The Angels' Share (The Bourbon Kings) - Hardcover

Ward, J. R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0349414084 ISBN 13: 9780349414089

Publisher: Piatkus Books, 2016

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 saviour...or the worst of all the sinners?

About this title

About the Author

After graduating from law school J.R. Ward began working in health care in Boston and spent many years as chief of staff for one of the premier academic medical centres in the US. She lives in Kentucky with her husband.

From the Back Cover

'Breathless fun! J. R. Ward moves her trademark dark and sexy from the world of warrior vampires to the halls of the Kentucky elite, where the family members' claws are just as sharp and the consequences just as deadly. I couldn't stop turning the pages!' New York Times bestselling author Lisa Gardner

'The setting is 80's TV soap opera Dallas meets Downton Abbey . . . This is high drama, and it's mesmerising' Fresh Fiction

'J. R. Ward delivers a sweeping saga where family roots run deep and passion sizzles hotter than a Kentucky summer. Potent and heady, one taste just isn't enough.' New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter

'The drama and dark secrets behind the Bradford family's empire propel this irresistible story of high-society scandal . . . a read that's rich, smooth, and satisfying as a glass of Kentucky bourbon' New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips

'Soapy elements abound in this Dynastyesque tale, from lavish wealth to feuds, dirty secrets, and forbidden love . . . Ward is a master of pacing and world building' Booklist (starred review)

From the Inside Flap

No. 1 New York Times bestselling author J. R. Ward delivers the second novel in her Bourbon Kings series - the sweeping saga of a Southern dynasty struggling to maintain a façade of privilege and prosperity, while secrets and indiscretions threaten its very foundation . . .

In Charlemont, Kentucky, the Bradford family is the crème de la crème of society. Their complicated lives and vast estate are run by a discrete staff that inevitably becomes embroiled in their affairs - especially now, as the apparent suicide of the family patriarch starts to look like murder . . .

No one is above suspicion - especially the eldest Bradford son, Edward. The bad blood between him and his father was notorious. As the investigation 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. And then, as they teeter on the brink of ruin, someone thought lost to them for ever returns. Maxwell Bradford has come home.

Everything has consequences; everybody has secrets. And few can be trusted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Piatkus Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0349414084
• ISBN 13: 9780349414089
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432