The first in the new BFF series, Manderley Prep is upbeat and engrossing. It gives the reader a taste of what a privileged life is like--good and bad--without appearing pretentious.

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Don't be fooled by the title, Rich Girl is not your run-of-the-mill YA novel. Victoria's values are true, and her honesty and her lack of an egotistical and materialistic nature will make her an instant favorite.

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You won't find Carol Culver in any sterile office cubicle.

Instead, she is likely on the deck of her Kings Mountain home, looking over blue hills leading to the ocean and tapping away on her computer.

Life in the mountaintop enclave is fine with Culver, a novelist with a dazzling, ready smile. She takes hour-long morning walks along redwood-lined trails, planning the day or pondering her writing, and "by the time I get home, I have them figured out." She finds the very smells of a redwood forest help tap her creative sap.

It must. Culver has written 30-plus books since her first novel in 1989. Two new ones are due this month: a romance novel and her debut into the young adult genre.

She calls it a great life, working from home, traveling and meeting new friends, she says. She meets with peers in a writers' group.

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