Jennifer Lynn BarnesYoung Adult · Mystery·b. 1984
The Brothers Hawthorne
Synopsis
Grayson Hawthorne grew up as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, Tobias Hawthorne, and learned from childhood that family comes first. Tobias is now dead and the family has been disinherited, yet the training sticks. When Grayson's half-sisters land in trouble, he steps in to deal with it quickly, effectively and without mercy, and he keeps feelings out of the process.
His brother Jameson is a risk-taker who chases sensation and plays games for a living, more or less. His mysterious father turns up with a favor to ask, and Jameson cannot walk away from the dare. The task sends him into London's most exclusive underground gambling club, a place for the rich, the powerful and the aristocratic, where he has to win a game that looks impossible.
The two brothers work on opposite sides of the globe, each caught in a game with twisted rules. Their other brothers help, as does the girl who inherited their grandfather's fortune. Along the way, both have to decide who they want to be and what they will give up to come out ahead.
This follows two brothers on parallel missions and returns to the world of the Inheritance Games trilogy, so it reads as a continuation. Expect a fast, high-stakes pace and a cast of wealthy, competitive characters.
How it reads
Prose complexity 4/10









