Friends & Fauxs: A Novel [Paperback]

Tracie Howard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 28, 2009

Tracie Howard is back with all of the Gucci, glitz, and glamour in this steamy follow-up to her smash hit Gold Diggers!
Gillian Tillman learned all about landing a wealthy man from her globe-trotting mother, Imelda, but this second-generation gold digger has a style all her own. With big dreams of becoming a huge star, she slept her way right into the million-dollar mansion of her now-husband, star-producer Brandon Russell. He not only launched Gillian’s film career, but landed her the starring and Oscar-nominated role in the hit film Gold Diggers. But all that glitters may not be gold. Gillian wrestles with the real possibility that Brandon may be a mob-connected money launderer, and worse yet, may have had a hand in the murder of her friend Paulette. When pictures of her naked surface on the Internet, both Gillian’s Oscar dreams and her marriage are threatened, even though she swears they aren’t of her. Meanwhile her best friends are struggling with issues of their own. Reese’s beloved son falls ill and she’s forced to decide between spilling a long-kept secret and saving his life, and Lauren’s hard-won happiness is threatened by a shocking betrayal.
Buckle your seatbelt as the lives of these larger-than-life characters intersect in a wild, page-turning romp.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Tracie Howard whips up a potent mix of social climbing and sin in Friends & Fauxs... [A] tantalizing peek behind Hollywood's velvet ropes." —Essence Magazine


Friends & Fauxs is the perfect sequel to Gold Diggers by Tracie Howard. Howard expertly brings back the characters of the previous book while adding even more drama than ever before… full of the page-turning glitz, glamour and high society drama that you can expect from Tracie Howard.  –Urban Reviews (five out of five stars)
 


Praise for Gold Diggers:

"Sex, lies, and intrigue at their page-turning best!" —E. Lynn Harris, New York Times bestselling author of I Say a Little Prayer

About the Author

Tracie Howard is the author of six books, including Revenge Is Best Served Cold (co-authored), Why Sleeping Dogs Lie, Never Kiss and Tell, Gold Diggers and Friends and Fauxs. She is a former columnist and lifestyle editor for Savoy magazine, and a current  contributor to UpTown Magazine, among others. Tracie was recently a visiting professor at Institut Superieure de Management in Senegal, Dakar. She is also co-owner of a fashion/lifestyle company called Ethos and lives with her husband in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Broadway (July 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767929934
• ISBN-13: 978-0767929936
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #446,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Tracie Howard
Author/Businesswoman/Style Arbituer/International Lecturer

It's not often that an author who is widely-known for creating diverse, intelligent, sophisticated and charismatic characters, literally could have stepped off the pages of any one of her books. Tracie Howard is just such a person.
As a writer, she has completed six nationally-acclaimed novels which uniquely depict the glamorous side of contemporary urban culture. Her eagerly-awaited follow-up to the best-seller Gold Diggers, is Friends & Fauxs (Random House), a titillating glimpse into the world of celebrity, pop culture, friendship, and betrayal. The book will be in stores on July 28, 2009.

Combining a passion for travel, culture and education with her celebrated work in the fiction world, Ms. Howard recently completed a semester in Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso as a guest lecturer/professor at the Institut Superieur de Management. Based in Dakar, she was chosen for this prestigious honor as an acknowledgement of her expertise regarding the complex leadership issues which African and African-American decision-makers, law-makers, and parents jointly face.

While there, she touched the lives of over 1,000 African youths on a wide-ranging host of related subject matters and topics, including the global responsibility each one shares towards ensuring the continent's rightful place in a rapidly changing--and increasingly challenging---geo-political landscape.
As a business executive, Ms. Howard honed her skills at some of the world's most prestigious organizations, including the Xerox Company, Johnson and Johnson, American Express and The Olympic Committee. In 2008, she was selected (and served) as a ranking member of President Barack Obama's Finance Committee during his historic election campaign.

Often recognized for her impeccable fashion sense and beauty, Ms. Howard is a regular fixture in both local and national publications. Along with having been recognized as one of today's most stylish women by Ebony Magazine in 2008, she was voted as one of Jezebel Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful. In March 2009, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution featured her as one of their most of the City's most stylish women.

Tracie resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Her past works (which are available at major retailers) include "Gold Diggers", "Why Sleeping Dogs Lie" and "Never Kiss and Tell".
www.TracieHoward.com
www.FaceBook.com/TracieHoward

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glitz, Glamour and High Society Drama!, September 17, 2009

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This review is from: Friends & Fauxs: A Novel (Paperback)

Gillian, Reese, and Lauren are back with more secrets, lies, and scandal. Gillian has always prided herself on not being like her master gold digging mother Imelda. But she may just be a second version of her mother now that she's married to wealthy superstar producer Brandon Russell. Brandon launched her career by helping her land a lead role in the Oscar-nominated film Gold Diggers. From the outside looking in, Gillian's life looks near perfect...but looks can be deceiving. Thoughts of Brandon having something to do with her friend Paulette's murder and being involved in other illegal activities plagues Gillian's mind. Things turn for the worse when some potentially damaging photos that Gillian doesn't remember taking show up on the internet. Unbeknownst to Gillian, her mother Imelda has a secret of her own that could turn her world upside down. Reese is happily wealthy thanks to a hefty divorce settlement from her ex-husband NBA player Chris Nolan. She's on cloud nine until her child becomes sick. With her child in a life and death situation, Reese has to try to save her child's life any way she can. But will she risk uncovering a scandalous secret in order to do it? Lauren is in absolute bliss running around the world with her boyfriend Gideon. Lauren is finally ready to come back to the U.S. to reunite with her parents and friends. But Lauren is in for the shock of her life when she uncovers what her mother Mildred has been up to.

Friends & Fauxs is the perfect sequel to Gold Diggers by Tracie Howard. Howard expertly brings back the characters of the previous book while adding even more drama than ever before. You see how the tragic death of Paulette really changed the lives of Gillian, Reese, and Lauren. Howard also does a good job of incorporating strong secondary characters into this story like Max, Imelda, and Mildred. Readers will be shocked when it is finally revealed who murdered Paulette and why. Although this is a sequel, you do not have to read Gold Diggers in order to read this book. There is enough background information given from the first book that you can read this without feeling like you missed something. However, after reading Friends and Fauxs you may want to go back and pick up the first book. Friends & Fauxs is full of the page-turning glitz, glamour and high society drama that you can expect from Tracie Howard.

Reviewed by Radiah Hubbert
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars "Only In Hollywood!", October 24, 2009

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L. D. Brown ""Novel Diva"" (Compton,Ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Friends & Fauxs: A Novel (Paperback)

This novel was full of surprises but to be truthful to myself I liked "Gold Diggers" better than this. Don't get me wrong this novel was good it's just that some plots in the story were alittle over the top. One thing I will say is Maximillian Neuman III sure gets around.

5.0 out of 5 stars MORE MONEY MORE PROBLEMS, June 13, 2010

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This review is from: Friends & Fauxs: A Novel (Paperback)

FRIENDS AND FAUXS WAS A GREAT SEQUEL TO GOLD DIGGERS. THIS BOOK PROVES THE SAYING MORE MONEY MORE PROBLEMS IS TRUE. MILDRED AND MAX WERE A TRIP!!! THE DRAMA IN THIS BOOK IS CRAZY AND HAD ME FLIPPING THE PAGES LIKE A MADWOMAN. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MS. HOWARD. CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!