02493cam a2200325 i 4500 1908157273 TxAuBib 20250207120000.0 210120s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780525479178 0525479171 (OCoLC)1232071587 TxAuBib rda Brown, Janelle, author. Pretty things : a novel / Janelle Brown. 2021 Random House Trade Paperback edition. New York : Random House, 2021. 478 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Two wildly different women - one a grifter, the other an heiress - are brought together by the scam of a lifetime. Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy liberal arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in LA alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. Nina learned from the best: Her mother was the original con artist, hustling to give her daughter a decent childhood despite their wayward life. But when her mom gets sick, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, even if it means running her most audacious, dangerous scam yet. Vanessa is a privileged young heiress who wanted to make her mark in the world. Instead she becomes an Instagram influencer - traveling the globe, receiving free clothes and products, and posing for pictures in exotic locales. But behind the covetable façade is a life marked by tragedy. After a broken engagement, Vanessa retreats to her family's sprawling mountain estate, Stonehaven: a mansion of dark secrets not just from Vanessa's past, but from that of a lost and troubled girl named Nina. Nina's, Vanessa's, and Lachlan's paths collide here, on the cold shores of Lake Tahoe, where their intertwined lives give way to a winter of aspiration and desire, duplicity and revenge. This dazzling, twisty, mesmerizing novel showcases acclaimed author Janelle Brown at her best, as two brilliant, damaged women try to survive the greatest game of deceit and destruction they will ever play.--Amazon. 20250207. Theft Fiction. Rich people Fiction. Deception Fiction. Mansions Fiction. Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) lcgft