Priceless
A Novel
Nicole Richie
- Tall,
- blond,
- and
- willowy,
- this
- twenty-two-year-old
- seems
- to
- have
- everything
- going
- for
- her—she’s
- rich
- and
- gorgeous,
- a
- talented
- singer,
- and
- has
- just
- returned
- to
- her
- Park
- Avenue
- penthouse
- after
- a
- year
- studying
- in
- Paris.
- But
- since
- her
- mother’s
- tragic
- death
- years
- ago,
- her
- father,
- an
- extremely
- successful
- financier,
- has
- been
- her
- only
- family—and
- if
- she’s
- being
- honest,
- her
- only
- true
- friend.All
- that
- changes
- when
- Jacob
- Williams
- is
- arrested
- on
- charges
- of
- fraud,
- and
- the
- SEC
- freezes
- the
- family’s
- bank
- accounts.
- With
- her
- father
- in
- jail
- and
- her
- partying
- pals
- suddenly
- scarce,
- Charlotte
- escapes
- Manhattan
- and
- heads
- to
- the
- one
- place
- she
- doesn’t
- think
- anyone
- will
- come
- looking:
- New
- Orleans.Determined
- to
- rebuild
- her
- life,
- Charlotte
- moves
- in
- with
- her
- beloved
- former
- nanny
- and
- finds
- a
- job
- in
- a
- local
- restaurant.
- Between
- trying
- to
- make
- ends
- meet
- and
- hiding
- from
- her
- past,
- she
- meets
- Kat,
- a
- fellow
- fashionista
- who
- introduces
- her
- to
- the
- best
- of
- the
- Big
- Easy’s
- bohemian
- style.
- With
- Kat
- by
- her
- side,
- Charlotte
- begins
- to
- haunt
- nightclubs,
- securing
- singing
- gigs
- that
- soon
- begin
- to
- heat
- up—as
- does
- her
- friendship
- with
- a
- local
- boy,
- Jackson.But
- Charlotte’s
- being
- followed
- by
- an
- angry
- stalker
- who
- wants
- nothing
- more
- than
- to
- destroy
- her
- for
- her
- father’s
- crimes.
- And
- with
- Mardi
- Gras
- just
- around
- the
- corner,
- the
- masquerade
- has
- only
- just
- begun
- .
- .
- .From
- the
- stylish
- avenues
- of
- Manhattan
- and
- dark
- clubs
- of
- the
- French
- Quarter
- to
- the
- bright
- lights
- of
- Los
- Angeles,
- the
- multitalented
- Nicole
- Richie’s
- scintillating
- tale
- shows
- that
- the
- very
- life
- you
- run
- from
- is
- the
- one
- that
- won’t
- let
- you hide.
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