"American Gilt - Scandal" (Vol 3) The final book of the AMERICAN GILT TRILOGY continues in 1884 as Sara Swan Whiting, once a popular debutante, finds herself disgraced by divorce, and left with a child to raise alone. Previously an admired member of the social set, she is now shunned, and becomes the target of judgment and criticism by her contemporaries. Sara has a friend in Mrs. Astor, the queen of the Four Hundred, but will Mrs. Astor support Sara? Sara's daughter, Natica, born of the ill-fated marriage, is denied paternity by her father, Oliver Belmont, and subsequently the lineage of the...

"American Gilt - Debut" (Vol 1) "This was the best gilded age novel I have read in such a long time." - Ted M. "I literally could not put this book down I felt like I'd been transported to another time." - Amy H. "You will get hooked" Verified Amazon customer Based on a true story of the Gilded Age Newport, R.I. 1880 - American debutante Sara Swan Whiting has been trained for one purpose: to marry well into society. Together with her friends, Carrie Astor and Edith Jones (Wharton) Sara debuts into society and is introduced to the bachelors of New York's wealthy families, hoping to find the...

American Gilt - Absinthe (Vol 2) Paris, 1883 - The new year finds Oliver and Sara enjoying their honeymoon on the Champs-Elysees. But their holiday is interrupted by the arrival of the bride's mother and two sisters. Originally agreeing to Sara's family sharing their apartment, Oliver recants and becomes disgruntled. He offers to pay for a separate suite, but Sara refuses, embarrassed by his demands. Oliver reacts by indulging in absinthe, causing uncharacteristic mood changes, making him quarrelsome and temperamental. Sara grows frightened, realizing there is a darker side to her groom....