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| The Takedown by Evie Hunter |
The Takedown by Evie Hunter
A woman scorned...
On board the superyacht Perseus, moored in the glamorous harbour in Antibes, Freya Addison is settling into her new role as hostess.
The other crew members all like Freya, she is calm and diligent and a hard worker, but what they don’t know is that Freya has a secret and an ulterior motive for being on board.
Revenge will be hers.
Because Freya isn’t here to travel the world in style. She has her sights set on one thing only, bringing down the owner of the yacht - the rich and arrogant Julian Falcon.
A man who ripped the heart out of Freya’s family.
And a man she will make pay…
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| The Takedown by Evie Hunter |
My Review
Having visited Antibes and gawped with wonder at the size of the superyachts in the harbour, I couldn’t wait to step on board, even if this book is not my usual go-to read.
It soon became clear that it is a book about risks, revenge and achieving goals. There is little place for emotions and the excesses and greed were a world away from anything I am used to, but I was easily absorbed within the pages.
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Freya risks everything putting herself in such a prominent position on Julian Falcon’s superyacht, integrating into the small team of dedicated staff, ready to drop anything for him. Hiding her motive for revenge, while living in close proximity to everyone else, was never going to be easy.
Julian didn’t get to where he was without taking risks along the way, but what he considered his strength, his ability to use those around him for his own advantage, made him enemies. As the interesting back stories of the guests and staff onboard were slowly revealed, so were other risk-takers and game players. These constantly changed my ideas of where the book was going and how successful I thought Freya was likely to be. One by one, she makes discoveries that she has to judge, will they help her in her goal, or will they become a threat?
Julian was a nasty piece of work and seeing him sweat when his plan began to unravel was as enjoyable for me as it was for Freya, but his power and influence over others was not to be underestimated.
Revenge, in this case, is best served with a chilled glass of Champagne and a view of the sparkling Mediterranean.
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| Evie Hunter |
About the author
Evie Hunter is a British author and a bit of a nomad, who's spent the last twenty years roaming the world and finding inspiration from the places she's visited. An animal lover and recently widowed, she's now settled back in the UK with her rescued Spanish Podenco, Markos. Keep up to date with all her releases by joining her mailing list
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