Christine K. Schott

It’s a big month for perennial Palm Beach power couple, Susan and James Patterson. Their new book, “The Mother-Daughter Book Club,” just made the New York Times bestseller list with proceeds benefiting independent booksellers nationwide. In addition, each is speaking at the graduation ceremony of the other’s alma mater, with James at University of Wisconsin and Susan at Manhattan University.

“My mother was not strict, but she was a big person for discipline, so I was up at 5:30am taking care of my dogs, taking care of my horses, mucking out stalls…” — Cornelia Guest

RSVP at your own peril! In a scam that feels tailor-made for Palm Beach, The New York Times reports that bad actors are employing fake party invitations, often appearing to come from people you know, to steal passwords and access personal data.