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Lucy Ellis moved to the Big Apple to pursue her lifelong dream of
becoming a fashion designer, but the native Midwesterner has just about
had it with the city. A mousy, self-conscious girl trapped in a job at a
designer sweatshop, Lucy has been mistreated, road-blocked, and
otherwise insulted since her arrival. Overwhelmed by city life, Lucy is
about to pack it all in and return home to Minnesota. Then she meets
Wyatt. After being publicly dissed by the glamour girl he’d been
dating, man-about-town (and bored Ph.D. anthropologist) Wyatt Hayes
wants to prove he’s still at the top of his game and boasts to his best
friend that he can transform any girl—even wallflower Lucy Ellis—into
this year’s “It” girl. If he can fool the upper crust of New York
society into thinking an impostor like Lucy is the real thing, he can
rip the chiffon veil off the whole Park Avenue social scene. Lucy’s
an unlikely candidate to become a red-carpet butterfly, but she
considers it her last resort and jumps at the opportunity to “become
somebody” in New York. Wyatt begins to rigorously train Lucy in the
style, sounds, and sensibilities of socialites born with entire sets of
silver spoons in their mouths. Three months of preparation culminate in
Lucy’s appearance at the ultra-exclusive Fashion Forum Gala, where Lucy
and Wyatt finally confront New York’s aristocracy—and their feelings for
each other. Set against the glittering backdrop of contemporary Manhattan, The Overnight Socialite puts a 21st-century sheen on a timeless story of transformation and unlikely love.
Amelia Lockwood doesn't mean to sound greedy. She's got a fabulous career in television, a posh apartment, and four fiercely loyal and wickedly funny friends. The only thing she's missing is a husband. So she swallows her pride, signs up for dating boot camp, and enlists the help of a professional—an acidic New Yorker with a black belt in "tongue fu"—who'll help Amelia apply proven business-marketing principles to finding her dream man. Amelia's first assignment is to track down all the lovers she's ever lost—from the guy who dumped her during Live Aid to her most painfully recent ex, he-whose-name-shall-forever-remain-unspoken—because her future happiness depends on her tackling lesson number one: If you can't learn from your past, how will you ever move forward?