Enticements
A sumptuously sexy blockbuster of murder, secrets and scandal
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Publisher Description
Memories of a lavish New Year's Eve will last forever... especially when every detail is caught on camera...
Oozing glamour, wealth and corruption, Enticements is Una-Mary Parker's story of photographer Rebecca Kendall, as she gets more than she bargained for after capturing a killer on camera at a glamorous New Year's soiree. The perfect read for fans of Penny Vincenzi and Jackie Collins.
Who is the sensationally beautiful Marissa Montclare? How did she amass a million-dollar fortune by the time she was twenty? And why was she murdered at a glittering New Year's Eve party given by her lover, Sir Edward Wenlake, at his opulent Park Avenue apartment?
Rebecca Kendall, famous photo-journalist, was at the fatal party . . . and she captured more on film than photographs of Marissa. She took a picture of the killer as well. From then on, her life is in danger.
Jenny Wenlake is shocked to find that her father had a girlfriend younger than herself. So she and Rebecca set out to uncover the truth about Marissa's past. Helped by Stirling Hertfelder, Rebecca's agent and lover, they expose shattering secrets . . . and another murder is committed before Rebecca is brought face to face with the ultimate horror in a story that includes greed, vice, corruption . . . and a deep love that will not be denied.
Raves for Una-Mary Parker's scandalously sinful bestsellers:
'A meticulous reconstruction of a society at play' Evening Standard
'Filled with romance and intrigue but with an unexpected twist' Best
'The accent is on elegance and style, with seamless plotting by this bestselling writer' Lady
'Will keep you glued to the page' Prima
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Three-time novelist Parker ( Riches ) draws on her lifestyle as a member of the British peerage in this lightweight, easily digested tale of murder, romance and aristocratic angst. Young English socialite turned Las Vegas showgirl Marissa Montclare plunges to her death from the New York City penthouse of her lover, Sir Edward Wenlake, who is hosting a New Year's Eve party. Freelance photographer Rebecca Kendall develops a series of party photos that suggest foul play. When the police doubt her theory and her apartment is ransacked by someone seeking the negatives, Rebecca decides to solve the murder herself. Enlisting the aid of her boyfriend and agent, Stirling Hertfelder, she contacts Sir Edward's family, befriending his daughter and leading the reader on a melodramatic digression into the Wenlake family's problems. Some suspense is created as Rebecca receives threatening phone calls and is followed everywhere; she escapes on assignment to Europe, where her career flourishes and her personal life is marked by cloak-and-dagger incidents and her struggle to remain independent in the face of Stirling's overprotective instincts and insistence on marriage. The author's delayed revelations of some facts are annoying, and various convenient coincidences strain credibility, while the romantic ending comes as no surprise.
