Cordelia Grey and Letty Larkspur are no longer country bumpkins after a month in the Big Apple. Astrid Donal has drawn the girls into her plush world of the elite and privileged. But the money and fame comes at a price.
While Cordelia works to understand her newly discovered family and enjoys the perks of being the daughter of bootlegging mogul Darius Grey she is still reeling from Thom Hale's betrayal and her father's death. She allows her brother, Charlie, to draw her deeper and deeper into the family business. Cordelia plots her revenge on Thom as the summer days grow longer, but is distracted by the young aviator Max Darby, his disdain for her lifestyle, his immunity to her charms, and his aeroplane.
Letty has come to New York in hopes of becoming a star and she won't let anyone stand in her way. Her initial surprise at the number of pretty, talented, young girls flooding the city is pushed aside when the position offered in Cordelia's speakeasy is offered to another. Letty feels betrayed by her friend and decides to join the chorus line, stressing her relationship with Grady Lodge - who is not has he seemed. As she struggles to maintain her standards everything Letty has worked for threatens to come tumbling down around her now-fashionable shoulders.
Astrid is swept up by Charlie and the glittering world he offers her. Believing herself ready to marry Charlie Astrid moves into the Grey mansion, but Charlie is a different man after his father's death. When Charlie's ambitions have business pushing into dangerous territory it may be the girls who suffer the consequences when Astrid is kidnapped by Thom Hale and his gang.
Set in the glistening last days of the Roaring Twenties Astrid, Cordelia, and Letty enjoy the height of fashion and danger as they flaunt the Prohibition restrictions on alcohol. As the stakes rise the three young women focus on the ties that bind them both as an anchor and lodestone linking their futures. Aimed at teens, readers who enjoyed Godbersen's Luxe series will enjoy this second installment of the Bright Young Things series.
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