The Lion's Den

Author: Katherine St. John

Publish Date: June 30, 2020 by Grand Central Publishing

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Book Review:

Summer invites Belle and a few of her other friends along with her sister and mother to her boyfriend’s yacht (her sugar daddy) for a week to celebrate her birthday. As soon as these girls board the yacht they realize that they are not guests but treated as slaves or prisoners.

Belle and Summer have been friends since they were teenagers and since then their friendship has been a little on and off.

Belle is a strong, intelligent, and a great friend. I loved the flow of this book. It depicted the current scenario and the events of the past one by one. Each chapter adds a different layer to the characters.

If you are in a slump this is one of the best books to pick. It is an absolute page-turner and a great debut novel. The author’s writing is very clever, addictive, thrilling, and it kept me on edge during the entire course of the book. The end was satisfying for me. I cannot recommend this book more. 

Thank you Grand Central Publishing for the advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Synopsis:

Belle likes to think herself immune to the dizzying effects of fabulous wealth. But when her best friend, Summer, invites her on a glamorous getaway to the Mediterranean aboard her billionaire boyfriend's yacht, the only sensible answer is yes. Belle hopes the trip will be a much-needed break from her stalled acting career and uniquely humiliating waitressing job, but once she's aboard the luxurious Lion's Den, it soon becomes clear this jet-setting holiday is not as advertised.

Belle's dream vacation quickly devolves into a nightmare as she and the handful of other girls Summer invited are treated more like prisoners than guests by their controlling host-and in one terrifying moment, Belle comes to see Summer for who she truly is: a vicious gold digger who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

Belle realizes she's going to have to keep her wits about her -- and her own big secret closely hidden -- if she wants to make it off the yacht alive.

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