An heiress without a cause.Two billionaires determined to claim her.And a war fought on the most dangerous battlefield–the heart.“Skye Warren absolutely owned me with Survival of the Richest. A twisty, raw exploration of money, greed, love, and lust, you’ll be left with your heart in your throat and hooked on the pages to discover what’s coming next! An absolute must-read.” ~ A.L. Jackson, New … must-read.” ~ A.L. Jackson, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author
“What an incredible book! Survival of the Richest has everything — Skye Warren’s beautiful writing, a sexy, compelling story; intricate characters, and a provocative love triangle that will captivate you until the very end.” ~ New York Times bestselling author Nina Lane
My story starts with a plunge into the cold water of Manhattan’s harbor.
A strong hand hauls me back onto the deck of the luxury yacht. Christopher was supposed to be my enemy. Instead he protects me with fierce determination.
That should have been my happily ever after, but then Sutton appeared–ruthless and seductive. He doesn’t care that my heart belongs to someone else, because he’s determined to win. No matter the cost.
It’s an impossible choice, but I can’t have them both.
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Survival of the Richest by Skye Warren and narrated by Erin Mallon.
Reviewed for Audiobook Obsession.
Emotionally charged love triangle that is full of angst. One man pushes her away, keeps her at arms length one minute the next he is all over her, but she has loved him since she was fifteen and hopes for something anything she can get. The other man wants her and is willing to fight for more. There is chemistry, denial, drama, jealousy and a rebellious woman who maybe to late to correct her mistake, but we have to wait for part two for the answer.
Erin Mallon, do I need to say more! She takes you though all the emotions, angst and brings you out the other side waiting for more. Bravo
Fast paced and addictive. Erin Mallon is narrator royalty in my opinion and she doesn’t disappoint here.
Skye Warren is a master of writing relatively short stories that are so full of drama, intrigue and betrayal you are on the edge of your seat the whole time. It’s one of those stories where you’re glad it’s audio because you still need to do dishes and start another load of laundry but you absolutely need to know what happens next.
You will both love and hate the characters. Your loyalties will change as the story progresses. And you will gasp WTF as a recurring mantra. I would recommend this to anyone who loves ballsy heroines, twists and turns and erotic tension.
There are tie ins to Warren’s Endgame And Masterpiece Series which can be read before but not required. Of course if you’re like me you can fangirl every time you recognize a character.
What an amazing audiobook! The heroine is easy to love and root for. I agree that it is a true love triangle because I am so torn between these great guys. I was disappointed in Christopher but the end provided another twist!! Can hardly wait to start the final book to this duet. I love the sound of the narrators voice. She also did a fantastic job on putting voice to two larger than life men! Again, I loved it!
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Great Audible Listen Amazing! Emotional Chaos! 4.5
Survival of the Richest
By: Skye Warren
Narrated by: Erin Mallon
Wow, this story is a mind-blowing, one that causes whiplash, one you can not put down because you need to know why or what is going to happen next. Skye Warren has a way with words, she has a beautiful writing style, some of the dialogue she creates is almost poetic. There are so many great phrases in this book like words of wisdom. The characters are complex and she is slow in letting us know who they are. Harper appears to be an open book, Christopher and Sutton are another story and we learn more about them as the story goes on but never enough to really know them or what makes them tick. The chemistry between the three is explosive, but is that what will blow the triangle apart or was it something else. There is so much angst in this story, so much unresolved between them. I hope all is resolved and actions make sense in “The Evolution of Man” I need to know if Christopher was driven by love or greed and what Sutton’s deal is. Skye Warren, thanks for the great story and the emotional rollercoaster ride.
I listed to the Audible edition, Erin Mallon is a wonderful narrator and voice performer. She brings the characters to life, gives them heart, personality and their own unique voice. She switches characters flawlessly, keeps the story in a perfect flow & adds the right amount of dramatic flair which enhanced the story to anther level. Thank you for another great listen
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Survival of the Richest
The Trust Fund Duet Book 1
By: Skye Warren
Narrated by: Erin Mallon
The title of this book caught my attention, and once I saw it was written by Skye Warren, I had to listen.This is the story of Harper. She is a trust fund child, and her money is controlled by her former stepbrother Christopher. She never really interacted with her step siblings, her father was never married to long enough to make a relationship stick. But the chemistry with Chris was anything but brother-like. Now 7 years later, and in control of her spending, she faces him head on. When she comes and meets him, she also encounters his business partner, Sutton and their attraction cannot be denied. This is an oversimplification as Warren has woven in a history for Harper that definitely drives her. There is passion and chemistry with both men and I am left still wondering which direction she will end up taking! I think there is much more to both men that needs to be revealed. It’s got my interest enough to want to listen to book two to see where this woman does end up and with who! .
