False friends and scandalous gossip abound in this “compulsively readable” YA series “of friends, lovers, lies, and betrayal” in Gilded Age New York (Kirkus, on The Luxe).

After losing New York’s brightest star, Elizabeth Holland, rumors continue to fly about her untimely demise. And all eyes are on those closest to the dearly departed . . .

Elixabeth’s mischievous sister, Diana, is now the family’s only hope for redemption. The flame Elizabeth never extinguished, Henry Schoonmaker, may just be New York’s most notorious cad. The seductive Penelope Hayes is poised to claim all that her best friend left behind—including Henry. Even Elizabeth’s scheming former maid, Lina Broud, is about to discover that while money still matters, gossip is the new currency.