Thrillers Featuring Affluent Families

Siblings Clara and Teddy grew up on a small island in Maine to a family who had wealth, status, power, and a curse. They’ve been haunted by rumors and paparazzi since their parents’ deaths fourteen years ago, and now they’re moving back into the family mansion, Vantage Point. But when they arrive, and when Teddy runs for Senate, sex tapes of Clara (which she doesn’t remember filming) get leaked… and that’s what convinces her that the curse that killed their parents is now coming for them.

Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore is North Carolina’s most notorious, richest woman, with all the hallmarks of such: she was kidnapped as a baby, and she’s a four-time widow. Her adopted son, Cam, rejects his inheritance when Ruby dies, and he moves to Colorado, where he lives a normal English teacher life with his wife. That is, until a decade later, when his uncle’s death pulls them back toward the Blue Ridge Ashby House, and the questions and secrets about his adopted mother resurface.

If you want a story of duplicity and betrayal, this novel is for you! Amber Parrish has pretty much thrived since her husband was incarcerated for tax evasion. She reigns over the Bishop’s Harbor community with relish—until Jackson gets released. Meanwhile, Daphne Parrish (Jackson’s former wife) swore never to return to Bishop’s Harbor after their divorce, but now that her daughter is running away from home and towards her father, Daphne comes around for her sake. And then a secret from the Parrish past turns up looking for revenge, and these three have to become allies to keep what they still have while they have it.