Wicked Pleasures

"Set in the glamorous worlds of an American banking dynasty and the British aristocracy . . . this is Dynasty meets Downton Abbey." — Booklist None of them are the children of Alexander, Earl of Caterham, who was married to their mother for almost twenty years. A family saga that takes the reader right from the 1950s to the end of the twentieth century, and set between the Hamptons summer homes of New York's elite and the English countryside familiar to any fan of British period drama, Wicked Pleasures is a tale of the power and greed of the mega-rich, as the great banking business upon which the family's fortunes are won and lost comes to the brink of ruin. Intense relationships, both old and new, are tested to the utmost in this grand and unputdownable summer read. Praise for Penny Vincenzi "The doyenne of the modern blockbuster." — Glamour "Soap opera? You bet—but with her well-drawn characters and engaging style, Vincenzi keeps things humming." — People "Nobody writes smart, page-turning commercial women's fiction like Vincenzi." — USA Today "Vincenzi does it again with another captivating and entertaining family saga that combines power, riches, lies, and greed . . . For fans of Barbara ­Taylor Bradford and Danielle Steel." — Library Journal