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The Grandest Game

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Seven players, one Hawthorne Island competition and millions at stake turn Avery Grambs’s latest game into a puzzle no one can afford to lose.

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About The Grandest Game

Seven tickets. An island of dreams. The chance of a lifetime. The Grandest Game is an annual competition run by billionaire Avery Grambs and the four infamous Hawthorne brothers, whose family fortune she inherited. Designed to give anyone a shot at fame and fortune, this year's game requires one of seven golden tickets to enter. With millions on the line, those seven players will do whatever it takes to win. Some of the players are in it for the money, some for power, and some for reasons all their own. Every single one of them has secrets. Amidst it all is Grayson Hawthorne, tasked with a vital role in this year's game. But as tensions rise and the mind-bending challenges push the players to their limits physically, mentally, and emotionally, it soon becomes clear that not everyone is playing by the rules.

Reading signals

Spice
None
Darkness
Balanced
Pacing
Fast

Series

The Grandest Game · Book 1 of 3

Content warnings
  • panic attacks
  • blood
  • death of parent
  • suicide
  • self-harm
  • PTSD
  • fire/fire injury
  • injury detail
  • grief
  • stalking
  • kidnapping
  • terminal illness
  • classism
  • misogyny
  • mild sexual content

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