Review Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress Of The Game by Tilly Bagshawe (1 of 3)

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Sidney Sheldons’s Mistress Of The Game by Tilly Bagshawe
Published by Harper Collins
ISBN 978-0-06-172839-6
At the request of Bestsellersworld, a PB was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest opinion.
Review format at the request of Bestsellersworld.

Matriarch, Kate Blackwell owner of Kruger-Brent, LTD an international multi billion dollar company, has died. Family members gather and attend the funeral but most of them are not in mourning, they are happy that she is no longer alive. And those members of this family have only one thought and that is who will be taking over as CEO of the company. In her will she named Alexandra, her granddaughter, to be her successor but Eve, Alexandra’s twin will fight to take over even though Kate was adamant that she have nothing to do with Kruger-Brent. Eve plans to change that.

Fortunately for Eve, her twin dies during childbirth, and thus starts the fight for control. She feels that “her” company was stolen from her, since Alexandra’s children are next in line according to the will. Eve, once a beautiful woman, lives as a recluse because her plastic surgeon husband, Keith Webster, has taken her beauty away, during a procedure knowing this is the only way he can be sure she won’t leave him. Eve, a very bitter and vengeful person, grooms her son for the takeover even if it means murder.

The Blackwell family are like royalty, one of the richest families that there is but along with those riches come unthinkable terror. Lexi Templeton, daughter of Alexandra who died during childbirth, is kidnapped at the age of eight (8). Lexi is rescued but the horror she endured molds her life.

This is a story of the Blackwell great grandchildren, the rich and famous, and fighting for control to become the next CEO. Along with the lavish lifestyle, this is a family of secrets, lies, betrayals, treachery, devious plotting and murder. Who will win? Who will take control? There is only one winner!!!

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DISCLAIMER
I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me,
in exchange for my honest review.
No items that I receive
are ever sold…they are kept by me,
or given to family and/or friends.

Booking Thru Thursday (2 of 3)

THURSDAY
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Today’s question:
Do you ever listen to book-related podcasts?

If so, which ones and why? (Include the URLs for people who aren’t familiar with them.)
Or, of course, there’s the flip side … did you even know that such a thing existed? (I ask because I know a lot of people who have no idea what a podcast is.)
My answer:
For me this is a lol question.  Technology is not my forte.  This is an easy one…No to all of the above.

Award (3 of 3)

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The weather here in New England has been hot and humid but that’s not why I am feeling warm & fuzzy.  Yup…it happened again.  Someone liked my blog!!!  Not only did they pass this award on but they also created it, so it’s a first for me.  Thank you so much Book Lover’s Review!!!!

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The criteria for this award:  (created by Book Lover’s Review)
The rules are simple thank the person who gave it to you with a link back in your post, and send this on to fellow bloggers who rock this summer.

List 4 rocking bloggers to share this with, and post a note to them through their comments
There are so many rocking bloggers that deserve this award but I will be passing it on, in no particular order, to:

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Review Sidney Sheldon’s Mistress Of The Game by Tilly Bagshawe (1 of 3)

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Sidney Sheldons’s Mistress Of The Game by Tilly Bagshawe
Published by Harper Collins
ISBN 978-0-06-172839-6
At the request of Bestsellersworld, a PB was sent, at no cost to me, for my honest opinion.
Review format at the request of Bestsellersworld.

Matriarch, Kate Blackwell owner of Kruger-Brent, LTD an international multi billion dollar company, has died. Family members gather and attend the funeral but most of them are not in mourning, they are happy that she is no longer alive. And those members of this family have only one thought and that is who will be taking over as CEO of the company. In her will she named Alexandra, her granddaughter, to be her successor but Eve, Alexandra’s twin will fight to take over even though Kate was adamant that she have nothing to do with Kruger-Brent. Eve plans to change that.

