Platinum Coast

A powerful story of glamorous lives and ruthless ambition.

In 1974 Stephen Reece-Carlton and Christina Carlton are honeymooning in Barbados. When they discover, and fall in love with, Crystal Springs House – an old colonial mansion – they decide there and then to buy it and convert it into a luxury hotel. From this beginning rises Platinum Hotels, one of the world’s largest hotel groups.

Platinum Coast is the story of three members of the Carlton family: Stephen, whose ambition breeds ever greater ruthlessness as his empire expands; Christina, increasingly rejected by her husband but finding solace in the arms of a young Englishman, Martin Ward; and Victoria, Stephen’s daughter by an earlier marriage, consumed with hatred for Christina and possessing a devastating secret which can shatter Stephen’s relationship with his American business partner.

Reviews

‘A rising star in the blockbuster firmament’
Observer

‘One for the holiday suitcase’
Tatler

About the author

Lynne Pemberton was born in Newcastle. She had a highly successful career as a model before she met her husband and became involved in running a group of luxury hotels in the West Indies. She divides her time between Barbados and London.