Gold Diggers: A Novel

ENTER THE WORLD OF “GUCCI, GLITZ, AND GLAMOUR”* IN THIS DELICIOUSLY DECADENT LOOK INTO THE LIVES OF THE YOUNG, THE RICH, THE BEAUTIFUL, AND THE CONNIVING

Paulette, Gillian, and Reese are three gold diggers who have dollar signs in their eyes and gold digging in their DNA. Lauren is Paulette’s pampered cousin who never fails to remind Paulette of how different their lives have always been—Lauren the daughter of wealthy black urbanites and Paulette the daughter of the family black sheep who married “beneath her family pedigree.” Paulette will stop at nothing—not even sleeping with her cousin Lauren’s husband—to gain the social status she feels she rightfully deserves. Gillian is a second-generation gold digger and, having learned from the best, strategically sleeps her way to Hollywood—but does she have the talent to be a lasting star? Reese is a career basketball groupie turned NBA trophy wife, and she wears it well, taking advantage of everything her new position affords; but when she finds out that DL may be more than just her husband’s best friend’s initials, she may be forced to realize that all that glitters isn’t gold. The stunningly beautiful, well-bred, but nave Lauren is the secret envy of her friends. She seems to have all the creature comforts money can buy, but when she’s confronted with a crisis of her own, just how will she respond?

Chronicles the zany intrigues, exploits, and machinations of three gold-digging young women--Paulette, who will do anything to achieve the social status she feels she deserves; Gillian, following in her mother's footsteps and sleeping her way to Hollywood fame; and Reese, a basketball groupie turned NBA trophy wife--and their nave, wealthy friend, Lauren. Original. 30,000 first printing.

TRACIE HOWARD is the author or coauthor of five books: Revenge Is Best Served Cold (with Danita Carter), Success Is the Best Revenge (with Danita Carter), Talk of the Town (with Danita Carter), Why Sleeping Dogs Lie, and Never Kiss and Tell. She is a former columnist for Savoy magazine, and is the owner of a lifestyle accessories company called Ethos, whose products debuted in Barneys in Fall 2006. She lives with her husband in New Jersey.

* Kimberla Lawson Roby, New York Times bestselling author of CHANGING FACES