The Insiders The Insiders

Publisher Description

The Insiders is the first in a brand new, page-turning romance trilogy from New York Times bestseller, Tijan!

Bailey is as normal as could be, with a genius IQ and a photographic memory. But still, normal for her. Then, things happen—a guy breaks into her house in the middle of the night to take her hostage. She finds out her father is actually billionaire tech genius Peter Francis, the same guy she’s idolized all her life. She learns all this when she meets dark, mysterious, and electrifying Kashton Colello. He’s an associate of her father’s, and he gives Bailey two choices—go with him and meet her father or survive on her own because those kidnappers are going to try again. It’s a no-brainer.

After this, three things become clear for Bailey:

1. She’s living at her father’s sprawling estate, complete with bodyguards and the best security that money can buy.

2. She’s no longer an only child. She has three siblings and has no idea what to do with them and vice versa.

3. She is being guarded by Kash himself. Personally guarded. And there is a lot of guarding going on there and some of it is going to drive her crazy.

A complete outsider in a world of wealth and decadence, Bailey has to find her way within a family that has more secrets than she could have imagined. One of these secrets could be deadly…

GENRE
Romance
RELEASED
2021
May 4
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
384
Pages
PUBLISHER
St. Martin's Publishing Group
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
6.7
MB

Customer Reviews

Anna (Anna’s Bookshelf) ,

an interesting and well written novel

Tijan is one of my all time favorite authors. I typically devour all of her books and so I was thrilled when I read the synopsis of this novel. There were several elements of the book that I enjoyed and then some areas where I struggled. I positively love this author’s unique writing style. She has such a way of conveying the heroine’s thoughts that I feel like I am present in her mind. This was especially true with Bailey. The author’s characters are always interesting and this even includes the secondary characters.

I also really enjoyed the premise of this book. However, I don’t think it was necessarily executed in the best way, but I’ll get to that later. As for Bailey, I found her endearing for the most part. She is exceptionally intelligent and a little quirky, which are the fun little personality traits that I love. Even with her entire world being flipped upside down, she takes it all in stride and I was definitely rooting for her. The elements of suspense was also exciting. These were interspersed throughout the book, but with the bulk of it during the last few chapters. The build up was well done, but it sort of fell a little short at the end.

I want to say that I loved Kash, but I didn’t feel like I knew much about him. I do believe some of this was intentional. He is mysterious with a proactive streak. The author peels back a few of the layers, but his character was not well developed. I also think this is why I didn’t feel that connection between Kash and Bailey. The physical aspect of their relationship was pretty solid which I liked but I didn’t really see much beyond that. Again, I think this is because not much was revealed about his character. Maybe a connection between them will be more tangible in the next book.

The book grabbed my attention immediately, but it felt like not too much happened until the very end. There were secrets revealed and moments of action which were perhaps my favorite parts of the book and yet the cliffhanger wasn’t overly shocking. Finally, the cover, while absolute stunning is a bit misleading. This isn’t a love triangle as it seems to suggest with two girls and a guy but I honestly have no idea who the blonde is. Even with the lack of connection between the main characters, I did enjoy this book. I especially liked Bailey as the heroine and I liked the underlying story. Yet, I am not certain how the author will get 2 more books out of this. Still, I am invested enough to see how it all plays out and will read the next book.

Writing style : 5 stars
Story/Plot: 4 stars
Heroine Development: 5 stars
Hero Development: 3 stars
Romance: 3 stars

Gress20 ,

Kash ❤️

Tijan!!! What have you done to me!!! Every book I have read or listened to is beyond 5 stars! The characters make you fall in love after the first 5 lines! I put one book down and I’m off to the next or waiting for one to not click, but it doesn’t happen! You are one of my most read authors! I simply can not say enough!

Army Spouse ,

OMG❤️

I bought this book when it was first released on iBooks. However, I waited to read it. It is not I was not interested. I paced myself. I saw there was a second book, The Damaged. I went ahead and preordered without reading The Insiders. I was that confident on Titan’s books. I even read Canary, another freaking hit by the way!❤️

I finally read it today, binged on it all day! So swoon worthy WORTH IT! My gosh Kash is so hot and alpha. He has some resemblance to Mason from the Fallen Crest series. 🥰 I love it!

Poor Bailey…she was lied to most of her life, thrust into a crazy, vindictive, betrayal, full of lies world. Wow! I cannot wrap my brain all around that. Growing up with a single mom and then discovering a whole other family was a difficult adjustment. No spoilers here.

Kash is a whole other story. How will these 2 survive the next wave after a family betrayal? Must wait till February 😭 This is why I had to pace myself. I cannot wait🤩

I love your work Tijan! Continue the stories! This is definitely a super hit!

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