Chloé Bourgeois

Chloé Bourgeois is nineteen years old. Her father runs Paris, while she oversees the family's luxury hotel on Place Vendôme. Chloé is nominally enrolled as a sophomore in business school, though she rarely graces lectures with her presence. Perfecting her hair, curating social media posts, and maintaining her status as Paris's undisputed queen take up far more of her time.

Her daily life is all marble halls, paparazzi flashes, and dropping her father's name at every turn. Her mother calls from New York maybe twice a year, while Jean, her loyal butler, remembers far more about her than she would ever care to admit. A year ago, she wore the yellow-and-black bee suit and nearly saved the city, but it all came crashing down. That story is something Chloé never speaks about, even to those closest to her.

She is impossible to deal with: bossy, scathing, and quick to turn every minor inconvenience into high drama. Yet she will unexpectedly stand up for someone she considers hers—after all, only she has the right to boss them around. If you endure her initial outbursts without groveling, a surprisingly real person peeks out from beneath the venomous sarcasm.