Susan Shapiro Barash is the author of the Palm Beach series, which includes A Palm Beach Wife, A Palm Beach Scandal, Maribelle's Shadow, and Palm Beach Confidential. She is also the author of the novel Between the Tides.Under her given name, Susan has written over a dozen nonfiction books, including Tripping the Prom Queen, You're Grounded Forever ... But First Let's Go Shopping, and Estranged: How Strained Female Friendships Are Mended or Ended. For more than twenty years, she taught gender studies in the Writing Department at Marymount Manhattan College and has guest-taught creative nonfiction at the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. She belongs to Greenwich Pen Women (Pen Women America), NYWIFT, the Authors Guild and ASJA.

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