Star Crossed: The Simpson Family Book One (The Simpson Family Inheritance 1) Kindle Edition

In the early 1800s, a young Jamaican slave, Samuel Boyd, and three young women—Isabella Blyde, Jenna Pajari, and Harriet Millichamp—refuse to accept the narrow futures society has assigned them. Defying the constraints of King George’s England, they build independent fortunes and bind themselves to a secret tontine: as each woman dies, her wealth passes to the survivors, until one inherits everything.Two centuries later, nonagenarian Jennifer Simpson believes she is the final heir to that hidden fortune. When her great‑granddaughter Kalle begins tracing the family line, she and her boyfriend Martin are abducted by a rogue faction within New Zealand’s national security apparatus. Drugged, interrogated, and released without explanation, Kalle is determined to uncover the truth.With the help of lawyer Ken Lydiard, she follows a trail that leads to a violent white‑supremacist organisation intent on seizing Jennifer’s inheritance—and using it to destabilise the nation.The past forged the fortune. The present will decide who survives it. Read more