Beverly Hills Dynasty (Novel Series)

***Beverly Hills Dynasty*** is a novel series which focuses on the personal lives of the Marchetta sisters, who are socialites, living in Beverly Hills. The series focuses mainly on sisters London, Paris, India, and Milan and their half-sisters, Chasity, their cousins and their mother, Maris Marcheta-Spencer.

## Synopsis

Set in Beverly Hills, California, Beverly Hills Dynasty followed the lives of four sisters who are members of the most wealthiest and most powerful family, the Marchettas. Later in the series, the premise shifted to the other Marchetta women.

The series follows the lives of affluent family living in Beverly Hills, California, as they deal with family drama and betrayal. "90210" refers to one of the city's five ZIP codes.

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## Premise

The first arc introduces the four central characters of the series: London, Paris, India, and Milan Marchetta, who are sisters and the daughters of wealthy prominent Beverly Hills attorney Bart Marchetta, as well as their families and neighbors on Wisteria Lane. The first novel of the series saw London returning home to Beverly Hills for her mother's wedding to David Spencer, a successful -. London fights her promiscuous cousin Texas Marchetta over business and family loyality, Paris begins a secret relationship with her stepbrother, Nick Spencer, India battles her step-cousin, Verity Spencer over their fashion businesses, and Milan is dealing with her senior year at Beverly Hills Preparatory Academy and her crazy family drama. The first season is also marked by mystery surrounding the murder of a mysterious woman with a connection between the Marchettas and the Spencers and some secrets revealed about -. At the end of the season a biracial woman named Chantelle enters Victor Marchetta's office revealing she is Victor's illegitimate daughter.

## Notes

* Maryam Wells, the author of *All the King's Daughters*, created this series, after watching several TV series such as *Beverly Hills, 90210*, *Dynasty*, *Dallas*, a documentary of Heidi Fleiss, and *The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills*.
* Pepperdine University was used as exterior for the Beverly Hills Preparatory Academy.
* Celine Marchetta was voted "One of *Beverly Hills Dynasty'*s most annoying characters".
* Texas Marchetta was voted "One of *Beverly Hills Dynasty'*s most hated characters".
* Carmel Marchetta was voted "One of *Beverly Hills Dynasty'*s most hated characters".
* Nick Turner was voted online as one of *Beverly Hills Dynasty'*s "Most evil characters", especially over his manipulation of Celine Marchetta into forcing her to carry his baby with --.
* Jessica Plummer who portrayed American heiresses Chantelle Marchetta in the series, is British in real-life.
* Chantelle Marchetta is the only black relative of the Marchetta family, due to her father, Victor's fling with her mother, Latisha Craig, who is African-American.
* Liberty and Chelsea Marchetta are played by real-life twins Tiffany and Krystle Mataras.
* The series tackled serious issues.
	+ The toxic and turbulent relationship between mother and daughter, Carmel and Theresa Marchetta.
	+ Charity Marchetta's dangerous relationship with local pimp boss -, who subjugates Charity in child grooming and sexual exploitation, which resulted in Theresa being attacked.
	+ Theresa Marchetta had a steamy affair with --, the father of her younger half-sister.
* Carmel shot and killed her abusive ex-boyfriend, when he tried to attack her daughter, Theresa and niece, Chantelle.