Seduction

Informationen zum Autor Molly Cochran is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five books, including Legacy , Poison , and Seduction . Her first novel, Grandmaster with Warren Murphy, was a New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award Winner. She also authored the international bestseller The Forever King with Warren Murphy. She lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Klappentext Distressed that her boyfriend's changed so much since his wealthy uncle took him under his wing, Katy flies to Paris to attend cooking school and discovers a mysterious mansion which seems to be occupied by beautiful, shallow people who never age.Seduction CHAPTER • ONE You and a guest are cordially invited to an end-of-term party for Peter Henry Shaw Saturday, June fifteenth Eight o’clock p.m. 2409 Belmont Boulevard Whitfield, Massachusetts R.S.V.P. Black Tie Graduation was still a year away, but Peter’s great-uncle Jeremiah gave him a couple of presents anyway: a red Lexus SC10 convertible and a party that would make My Super Sweet 16 look like an afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese’s. Don’t get me wrong. This is not sour grapes talking. In fact, if any seventeen-year-old could be said to be deserving of a new Lexus, it would be Peter Shaw. He is humble and hardworking and respectful of his elders and conscientious about the environment. Also generous, modest, levelheaded, kind, sensitive, spiritual, and deep, not to mention extremely good-looking. He smells good too. So no, it’s not that he’s a wiener with a car. It’s just that it all came as such a shock. Peter’s great-uncle, Jeremiah Shaw, had never spoken to him before last year. Nor had any of his other relatives. A birthday card from the old man would have been a surprise, let alone a Lexus. Or this amazing party at the biggest house in town. The Shaw mansion had fifty rooms on four floors, plus five or six outbuildings, an Olympic-size pool, tennis court, and a number of gardens, including one with a waterfall. Double stairways led to a huge balcony at the front entrance to the house, and there were several patios and balconies in the back, where gigantic party tents outlined in lights had been erected. On the lawn, an army of waiters carried trays of canapés and soft drinks in crystal champagne glasses. SOMA, a nine-piece band that won a bunch of Grammy awards last year, was playing in a specially built amphitheater. The guests were sharply divided by dress. The townies—meaning my friends—wore the same clothes they’d worn to junior prom or Winter Frolic. But the Muffies—that was my term for the rich girls who boarded at my school—all seemed to be in new gowns. Actually, I got a new dress too, but it wasn’t my idea. As Peter’s “official” girlfriend, I guess I was expected to look as if I lived up to the Shaw standard. So one of Jeremiah’s assistants brought over a Vera Wang dress the color of glacial ice that must have cost a fortune, plus a lot of blue jewelry that I thought were rhinestones but that turned out to be sapphires rented from Tiffany in New York. I looked good, I admit, but I felt ridiculous. For one thing, it must have seemed as if I was trying to show off, which offended my friends while at the same time eliciting the contempt of the Muffies, who thought I was trying to be one of them. For another—and this was much worse—some guy was assigned to follow me wherever I went to make sure I didn’t lose or steal any of the jewelry. “Well, so what?” Peter said when I complained about the security guy. “It’s not like you have to talk to him or anything.” “That’s not the point,” I insisted as I wobbled...

Product details

• Authors: Molly Cochran
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 14 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781481400244
• ISBN: 978-1-4814-0024-4
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Legacy; Legacy
• Subject: Children's and young people's books