BOOK DETAILS
Release date: July 26th 2016
Series: The Bourbon Kings
Pages: 426
Series: The Bourbon Kings
Pages: 426
SYNOPSIS
In Charlemont, Kentucky, the Bradford family is the crème de la crème of high society—just like their exclusive brand of bourbon. And their complicated lives and vast estate are run by a discrete staff who inevitably become embroiled in their affairs. This is especially true now, when the apparent suicide of the family patriarch is starting to look more and more like murder…
No one is above suspicion—especially the eldest Bradford son, Edward. The bad blood between him and his father is known far and wide, and he is aware that he could be named a suspect. As the investigation into the death intensifies, he keeps himself busy at the bottom of a bottle—as well as with his former horse trainer’s daughter. Meanwhile, the family’s financial future lies in the perfectly manicured hands of a business rival, a woman who wants Edward all to herself.
Everything has consequences; everybody has secrets. And few can be trusted. Then, at the very brink of the family’s demise, someone thought lost to them forever returns to the fold. Maxwell Bradford has come home. But is he a savior...or the worst of all the sinners?
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This book continues right where the previous one ended, so it's essential to read the first one in order to understand this one.
Again, the focus is on Lane, who is the only one willing to deal with the family's broken pieces and the mysteries his father left behind. He's busy saving his family and revealing the secrets his father has left behind. He has a stable relationship with Lizzie, the only one in the family who has found his happiness so far. Their love is put to the test in this book and if it survives everything that's thrown their way, it'll survive everything.
Lane is a great guy. He's honest, hard-working and willing to go through fire to save his family and their company. He's intelligent and has ways to pull them out of the shit the family found themselves in.
Edward, the eldest brother, is struggling to get on the right path. He has a new motivation to better himself with the help of Shelby. But there's also Sutton, a successful and beautiful woman. Their love seems impossible to him so he tries to stay away from her, but his passion for her is bigger than the reasonable side of him. They accuse him of murder and, somehow, he knows they're going to end up taking him away. He admits to the murder.
Virginia - Gin - is unhappy as ever. Her daughter returns in the middle of the chaos, which makes her world turn around even more. She goes through with the wedding, even though she hates her abusive fiancé. She loves Samuel T., their family lawyer, but their pride has always been too strong and Gin is now in a position who is making decisions that are good for her financially, not emotionally. Besides, they have always been too prideful for each other, but in this book, they let their pride finally go. But it's too late.
And then the secretive brother, Maxwell, returns. He doesn't bring anything good with him and we don't learn much about him in the book. He doesn't play a significant role. He's on a completely different path than the family now.
This book is full of mysteries and drama again. A lot of questions from the first book were answered, but a lot of new ones appeared who were left unanswered.
J.R. Ward has easily become one of my favourite writers. She writes the books in such a way with so many details and mysteries that you can't help but get sucked in. Every character in this book is different, they're all one family with different problems and completely different lives. They're not good people, but the writer makes you sympathise with them because they also suffer a lot and many bad things are thrown their way.
I can't wait to get my hands on the third book because there are a lot of things left unexplained.
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