Two months have passed since the dramatic homecoming of Elizabeth Holland - Manhattan society eagerly awaits her return.

But Elizabeth won't rejoin her sister Diana's side. The whispers are beginning - is all as it seems behind closed doors?Uptown, Henry and Penelope Schoonmaker are the city's most celebrated couple.

But despite the glittering diamond she wears, the newlyweds share little more than scorn for each other. Manhattan's most envied residents appear to have everything they desire: wealth, beauty, happiness. However, in a city where appearance is everything, sometimes the most practiced smiles hide the most scandalous secrets. . . .