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featured Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club on their

“The best new books to read:

Top releases updated weekly",

by Mackenzie Dawson

"A dazzling tale of strong women, the mega rich, and a mysterious murder. All set against the backdrop of a tony resort town. The book transports us.”

Susannah Marren,

A Palm Beach Wife &
A Palm Beach Scandal 


Glamour, Style, High Society and

the Delicious Seductive Powers of the Ultra-rich.

Julia Wild traded her legal briefcase for stiletto heels and a glam wardrobe when she accepted the position as a high society fundraiser at the prestigious Addison Center Performing Arts Center. This high profile center is supported by mega-donations from the ultra-rich in Royal Coconut Beach, but the gala lifestyle is a minefield.


The schedule is punishing and Julia’s boss is having an affair with an important donor (is this what it takes to get big donations?) and someone is trying to sabotage her job. As she begins to doubt her new career choice, she weakens to the seduction of the elite social circles and allure of becoming a fundraising rainmaker. 


But what really matters are the fascinating and strong-willed women who become her confidantes. They meet regularly for lunch, gossip, subtle lessons, and cocktails – while they dissect the wealth-fueled dynamics of the rich and powerful. 

 

The deeper Julia is drawn into this world, the more reality and fantasy blur, and fault lines in her marriage surface. When she meets a debonair Argentinian billionaire, moral ambiguities and temptations are stirred. Will this fascinating man push her to her limit? Will she listen to her new companions who offer their smarts and feminist sensibilities? 

It is only when a suspicion caused by an untimely death blows up the carefully constructed glittering mask of the moneyed set that Julia realizes she must decide whose side to take—and how willing she is to risk everything?

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Featuring the compelling and narrative driven storytelling style of novelist Diane Bergner, "Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club" is a fully engaging and riveting read…


"Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club" is especially impressive considering that it is author Diane Bergner's debut as a novelist. Simply stated, "Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club" is an unreservedly recommended addition to community library Contemporary Romance collections.

Glamour, Style, High Society and

the Delicious Seductive Powers of the Ultra-rich.

Julia Wild traded her legal briefcase for stiletto heels and a glam wardrobe when she accepted the position as a high society fundraiser at the prestigious Addison Center Performing Arts Center. This high profile center is supported by mega-donations from the ultra-rich in Royal Coconut Beach, but the gala lifestyle is a minefield.


The schedule is punishing and Julia’s boss is having an affair with an important donor (is this what it takes to get big donations?) and someone is trying to sabotage her job. As she begins to doubt her new career choice, she weakens to the seduction of the elite social circles and allure of becoming a fundraising rainmaker. 


But what really matters are the fascinating and strong-willed women who become her confidantes. They meet regularly for lunch, gossip, subtle lessons, and cocktails – while they dissect the wealth-fueled dynamics of the rich and powerful. 

 

The deeper Julia is drawn into this world, the more reality and fantasy blur, and fault lines in her marriage surface. When she meets a debonair Argentinian billionaire, moral ambiguities and temptations are stirred. Will this fascinating man push her to her limit? Will she listen to her new companions who offer their smarts and feminist sensibilities? 

It is only when a suspicion caused by an untimely death blows up the carefully constructed glittering mask of the moneyed set that Julia realizes she must decide whose side to take—and how willing she is to risk everything?

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About Diane

DIANE BERGNER is the former Chief Development Officer at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Before joining the Kravis Center, Bergner was an attorney in her native New York City, and the Director of Public Sector Career Services at Hofstra University School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree.


As a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® she has served in leadership roles on several not-for-profit boards in Palm Beach County.


She is a member of The Writers’ Academy at the Kravis Center and was the runner-up in the Best Writer in Palm Beach County, hosted by The Palm Beach Book Festival. Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club is her first novel.

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Events

HADASSAH, SIMCHA CHAPTER (AVENTURA, FL)

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024, at 12:00pm

An Author Lunch at the Plaza

Palm Beach scribe Diane Bergner will discuss her novel “ROYAL COCONUT BEACH LUNCH CLUB". It gives a glimpse into the glamour and style of high society ultra-rich. A lovely lunch will be served. Prize drawings..... READ MORE>



THE SOCIETY OF THE FOUR ARTS (PALM BEACH, FL)

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 1:30pm

"Florida Voices" Series: Diane Bergner

Course Description: Everyone has a story. You must start somewhere.

Royal Coconut Beach Lunch Club gives us an inside look at the world of high society fundraising and philanthropy. Debut author Diane Bergner will join The Society of the Four Arts in the Gioconda and Joseph King Library to discuss this novel, and how her own experiences inspired her to write fiction. Through the fictional lens of...... READ MORE >


Contact Diane

For interviews and other inquires contact: Meryl Moss Media

meryl@merylmossmedia.com

203.226.0199

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