Synopsis :
When Ross Burchanan is forced to resign as chairman of the Barrington Shopping Company, Emma Clifton wants to replace him. But Don Pedro Martinez intends to install his puppet, the devious Major Alex Fisher in order to destroy the Barrington family firm just as the company plans to build its new luxury liner, the MV Buckingham.
Meanwhile, in London, Harry and Emma's adopted daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade Academy of Art where she falls in love with a fellow student, Clive Bingham, who ask her to marry him. Both families are delighted until Priscilla Bingham, Jessica's future mother-in-law, has a visit from an old friend, Lady Virginia Fenwick, who drops her particular brand of poison into the wedding chalice.
Then, without warning, Cedric Hardcastle, a bluff Yorkshireman who no one has come across before, takes his place on the board of Barrington's. This event will change the lives of every member of the Clifton and Barrington families, as they march forward into the sixties, in this epic tale of love, revenge, ambition and betrayal.
This is what I say :
Actually, the above synopsis taken from the back cover of the book makes the particular title sounds much intrigue and exciting. Unfortunately, while book 4 of The Clifton Chronicles is still captivating, it wasn't as intriguing as what the synopsis stated.
Having investing over 4 books in the Chronicles, I really pretty invested in some of the characters but I still feel that characters development is rather poor in this series. Some characters have such potential but I guess they just play second fiddle in the whole scheme of thing in the lives of the Clifton and Barrington or to be exact, in the lives of Emma, Harry, Giles and Sabastian. The author just doesn't have time for the others.
Be Careful What You Wish For is the mid point in this series. It started with Only Time Will Tell, The Sins of The Father and Best Kept Secret.
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