Erin Mallon brings this new adult story to life with her incredible performance. She lights up a story with her fantastic voices and her style is so easy that I feel like I know each one of them. She pulls us in and keeps making our ears happy!
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Survival of the Richest (The Trust Fund Duet #1) is a intriguing tale that begins with betrayal. I love the history prologue that leads into the current time. Character’s are compelling with complex personalities that are intriguing and you wish you could get into their heads. With a wind-swept tour of money, a twisty and scandalous narrative that interwines with a intoxicating love triangle. Just the right does of ingredients which include angst, greed, love and lust to create a ensorcelled listen.
Erin Malon naration will put you under a spell. I was able to easily distinct between the voices, including the males ones. Her performance had just the right amount of angst & passion to leap off the pages into reality.
Looking forward to listening to book two, The Evolution Of Man in The Trust Fund Duet.
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A bit of info about this book before you start: It starts with the prologue Trust Fund. This book ends in a cliff hanger its conclusion is already out The Evolution of Man. Also the whole story is a love triangle between Harper, Christopher, and Sutton.
I couldn’t stop listening, I was so enraptured by this story. On the outside Harper looks like a spoiled poor little rich girl, but she lives between two different worlds because of her parents divorce, and the bitterness between them. Harper is meeting her step mother and step brother (Christopher) for the first time when he saves her from drowning and she develops a crush. They start an easy friendship of sorts by writing each other back and forth over 3 years. The next time they see each other is the same night her father dies. Harper receives her fathers full inheritance but Christopher is to over see that Harper uses the money according to the will until she turns 25. This is when the tables turn for Harper and Christopher. He has turned cold towards Harper, and now holds the inheritance over her head. When Harper meets Sutton, Christopher’s business partner, she finds him to be protective and charming with a bit of southern gentleman to him.
Harper finds herself in a tug of war pulled between both of these men and their personalities. The entire story is full of twists and turns, an emotional tangle between a young adult crush that utterly disappointed you when you needed them most, and someone that could be so much more.
The audio by Erin Mallon was amazing, as always. She is a favorite Narrator of mine.
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This story made me feel like I was watching a tennis match. From one duplicitous moment to another, I listened as Harper navigated the mine fields that are Christopher and Sutton. This story was filled with angst and more tension that I thought possible. Will Harper end up with Sutton or Christopher? Which one is actually doing the right thing for Harper? Two alpha males are fighting for her eye and as each one wins it, the other comes back to steal it away again. Very tension filled story that leaves us on a cliff-hanger waiting to see what happens next.
The narrator brought the tension filled story to life, but I definitely di not like the always present long breath/wording at the end of every sentence. That made the listening a bit annoying after a while. It’s like a hard habit to break, but needs to be broken.
If you don’t appreciate cliff-hangers and continued stories, not for you.
This was such an emotionally moving and draining story for me. How does Harper choose between Christopher and Sutton? Both men love her completely and differently.
Skye Warren writes beautifully flawless characters that the reader loves and loves to hate. My emotions reading this book were like a roller coaster ride and I refused to get off, I had to ride it to the end.
Best love triangle I’ve ever read!
Love triangles are my favorite type of romance read. The angst, the push and pull, the wondering who will win the woman. All of it rips your heart out, turning the pages and clambering for more. But when it’s done right, where the men are so dynamic within their own separate personalities that you love and hate them at the same time…my goodness that is a win of epic proportions in this type of story. Love triangles are tricky to write and Skye does this trope justice
A very confused woman and two men you could love and hate at any moment. Frankly not sure who to loot for in this indecisive steamy novel that ends in cliffhanger. Still, story and the characters keep you turning the pages.
I got caught up in the story and I couldn’t put it down. Just when you think you know what will happen next, you are in for a surprise. One right after the other. I was moved by the characters and their raw emotions. Reading the sequel next. I hope it is as good as the last book.
Holy freaking shock! this book just got intense!!
The story of Harper, Sutton, and Christopher continues more drama, more secrets that we still trying to figure it out but still keeping us glued and hooked to this amazing story.
“Love is a terrible monster. It seduces you like a siren, pulling you closer even though you know you’re going to be smashed to bits against the rocks.”
Harper is trying to survive after so much drama in her life, she is a true artist with a bright future but life and circumstances are making her life a living hell.. her stepbrother is giving her a very hard time till a point Harper doesn’t know if she hates him or loves him anymore.. she is tired of all these secrets that are keeping her of moving on and make the life she ever wanted. so much weight she is carrying around her shoulders, thinking her father’s decisions made her life even worst. she lives in constant worry about how to survive and help her mother who is very ill and sick..
