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Pretty Things
by Janelle Brown
Nina’s mom has been hustling her whole life to make ends meet. It seems inevitable that Nina will follow in her mother’s footsteps and when her mother’s cancer comes back and treatment costs are expected at over $500k, Nina knows she needs to up her game.
Several years earlier, she and Lachlan connected and started working scams together. When Lachlan suggests getting out of town and hitting a rich family in Tahoe, Nina knows the perfect target. One of her many hometowns in high school included Tahoe and there, she developed an unlikely friendship with Benny. Benny is a Liebling - an incredibly wealthy family and essentially an American aristocracy. Nina has held animosity against the Lieblings since they humiliated her and ran her and her mother out of town over a decade ago.
Taking on new names and personas, Lachlan and Nina go to Tahoe and rent a cottage on the Lieblings property. Vanessa, Benny’s older sister, now runs the manor as both her parents are deceased. Coming off a breakup and desperate for validation, Nina and Lachlan see an easy target.
Full of surprises, unexpected twists and backstabbing, this novel was unputdownable. Told from the perspectives of both Nina and Vanessa, it was hard to know who was the villain and who was the victim. The writing was excellent and it was easy to get lost in the pages. Absolutely pick this one up!!!
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Several years earlier, she and Lachlan connected and started working scams together. When Lachlan suggests getting out of town and hitting a rich family in Tahoe, Nina knows the perfect target. One of her many hometowns in high school included Tahoe and there, she developed an unlikely friendship with Benny. Benny is a Liebling - an incredibly wealthy family and essentially an American aristocracy. Nina has held animosity against the Lieblings since they humiliated her and ran her and her mother out of town over a decade ago.
Taking on new names and personas, Lachlan and Nina go to Tahoe and rent a cottage on the Lieblings property. Vanessa, Benny’s older sister, now runs the manor as both her parents are deceased. Coming off a breakup and desperate for validation, Nina and Lachlan see an easy target.
Full of surprises, unexpected twists and backstabbing, this novel was unputdownable. Told from the perspectives of both Nina and Vanessa, it was hard to know who was the villain and who was the victim. The writing was excellent and it was easy to get lost in the pages. Absolutely pick this one up!!!
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.