NEW RELEASE
Wicked Games - Sasha Wagstaff (2010)
Judd Harrington has returned from America to ruin a long-time rival, recording company chief Lochlin Maguire. Moving into a manor house across the valley, he starts a recording company and one of his first ploys is to steal Lochlin's clients, including his yet-unsigned daughter Iris, an amazingly beautiful and talented singer. Iris takes up his offer of training with a top singing teacher in LA, unaware Judd's also lined up his racing driver son, Ace, to break her heart. Meanwhile as he appoints his mistress Darcy to toy with Shay, the Maguire heir-apparent, his own chip-off-the-old-block Sebastian is too busy having an affair to keep his mind on the job and an old fling comes back to haunt him. This is an absolutely riveting bonkbuster of a story that would have been even better without some of the ridiculous and totally implausible plot developments. But if you're after a truly vile villain and feuding families from the Shakespearean/Dynasty mould - this is particularly wicked.
British author Sasha Wagstaff will be back in 2010, with Wicked Games, a romp about feuding families and star-crossed lovers. The summary says: "Having uprooted his socialite wife and family from their glamorous pad in LA, arrogant millionaire Judd Harrington is back in rural England at Brocket Hall, his childhood home. As he stares across the valley at Lochlin Maguire's beautiful country house, he can think of nothing but revenge. But Judd's arch rival has got troubles of his own; Lochlin's record label is losing some major talent to an unknown competitor. Meanwhile rising singing star Iris Maguire, Lochlin's daughter, is making a name for herself in LA when she falls for irresistible racing driver Ace Harrington. But with the arrival of Judd's illegitimate daughter, Savannah Summers, it isn't just the family feud and Judd's scheming that look set to ruin love's young dream." Wicked Games is out in March.