“It’s a testament to female power that she was able to create a shadow of her own beside two men of incredible ambition and renown.”
Sutton a passionate, mysterious hero. He is determined to get whatever he wants and what he wants is her no matter the cost or the circumstances he won’t stop until he gets what he wants. He loves the thrill of competing and his goal is to compete with Christopher in everything, no matter the consequences and the results.
“Save you? No, sugar. I want to peel that sexy little dress away from your body and make love to you so hard and so long you’re going to beg.”
Christopher, enigmatic, quiet and reserved, life put him on a very hard situation, making him always the villain in Harper’s eyes but not always is the case, Christopher has been in Harper’s life for so long that they have so much history to even being able to just forget about one and other and move on.
“The only reason I was in this city was for you. Because you loved it here, with Avery. Because I thought you belonged here. Turns out you do belong here—with someone else.”
This is just the beginning of the chaos, love, family, friendship, money everything is at stacked. I can’t wait to see what happens in The Evolution of Man.
“Because I’ve loved you every day since that goddamned will reading. Every day since I dived into the water after you. Probably from the moment I saw you walking up that dock the first day.”
Skye Warren has an electrifying touch with every word!
“It ended in tragedy for all three of them, though. Maybe that’s the true moral of the story.”
I was trying to find the right words for this review, so I re-read the book. Totally not me, I don’t reread. I can’t grasp my feelings, I can’t even think straight. I love triangles, it’s my favorite disaster of angst and heartbreak. But I can’t wrap my mind around this erotic, voyeuristic triangle. I’m oddly turn on and equally scared of what’s to come. I feel like I’m playing a game with unknown rules.
“It’s a testament to female power that she was able to create a shadow of her own beside two men of incredible ambition and renown.”
I’m not sure who I loved more. Harper. Definitely Harper. Team Harper. Sutton has something up his sleeve, I think. I don’t know, I’m all over the place. Hot, that’s what Sutton equals.
“Some evolutionary instinct grabs hold of my ovaries and says, this man will hunt and protect and fuck.”
And Christopher. I wanted to hug and throttle him at the same time. What’s holding him back, what am I not seeing. He’s the reason I re-read this book, I think. There’s mystery that’s sure to blow apart all my senses when it comes to him. I just have that feeling.
“There’s a secret code written all over his skin, the message plain if only I could read it.”
I’m sorry not sorry for all the quotes and indecisiveness. I cannot help it. I feel like I just got off a rollercoaster and my balance is off. With certainty I’ll say this, Skye Warren weaves words like a weapon, absorbing all my thoughts and leaving me begging for more. I need the next book.
You will have to read The Evolution of Man to find out who Harper will end up with Sutton or Christopher or both?
Wish I didn’t have to buy the next book to see what happens to the characters!
Sometimes it was difficult to understand where this story was going, but when it finally got to its conclusion it made me wonder if I missed something along the way. Definitely a re-read to find out what I missed.
This is an enjoyable publication … of course, when dealing with billionaire money, it’s hard to be realistic because this is a world few ever have a chance to save … some have even admitted it’s distasteful, but that’s another story.
I enjoyed the sub-plots, but found nothing out of the predictable norm … disappointing in some spots … enjoyable in others.
It’s worth taking a chance on this one.
I have never really liked Love triangles up until i read Survival of the Richest or it could only be because Skye Warren knows how to write a book that you will fall in love with right from the first word!!
This love triangle is between Harper, Chiristopher and Sutton will keep you guessing and it will steel your heart just like every other book Skye has written.
This book is messy in the right way from the love till the regret you will find yourself right in the middle of it.
Wow what a story. I loved every single minute spent reading this novel. Survival of the Richest was an addictive, entralling, captivating love triangle that will have you hooked from beginning to end. My goodness I really couldn’t put this book down. The author gave us such a tale that each page left you wanting more. You will think you know what to expect but then something changes and everything subtly shifts.
The main characters were all complex flawed individuals and the author wrote them in such a way that you would love them all and be rooting for each one of them. Are you #TeamChristopher or #Team Sutton? You will firmly believe you are on one team and then the story twists and you just might be on the other team.
The story although seemingly simple enough had so much more happening and was interwoven with enough angst and emotions to tug at your heartstrings. I’ve finished the story and I can’t get it out of my mind.
This page-turner was by far one of the best love triangles I’ve read. It was a well-written phenomenal read and I would highly recommend it.