In this clever, tantalizing, absorbing novel, Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal McCrary Anthony guide us through a world of luxury, class, style, and extravagance with an incredible view of Mahattan. From the bedroom to the boardroom, to the art world, to philanthropic jet set, to the hottest spots, this moving story explores seduction, scandal, excess, betrayal, desire, dreams, and deception through one-of-a-Kind characters:

Manny Marks reinvented himself from his hum-ble Southern beginnings to bon vivant real-estate broker to the colliding worlds of Manhattan 's colorful elite. Now corrupted by the city's hype, learning the hard way that every-thing has a price tag-friendship…loyalty…love…even his soul.

Tandy Brooks, fading society queen, loves the high life, and her “ friends” Ed and Lauren Thomas have everything she needs to keep her afloat in the shark- infested waters of Manhattan . Manny Marks is her partner in deception and betrayal, before even he knows it.

Ed Thomas is a delf-made man of power and prestige with refined in art, literature, and women, but his roguish ways could mean facing his own demons and losing the one posses-sion he treasures the most-his wife.

Lauren Thomas, accomplished African-American princess, believed in the fairy tale when she married Ed for love, even temporarily putting aside her own dreams. But is love enough to sustain her marriage …nourish her spirit… and protect her from the vultures of New York City ?

With this compelling first novel, Tonya Lewis Lee and Crystal McCrary Anthony give us a rare glimpse inside the fashionable and urbane world of New York City's African-American society and its intricate scandals, foibles, and skeletons, foibles, and skeletons. Gotham Diaries is a gripping tale, filled with fascinating char-acters and a plot that won't let go.

 

TONYA LEWIS LEE (left), former corporate attor-ney turned writer and children's television producer, is also co-author of the successful children's book Please Baby Please. Since 1998 she has produced various programming for Nickelodeon and Noggin. She lives in New York with her husband, Spike Lee, and their two children.
CRYSTAL McCRARY ANTHONY was an enter-tainment attorney in Manhattan before pursuing a writing career. Since that time she has written for several magazines and co-authored the Blackboard best-selling novel Homecourt Advantage. She lives in New York City with her two chidren.