A Price to Pay (View Park Novels) [Paperback]

Angela Winters (Author)

Book Description

Series: View Park Novels | Publication Date: May 26, 2009

Wealthy and high-profile, the Chase dynasty has everything an African-American family could ever want--except what money can't buy. . . Ever since Carter Chase's ex-fiancé, Avery, married another man, he's resolved to win her back. And when an accident sends her to his side, Carter seems to have sealed the deal. But fate has a different plan. . .

Meanwhile, Carter's brother, Michael, is entangled in a scandal that's alienated him from his powerful father. Hoping to redeem himself, Michael proposes a new business idea. But his partner in the venture--and in his bed--is not the ally he imagines. . . Not to be left out, youngest daughter, Haley, becomes embroiled with a law student-turned-murder suspect. Of course, the young man has an alibi--one he paid good money for. Soon, Haley and the entire Chase family are drawn into a publicity nightmare that can only end with a shocking revelation. . .

Praise

"Winters has created a family of nasty, horrid manipulators with few morals and lots of power. It's a guilty pleasure to watch them squirm." --The Tennessee Tribune

"Entertaining. . .The pacing is fast and the drama [is] unrelenting." --Publishers Weekly

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Dafina; 1 Original edition (May 26, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758229569
• ISBN-13: 978-0758229564
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,061 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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Fall of the Great House of Chase, May 26, 2009

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N. L. Lee "Berkley Connor Farris" (ATLANTA GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Price to Pay (View Park Novels) (Paperback)

The book was soooooo GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! I never would have expected the twist and turns! Avery has put a nail in her coffin, Kimberly is about to start it up again. Haley has ahuge suprise! and Michael is pure evil..


Great Read

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Same story different day, July 16, 2009

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S. Scott "S. Scott" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Price to Pay (View Park Novels) (Paperback)

Okay, let me first start by saying that I do enjoy reading the "View Park" Series. It's cool to read about a different financial class of African American for a change. (No matter how disfunctional) I read the first novel "No More Good" and it was a breath of fresh air. While I can't relate to the Chases superiority complex, wealth or high-profile life-style, I was intrigued by it.

That being said, I continue to what patiently as Ms. Winters creates another set of problems for this family to keep out of the public eye. But this time I wasn't quite as impressed. The novels are about 250 pages each, in my opinion that's rather short, and at $14.00 a novel I would expect to get a least 300 pages.

"A Price to Pay" picks up where each of the other 3 novels in the series leaves off, with the matriarchs of the family (Steven & Janet) pretending that their lives are perfect as their offspring continuing to disappoint them. (with the exception of Leigh)

Carter is still chasing after Avery, who before being convicted by her need to do the right thing, temporarily gives into his charm and sex appeal before calling it off. Michael is still willing to do anything to get approval/confirmation from his father that he will be running the empire one day. He has destroyed his marriage with his selfishness and has inadvertently wounded his twin boys in the process. His wife Kimberly wants out of the disfunctional family but Michael is determined to make her suffer for her past wrongs until he has no other choice but to let her go. Haley, say it with me, is in trouble with the law again and has no regard for anyone.

There wasn't anything that happened that I didn't expect as the characters have become predictable. The novel is a good read and the author talented. I just think the series could have been written in 2 novels instead of four. "A Price to Pay" felt like the 2nd & 3rd novels just a different day.

** NOTE TO ANGELA WINTERS **
Write longer novels, lower the retail price, and make the characters surprise us.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Build up, let down!, June 10, 2009

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Linda Y "always reading" (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Price to Pay (View Park Novels) (Paperback)

First, wasted ink even putting Haley in the story. With a daughter like her, Janet can't judge anyone! Carter and Avery, love them! Now, Michael & Kimberly. How disappointing their drama turned out to be. Why give Kimberly all the info about the Chase Beauty/Elisha deal and then not let her do anything with it? She could've bought her own freedom plus garnered the respect of mom & dad for saving the company, then plotted their downfall later.