Survival of the Richest, an all-new emotional and romantic standalone from New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren, is available NOW!
An heiress without a cause.
Two billionaires determined to claim her.
And a war fought on the most dangerous battlefield--the heart.
My story starts with a plunge into the cold water of Manhattan's harbor.
A strong hand hauls me back onto the deck of the luxury yacht. Christopher was supposed to be my enemy. Instead he protects me with fierce determination.
That should have been my happily ever after, but then Sutton appeared--ruthless and seductive. He doesn't care that my heart belongs to someone else, because he's determined to win. No matter the cost.
It's an impossible choice, but I can't have them both.
Two billionaires determined to claim her.
And a war fought on the most dangerous battlefield--the heart.
My story starts with a plunge into the cold water of Manhattan's harbor.
A strong hand hauls me back onto the deck of the luxury yacht. Christopher was supposed to be my enemy. Instead he protects me with fierce determination.
That should have been my happily ever after, but then Sutton appeared--ruthless and seductive. He doesn't care that my heart belongs to someone else, because he's determined to win. No matter the cost.
It's an impossible choice, but I can't have them both.
My body heats at the words, at the remembered pleasure of Sutton’s mouth on my sex. Christopher looks down at me, as if he can feel the heat emanating from between my legs. His expression turns stark, as if he’s in pain. That’s only fair, because I’m in pain too.
“You deserve better than that,” Christopher says, but there’s no way to pretend he’s talking about Sutton. He’s talking about himself and we both know it.
“He gives me what I want, which is something you might try next time you like a girl.”
“It wasn’t that,” he says, harsh again.
“No?” I step forward and place a hand on his chest, feeling the way his heart beats strong and fast. He may want to be unaffected by me, but he isn’t. I tilt my face up toward him.“You didn’t imagine me naked in the cabin later?”
He sucks in a breath.“You were too young then.”
My words come out as a whisper.“What about now? Will you do what Sutton said—imagine me in this dress when you go home after this?”
“It’s not fucking decent,” he says, even though the silk covers every part of me. It’s a perfectly respectable dress, when it’s not hitched up around my waist.
“You can thank Sutton for this,” I say, because it’s true. He’s the only reason I lean forward and place my lips against Christopher’s, touching them in some terrible attempt to show him what he gave up, to prove to myself that I don’t care about either of them.
Christopher sucks in a breath. For a second I think he’s going to pull away. He stiffens and grasps my hair with his fist. Easy enough for him to stop the kiss. Instead he dips my head back and deepens it, exploring my mouth with his teeth, his tongue. Opening me wider until I whimper. Pulling me close until I can feel how hard he is beneath his slacks.
His other hand fists in the gauze of my dress, and I realize he’s holding me with both hands clenched—one in my hair and one in my clothes. I don’t know whether he’s doing it so he doesn’t have to touch me or because it’s a way to control me without bruising me. He uses both hands to tug me closer; I’m pressed so tightly I can’t imagine getting away.
Where Sutton had been raw sensuality and playfulness, Christopher is pure determination. He kisses me like he’s a conquering army, like I’m made of gold he has to grasp—or lose forever.
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When I saw that Skye Warren had a new book coming out, I was so excited and couldn't wait to read it. She creates really great characters and plunges the reader into her stories. I can 't help but to devour any book by this author.
The story grabbed my attention from the get go. Harper is visiting her father on his yacht. She's also meeting her newest stepmother and, Christopher, her new stepbrother. She knows they won't be around for long (as is her fathers track record) so she doesn't make any effort to get to know them. However, she falls into the ocean one night and Christopher jumps in to saves her. From then, the pair have an unbreakable thread that pulls them towards each other.
Just when Harper seems to be getting her life on track, her father tragically dies. He leaves Christopher in charge of her billion dollar trust fund with strict instructions. Christopher is a man of his word and a ruthless rule follower; following her father's instructions make him and Harper enemies. Even though they try, they can't get past their love and attraction. That is until Sutton, Christopher's business partner, gets in the middle of them.
I think Harper was a strong character. I really enjoyed her independence and her grit. But, it was hard for me to get around her understanding attitude of her mother's situation all throughout her childhood. I just feel like she didn't put any responsibility on her mother for her upbringing (which at times she lived in poverty). It seemed she put the blame on her father for the life her mother provided for her, even though her mother wasn't proactive to get them out of their situation except to keep marrying/divorcing rich men.
Christopher was my favorite character of the story. He could be cold and downright rude, but he always held Harper's best interest at heart. I think the reader is supposed to hate Christopher, but I absolutely loved him. He is right in line with the alphas that I fall for that Skye Warren creates. I'm iffy on Sutton. At times I liked him, but most of the time I just felt he was slimy. I really didn't understand the dynamic between Christopher and Sutton. They are supposed to be friends and business partners, but they seemed more like enemies with some kind of underlying drama.
I didn't get that connection to this story that I usually do with Skye Warrens' works which totally bummed me out. This story didn't consume me like all the others that I've read by her. There were a few things that didn't make sense to me in the story that I couldn't over look and I just wasn't feeling it.
Skye Warren is the New York Times bestselling author of dangerous romance such as the Endgame trilogy. Her books have been featured in Jezebel, Buzzfeed, USA Today Happily Ever After, Glamour, and Elle Magazine. She makes her home in Texas with her loving family, sweet dogs, and evil cat.
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