Fortunately for Eve, her twin dies during childbirth, and thus starts the fight for control. She feels that “her” company was stolen from her, since Alexandra’s children are next in line according to the will. Eve, once a beautiful woman, lives as a recluse because her plastic surgeon husband, Keith Webster, has taken her beauty away, during a procedure knowing this is the only way he can be sure she won’t leave him. Eve, a very bitter and vengeful person, grooms her son for the takeover even if it means murder.

The Blackwell family are like royalty, one of the richest families that there is but along with those riches come unthinkable terror. Lexi Templeton, daughter of Alexandra who died during childbirth, is kidnapped at the age of eight (8). Lexi is rescued but the horror she endured molds her life.

This is a story of the Blackwell great grandchildren, the rich and famous, and fighting for control to become the next CEO. Along with the lavish lifestyle, this is a family of secrets, lies, betrayals, treachery, devious plotting and murder. Who will win? Who will take control? There is only one winner!!!

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DISCLAIMER
I received a copy of this book, at no charge to me,
in exchange for my honest review.
No items that I receive
are ever sold…they are kept by me,
or given to family and/or friends.

Booking Thru Thursday (2 of 3)

THURSDAY
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Today’s question:
Do you ever listen to book-related podcasts?

If so, which ones and why? (Include the URLs for people who aren’t familiar with them.)
Or, of course, there’s the flip side … did you even know that such a thing existed? (I ask because I know a lot of people who have no idea what a podcast is.)
My answer:
For me this is a lol question.  Technology is not my forte.  This is an easy one…No to all of the above.

Award (3 of 3)

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The weather here in New England has been hot and humid but that’s not why I am feeling warm & fuzzy.  Yup…it happened again.  Someone liked my blog!!!  Not only did they pass this award on but they also created it, so it’s a first for me.  Thank you so much Book Lover’s Review!!!!

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The criteria for this award:  (created by Book Lover’s Review)
The rules are simple thank the person who gave it to you with a link back in your post, and send this on to fellow bloggers who rock this summer.

List 4 rocking bloggers to share this with, and post a note to them through their comments
There are so many rocking bloggers that deserve this award but I will be passing it on, in no particular order, to:

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Giveaway "The Nobodies Album" by Carolyn Parkhurst (1 of 2)

The Nobodies Album

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by Carolyn Parkhurst

Giveaway July 21st to July 28th

About the book
(synopsis borrowed from B&N)
Synopsis:

  From the bestselling author of The Dogs of Babel comes a dazzling literary mystery about the lengths to which some people will go to rewrite their past.
  Bestselling novelist Octavia Frost has just completed her latest book—a revolutionary novel in which she has rewritten the last chapters of all her previous books, removing clues about her personal life concealed within, especially a horrific tragedy that befell her family years ago.
  On her way to deliver the manuscript to her editor, Octavia reads a news crawl in Times Square and learns that her rock-star son, Milo, has been arrested for murder. Though she and Milo haven’t spoken in years—an estrangement stemming from that tragic day—she drops everything to go to him.
  The “last chapters” of Octavia’s novel are layered throughout The Nobodies Album—the scattered puzzle pieces to her and Milo’s dark and troubled past. Did she drive her son to murder? Did Milo murder anyone at all? And what exactly happened all those years ago? As the novel builds to a stunning reveal, Octavia must consider how this story Twill come to a close.
  Universally praised for her candid explorations of the human psyche, Parkhurst delivers an emotionally gripping and resonant mystery about a mother and her son, and about the possibility that one can never truly know another person.

Thanks to Judy and the fantasic
people from Doubleday
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I have 2 copies of this
great book to giveaway!!
CLICK HERE TO BRING YOU TO
GIVEAWAY ENTRY PAGE
Watch for my review in the coming weeks!!

W.W.W. Wednesdays (2 of 2)

WEDNESDAY
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Hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading

**What are you currently reading?

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**What did you recently finish reading?
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**What do you think you’ll read next?
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