Bad Twins by Rebecca Chance

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Pan; Main Market edition (26 July 2018)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1509857990
• ISBN-13: 978-1509857999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synopsis

Never trust the face in the mirror . . .

It’s no surprise to anyone that Jeffrey Sachs, billionaire CEO of his own hotel chain, has a drop-dead gorgeous Estonian mistress. But stepping down to spend his retirement years with her? No one saw that coming – least of all his wife!

So now the prize of becoming Sachs CEO is up for grabs – and Jeffrey’s four children have until the day of his wedding to compete for the job.

The front runner is Conway, the older son and golden boy. But Charlotte, a glamorous social media star with an Instagram-perfect family, is hugely ambitious, fully prepared to scheme and backstab to get to the top. Then there’s the dark horse: Bella, her mild-mannered, hard-working twin sister. Or could Bart, the youngest child, a sexy, incorrigible playboy, somehow catapult himself into Daddy’s good books?

In a game where the ultimate prize is power beyond your wildest dreams, you should never underestimate your competitors, even if they are family . . . and, it turns out, twins can be the most dangerous rivals of all . . .

 

Review

It wouldn’t be a holiday without a bonkbuster from Rebecca Chance and Bad Twins is her latest, wonderfully glamorous book.   Siblings. Conway, Charlotte, Bella and Bart are pitted against each other to win the position of CEO of Sachs, the family hotel chain, whilst their father retires to marry his twenty something Estonian girlfriend.  And so the battle commences, with dirty and underhand practices in play as each sibling wants the top job.

I don’t think there are many of the characters that can be truly proud of their actions in this book; there are affairs, lies told, plans scuppered, private investigators employed and blackmail used, all on the name of winning.  It’s not surprising that the siblings are so competitive and underhand, they only have to look up to their father and his actions.  Jeffrey Sachs had nothing much to do with his children when he divorced their mother and let his second wife exclude them from their home and lives.  He always pitted them against each other causing divide rather than unity, so that even the twins are not close.  My favourite character surprisingly was Adrianna, Jeffrey’s Estonian mistress.  She is tall, glamorous but with what we would call an old head on young shoulders.  She wants to reunite the family, try and make peace and do what is best for the Sachs company.  Yes, of course she is marrying Jeffrey for his money, but she is has a huge heart, is the most sensible of all the characters, very practical in her nature and shouldn’t be underestimated.   I also liked the small cameo of Lexy O Brian from Killer Affair.

As a good bonkbuster should be Bad Twins is sexy, glamourous, scandalous and sensational in its plot with ruthless characters driven by money, greed and power.  Several humorous scenes and some very cringeworthy moments, especially at the wedding will make you laugh out loud.   An escapist read, with some glamorous locations, beautiful and rich characters and a lot of sass, scandal and sex; a fabulously scintillating read.  A must for your beach bag this summer.

Thank you for reading my review of Bad Twins by Rebecca Chance.  If you like the sound of this book from my review then please see my review of her previous book Killer Affair.