“Nothing changes when I turn eighteen,” I said, scanning the room for my next move. You may already be emancipated, but when it comes to the terms of your inheritance-” “Legally?” The formidable Alisa Ortega arched an eyebrow at me. I could almost imagine the ghost of Tobias Hawthorne watching me as I knelt and ran my hand over the mahogany floorboards, my fingers searching for irregularities in the seams.įinding none, I stood and replied to Alisa’s statement. Floor-to-ceiling shelves stretched up two stories, encircling us with hardcover and leather-bound tomes, many of them priceless, every single one a reminder of the man who had built this room. We need to talk about your eighteenth birthday.” Alisa’s words echoed through the largest of Hawthorne House’s five libraries. In this game, there are hearts and lives at stake-and there is nothing more Hawthorne than winning.

It soon becomes clear that there is one last puzzle to solve, and Avery and the Hawthorne brothers are drawn into a dangerous game against an unknown and powerful player. She knows their secrets, and they know her.īut as the clock ticks down to the moment when Avery will become the richest teenager on the planet, trouble arrives in the form of a visitor who needs her help-and whose presence in Hawthorne House could change everything. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD OF THE #1 BESTSELLING SERIES!Īvery’s fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone is talking about.

Barnes and noble the final gambit