Betrayal! Obsession! Revenge! Can love conquer all? Deep beneath the veneer of luxury, beauty, and wealth, lie secrets that could be used to destroy the Vanderville family. Secrets that a cold, calculating, and vengeful person has been collecting, patiently waiting for the perfect moment to exact a cruel and painful revenge… obsession brews into a whirlwind romance that threatens to be torn apart by a bad boy’s bad habits. Will a love so passionate yet unstable be able to withstand the turmoil that’s sure to blossom from a plot for revenge?
Double Betrayal Despair
Waiting for a wedding proposal, Taylor is instead handed betrayal. Her cheating father betrays his wife and shatters his daughter’s heart at the same moment she discovers the man she loves has been lying to her.
Careers Hang In The Balance
What do the Vanderville Matriarch’s powerful position in the fashion industry, A greedy States Attorney, and a budding creative director all have in common? Careers compromised by the cold hunger of a vengeful person.
Surrender yourself to the gripping story surrounding the Vanderville Family and their friends. Discover for yourself if love, both romantic and familial, can survive the frigid reality of betrayal and revenge….
Books in Series:
Book 1 – When Beauty Met The Beast
Book 2- Secrets and Lies
Book 3- Into The Rabbit Hole
All will be out by 30th September 2017 Preorder dates to follow …
Please note that this is a trilogy and all books must be read in order.
Book 1 continues into Book 2 and the story concludes in Book 3 where there will be a HEA and no further cliffhangers.
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This book is a very detailed set up leading into a much larger story. We get to see Wade and Chloe rediscovering their love for one another and learning to trust each other, beginning to open up and be vulnerable together. We also get to see behind the shell that is the public image of the Vandervilles, and witness just how broken the members of this family are. The secret of who’s targeting them is just so tantalizing. And there are so many possibilities for who the mastermind could be. Just when I think I’ve picked my favorite potential villain, something happens and I’m rethinking my choice. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.
I have to say this book sucked me in to the point where if I hadn’t had to go to bed that I would have read the whole series in one setting! This book has so many twists and turns and drama, that you couldn’t help, but wonder what was coming next. I loved the steam between the characters and how each character has a completely different reason for being in the book. I felt for each of the characters, with the exception of the father of course, and couldn’t help wanting to root for them. Good read and definitely can’t wait to start the next in the series!
Wow this book definitely kept you on your toes. Never really knowing what was going on until the end. But then you give us this cliffhanger. We get each persons POV and that’s what makes us need to know what’s going on. Chloe is a childhood friend to Wade and Taylor. But what kept my attention was Regina and Brian. This is a must read and I hope that we get book 2 very soon. I give it 5 stars. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book as an Advanced Reader’s Copy.
This is Such a GrIpping Book One in a New Series.
VANDERVILLES BOOK 1 WHEN BEAUTY MET THE BEAST written by the author, Khardine Gray grabs you from the prolog and doesn’t let go until you get to the “To Be Continued”. The storyline takes you into the fashion world via a premier magazine and the family, Vandervilles, who, in this book we get to know the parents, Regina owner of Runway magazine and Ben the husband who is sleazy. They have two adult children, Wade, who just returned after five years of getting off drugs and finding himself, Taylor, who works at the magazine with her best friend, Chloe who hopes to get the magazine’s Creative Director position.
All these people’s lives go into turmoil due to three events. The first they find out they are bing stalked from inside the house. Ben knew but failed to tell his family. Once Regina founds out she takes action, but is it enough? The second event happens to Taylor while she is driving and lands her in a coma. The third involves Ward and it is the cliff hanger. The book ends with such passion that I hope there is not a long wait time for book two.
I love this book and am wholeheartedly recommending it for your reading pleasure and enjoyment. Well done Khardine Gray, well done!I am volunteering to leave a review of this ARC book.
ONE JAW DROPPING READ!!!
OMG! Wow! Oh man, talk about jumping hurdles. This is one exciting, action packed, fast paced, hard hitting, nailbiting, nerve racking, smooth flowing, page turning thriller that’s as riveting as it is captivating. Holy smokes. One spectacular storyline and strong plot rock this read from the git-go. One a rollercoaster ride of emotions and events that will shake you to the core. Gray did up this little gem with no holds barred, not pulling any punches, taking no prisoners, she’ll behead you without a second thought. All the twists and turns, unexpected circumstances and unpredictable surprises around every corner make for phenomenal experience. She draws us up into her imagination and creates a world so realistic until everything else ceases to exist. A whirlwind with all the drama, betrayal, lies, deceit, hatred, heartbreak, gut wretching, heart pounding, pulse racing and vengeance on the wind. The characters and scenes are written with such realism it really pulls this bad boy together beautifully. Gray did an amazing job bringing this read to life flawlessly. Awesome job Gray, thanks for sharing this little guy with us.
This is an epic story about an elite family who’s dirty laundry is aired. The sins of the parents become center stage in a drama filled with secrets, lies and betrayal. Wade and Chloe will come face to face with some hard truths and how they weather the storm will determine the strength of their characters and the depth of their relationship. I voluntarily agreed to receive an ARC of this book for an honest review.
2.5 stars
Do you like soap operas? Something along the lines of Young and the Restless or Days of Our Lives. If so you will like this book… maybe.
For me this book seemed like a hassle to get through. It wasn’t my cup of tea. So drama llama.
This book doesn’t just focus on the h or H, instead it follows multiply people. List of P.O.V.s are Chloe, Wade, Regina, Taylor, and the Observer. Regina is Benjamin Vanderville’s wife. Wade and Taylor their children, while Chloe is Taylor’s best friend and Wade’s love interest. There is only one chapter of the Observer and it could be a gazillion different people. That is the one thing I like about this story. I have no clue who is wanting to destroy the Vandervilles. There are too many suspects.
Chloe and Wade’s relationship made me want to scream. Chloe is wrapped up in Wade and Wade is obsessed with Chloe. Blah. There wasn’t much substance.
Now I will read the second book due to the fact this book ended with a cliffhanger that I want to find out what happens. What can I say, it’s that juicy kind of drama. But I have some other books that I must read before I can get to the second book. Putting this series on hold till further notice.
Vandervilles book 1.
Wow. Sweet Chloe and Taylor seem like they are in way over their heads, swimming in the same waters as trying to reform bad boy Wade, his charming but hollow father, Regina: Taylor/Wade mom – boss for Chloe / Kim .
Daddy Vanderville is a businessman / politician.
He has a bevy of women, including Editor / owner of a fashion magazine wife Regina’s nearest business rival, and various members of the secretarial pool.
Regina may be in danger of losing her business to her hubby, but her fixer Gilly and long time friend/ love Brian make her lovescape a little cluttered. We discover after one of Mr Vanderville’s deals comes back to hunt him and his family that Brian is daughter Taylor’s father, unbeknownst to her.
Wade and Chloe dance around the debris of his wilder, druggie/ drunk younger days. His ex Marissa does her best to keep them apart.
Poor Taylor discovers her beau Richard is a married father of two very young children. Betrayed and hurt she rushes to her father since she can’t reach mom. Naturally he is in flagrant delicto. Crushed Taylor speeds away, followed by a madman determined to kill her. She ends up seriously injured in a come in hospital.
When Wade goes to find his father, who has ignored all messages from his family, he breaks from him and finds the horrid Model Marissa on his car. He says it’s fitting that she appear on the worst day of his life. She is a living reminder of the drink/ druggie accident that killed their baby.
Boom. What an ending.
I volunteered my review after reading an author’s advance copy. I then bought it.
I was on the edge of my seat, and eagerly await the next chapter – in the next book.