Never Enough: A View Park Novel (View Park Novels) [Paperback]

Angela Winters (Author)

Book Description

Series: View Park Novels | Publication Date: April 1, 2010

"National bestselling author Angela Winters tells the intriguing drama of the Chase family--a powerful African-American family who seem to have it all.... With four grown children and a multimillion-dollar empire, Janet Chase has been the perfect partner to her husband Steven, Founder and CEO of Chase Beauty. But her well-ordered world seems to be falling apart... Daughter-in-law Kimberly Chase has had enough of Janet's reminders that she doesn't belong. Kimberly sees only one solution: get rid of Janet. And the only way to do it is by unearthing a skeleton from deep within Janet's closet... It's been almost a year since Carter Chase met Avery Jackson and fell madly in love with her on first sight. He didn't care that Avery was already engaged. Carter could make the fiancé disappear. And he had, though now it meant hiding a secret that could destroy their future.... Exiled to Europe after a high-profile scandal, twenty-three-year-old Haley Chase has returned home to cause new trouble. This time it involves a dangerously sadistic new beau... Driven to desperation by a family out of control, Janet may be her own worst enemy in a world where no indulgence, addiction, or desire is out of reach. "

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In Winters's entertaining latest View Park novel, the Chase family plunges to new lows of deviousness. Patriarch Steven Chase, CEO of an ever-expanding upscale beauty chain, wishes to keep his grown sons on a tight leash and within the family company. However, Kimberly, wife of eldest son Michael, is intent on bringing down her mother-in-law, and younger son Carter goes to dangerous lengths to hide a dark secret from his fiancée. Add to the mix Steven's two grown daughters: Leigh, a do-gooder doctor whose idealism frustrates her mother, and Haley, a spoiled club kid who gets involved with a dangerous club owner, and trouble is never far away. As the plots converge, Steven stands to lose his mini-empire and family. Though the characters function as embodiments of their faults, the pacing is fast and the drama unrelenting. (July)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From Booklist

Chase Beauty, the Chase family's billion-dollar line of salons and products, enables them to live in style in the weatlhy African American Los Angeles suburb of View Park. Steven and Janet are the driving force behind the business, and they have four children. Carter, a lawyer, becomes engaged to Avery, a salon owner whose business was absorbed by Chase Beauty. Michael works with and strives for his father's approval, while his wife, Kimberly, the mother of their two children, has quite a checkered past. Leigh is a doctor who works in clinics around the world but is not speaking to her mother. And Haley is the wild child currently between scandals. Winters' novel follows the family through drug addiction, physical abuse, and power plays. Lies and deception are the norm in this household, where there's enough high drama to rival Dallas or Dynasty, complete with cat fights. Winters has written a real page-turner. Hatton, Maria --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Dafina; Reprint edition (April 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758212623
• ISBN-13: 978-0758212627
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #250,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Angela Winters is the national bestselling author of 17 novels and novellas. Her first novel, ONLY YOU, was published in 1997, followed by her first novella, MAMA DEAR: NEVER SAY NEVER and her first romantic suspense, SWEET SURRENDER. Angela's other titles include A CAPITOL AFFAIR, A CLASS APART, HIGH STAKES, SAVING GRACE, DANGEROUS MEMORIES, SEASON OF LOVE: COMING HOME, LOVE ON THE RUN, THE BUSINESS OF LOVE, KNOW BY HEART, SUDDEN LOVE, A FOREVER PASSION and ISLAND PROMISE.

VIEW PARK is Angela's first mainstream fiction novel and is the first in a series of family sagas featuring the engimatic Chase family. The next View Park novel, MISTAKES WERE MADE, is slated for release in July 2007. Angela is currently at work on the third installment of the View Park series.

A native of Chicago, Angela received her B.S. in Communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is currently pursuing a law degree in her current home of Washington, D.C. She also works as a leadership executive and freelance writer.

She has written for several newspapers, online sites, newsletters and magazines and also runs her own political blog, POLITOPICS. Angela has also written several original and adapted scripts which have placed in contests such as Scriptapalooza, TVWriter.com, American Accolades and TalentScout.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Saga Continues......, April 17, 2008

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Tangerine (IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Never Enough (Paperback)

In this second intallment of the Chase family, the drama is brewing amongst the family members of the Chase family.....

Steven and Janet Chase the patriarchs of the family, the loving couple with a multi-million dollar empire will do anything and everything to protect the family even keeping a dark secret of her own from her beloved Steven.

Carter Chase becomes engaged to Avery Jackson whose relationship will be dampened by his lies of deceit. Michael Chase who is married to Kimberly Chase tries to wins Stevens approval, while Kimberly is trying to keep Janet off her back. Janet disapproves of Michael and Kimberly relationship as man and wife and will do anything to keep them at odds. Leigh is the doctor of the family who work all over the world in various nonprofitable clinics, who Janet tries to win back her love. Haley is the wild child of the family, always in trouble one way or another....

Never Enough reminds you of the Dynasty the filthy rich, the deep dark secrets, no one is good enough for the Chase children, and more money then they can spend....Never Enough will keep you coming back for more of the suspense filled drama. Angela Winters have created a very descriptive and well written novel. Kudos to you Mrs. Winters, can't wait for the third installment.

Tangerine
Reader's Paradise Book Club

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Family that Stays Together, July 29, 2007

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The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (RAWSISTAZ.com and BlackBookReviews.net) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Never Enough (Paperback)

In the second novel of the View Park series, The Chase family, from all appearances, seem to be perfect. Steven and Janet Chase make quite a team running their family and business empire. They have maintained a tight reign on their children, but a few things have gotten beyond them that threaten to unravel the family at its very seam.

Michael Chase is married to Kimberly. Janet has always considered Kimberly a bad choice for Michael and the family, so she spends every day reminding Kimberly she is not welcomed. Kimberly, in desperation to keep her husband and her status, looks for anything that will be an equalizer and get Janet off her back. She starts digging around in Janet's closet, looking for any skeletons that will give her the upper hand. Michael, on the other hand, can only pray that whatever Kimberly is up to, doesn't cost him his position with his father and his desire to one day head Chase Beauty.

Carter Chase is engaged to Avery, who seems to be a nice fit in the family. Janet welcomes her into the fold, until she realizes Avery isn't going to be the pushover she expects. Carter, on the other hand, is desperately in love with Avery and prays she never finds out his little secret, because he just might lose the one thing he truly wants.

The daughters, Leigh and Taylor, are a mixed breed of rebels. Leigh refuses to have anything to do with Janet; therefore she stays away from anything that involves her mother. Taylor is the spoiled and willful one; used to having things her way, she isn't quite prepared for the new love interest in her life.

In NEVER ENOUGH by Angela Winters, the Chase family is a modern-day replica of the Ewings family from the TV drama series, Dallas. This story is laced with intrigue, scandal, dirty office politics, and enough secrets to scare the skeletons back into the closet. Winters has done an excellent job of tying it all together and keeping the readers on the edge of their seats in this stand-alone novel to the series. The characters are sensational and really do a good job of evoking emotions. You will either love them or love to hate them.

Reviewed by Brenda Lisbon
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never Enough, July 17, 2007

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This review is from: Never Enough (Paperback)

This is a very good book I tell each character comes to life and take you on a emotion rollercoaster. Of course there will be the character you love and are rooting for and then there will character that you hate. I have follow these character from the beginning and I can't wait to see what else Angela has in store for us with her next book.

A MUST READ BOOK.......................

Louise