"When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they've dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive.... As Alice is getting to know her neighbors, she discovers a devastating secret about her new home, and begins to feel a strong connection with Nina, the therapist who lived there before. Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened two years before....

"Liz McGinnis never imagined herself living in a luxurious gated community like The Palms. Ever since she and her family moved in, she's felt like an outsider amongst the Stepford-like wives and their obnoxiously spoiled children. Still, she's determined to make it work--if not for herself, then for her husband, Phil, who landed them this lavish home in the first place, and for her daughter, Danielle, who's about to enter high school. Yet underneath...

In Dubai, Lea, Roy and their daughter Cara live in a gated community reserved for foreign workers. Roy deals with problems at Dream World, a futuristic beach complex. Lea finds herself a virtual prisoner in a land where Western women are regarded with indifference and suspicion. When an outspoken ex-pat dies in a suspicious accident, it's the first in a string of terrible occurrences that divide the foreign workers. What happens in a world where only...