Hard-nosed bitch-goddess London fashion editor Lisa Edwards was certain her "fabulous" promotion would mean more A-list parties, society page photos, and jet-setting jaunts to the fall collections. Instead, she's being deported, prada wardrobe and all, to supremely un-chic Dublin to launch Colleen magazine.

"What if everything you know about the worst night of your life turns out not to be true? Nine years ago, with the world's eyes on her, Charlie Colbert fled. The press and the police called Charlie a "witness" to the nightmarish events at her elite graduate school on Christmas Eve--events known to the public as "Scarlet Christmas"--though Charlie knows she was much more than that. Now, Charlie has meticulously rebuilt her life: She's the editor-in-chief...

Overdue bills and constant mother vs. mother-in-law battles at home are bad enough. But crafts editor Anastasia Pollack's stress level is maxed out when she and her fellow American Woman editors get roped into unpaid gigs for a revamped morning TV show. Before the glue is dry on Anastasia's mop dolls, morning TV turns crime drama when the studio is trashed and the producer is murdered. Former co-hosts Vince and Monica- sleazy D-list celebrities- stand...

Passed over for promotion at Trend magazine and dumped by her boyfriend, Nina O'Malley is then assigned one of the "soft" stories she despises -- covering a gala benefit supporting the AIDS Memorial Quilt. More determined than ever to prove herself, Nina decides to write a series featuring a local quilting group raising money for AIDS research. At the event, she runs into her high school nemesis. Greg is now a widower and the adoptive father of an...