Rumors (Luxe, #2)

by Anna Godbersen

[Whitney @ First Impressions Reviews]

All eyes are on those closest to the dearly departed: her mischievous sister, Diana, now the family's only hope for redemption; New York's most notorious cad, Henry Schoonmaker, the flame Elizabeth never extinguished; the seductive Penelope Hayes, poised to claim all that her best friend left behind—including Henry; even Elizabeth's scheming former maid, Lina Broud, who discovers that while money matters and breeding counts, gossip is the new currency.

I thought for this review I'd do a run down on all the characters.

Elizabeth it appears has been inducted into Sainthood after her untimely death and because of such, keeps creeping back into dark corners.

Diana is looked upon as the poor younger sister to the deceased Elizabeth Holland and has tossed in her lap saving the Holland name. After her sister's disappearance she pursues a secret love affair with her former fiance Henry Schoonmaker and that really takes center stage for interest in the book. Think Madonna's "Like A Virgin".

Penelope is a conniving bitch and if there is any character development at all it is that she has become more ruthless since her on-again off-again best friend's untimely death.

Lina has been dismissed from the Holland home and after her former mistress's departure sets her sights on finding Will in California, but first she has to make herself a refined lady. During her first few rocky days on her own she befriends a con from Lord and Taylors and finds herself a sugar daddy. She also begins to follow in Penelope's footsteps.

This is a very engrossing series of books with a huge twist at the end that left me a little sad. At the moment there can be no happiness for the Holland girls. But it always gets darker before the light doesn't it? Maybe there's still hope before all these intertwining stories come crashing down.