The Brothers Hawthorne
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
This book follows Avery Kylie Grambs, and the Hawthorne brothers, all with complicated pasts and ties to Avery’s inheritance.
In this book, Jameson and Avery are travelling the world. Nash Hawthorne summons them to London with an announcement: he is engaged to Avery’s sister. While in London, Jameson is approached by his biological father with a request to enter a secret social club and win an invitation to a mysterious Game.
Meanwhile, Grayson is sent to Phoenix on undisclosed business. His business is his half-sister, Gigi, who has landed herself in jail. Grayson has been secretly following Gigi since his father’s death. When it seems Gigi may have the key to a safe-deposit box containing evidence about her father’s plot against Avery, Grayson decides to help her find it.
In London, Jameson accepts his father’s challenge to win the Game and win back their family’s home. Jameson and Avery leverage her fortune to gain entry to the secret club. Jameson gambles and fights his way into impressing the club owner. However, they are all drugged and whisked away to the Game, secretly held on the grounds of Jameson’s family home.
Gigi introduces Grayson to her mother and twin sister. Despite their wealth, his sisters’ accounts have been drained. Gigi asks Grayson to help her find their father’s safe-deposit box. They find keys and passwords that lead them to the box.
At the same time, Jameson is competing in the Game. The competitors must solve riddles to win. Avery and Jameson work together but are disqualified. Despite this, Jameson continues searching for the final key.
Grayson visits his aunt, who shows them a puzzle box. They solve part of it, but the second part requires a key that Grayson found earlier. Grayson solves the puzzle box by himself, revealing his father’s coded journal. Grayson hides the evidence but is caught by his sisters, who feel betrayed.
Back at home, the brothers meet in their tree house. They discuss their findings and form a plan to expose a financial fraud. Avery encourages Grayson to tell his sisters the truth about their father. After they expose the fraud, Gigi forgives Grayson. He tells her the truth about their father Jameson finally reveals his secret to Avery that her grandmother is still alive.
I would give this book 5 stars because it has something in it for everyone. I would recommend it to anyone 12+.
Published by Penguin, 2024
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