Wicked Games

By Barbara Boswell

When Cord Way returns to Waysboro, Maryland, and the privilege and prestige of his kin, single mother Ashlynne Monroe--whose family is reviled throughout town--fears her secret past with the rugged... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0515114871
• ISBN13: 9780515114874
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Jove Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

So much better than I thought it would be . . .

I originally picked up this book because I couldn't really find anything else to read. Based on what I had heard and the title it seemed like it was going to be dark and serious. But I was surprised when I realized it wasn't really that at all. It is really a funny and heart warming book, even though the romance between Wyatt and Kendra is a bit gross - he's 30, she's 18 and still in high school through most of the book. All the loose ends don't get tied up in the end, either. Anyway, Wicked Games should be a lot more well known because it is a great book. I'll probably end up picking it up again when I feel like reading a contemporary that is actually good.

Great Read!

This was my first Barbara Boswell book, and it won't be my last! Great book in every way!

Intrigue in a small town

Wicked Games is on my list of top contemporaries of all time, and I can't believe more people haven't had something to say about this book. It's well-written, complex, intense and sexy.Ashlynn Monroe, of the "wrong-side-of-the-tracks" Monroes, is a single mother with two children. Unlike most of her relatives, she has managed to overcome her family's dismal reputation and now works in the offices of Ethan Thorpe, the prominent and mysterious businessman.Cord Way has returned home to help his brother Wyatt's campaign, and ends up stuck in an elevator with prim and proper Ashlynn Monroe. He is intrigued, and begins to pursue her. Ashlynn tries to avoid Cord, but before she knows it she and her daughters are spending more time with him than they should. Ashlynn has many reasons to avoid Cord, not the least of which is the way he makes her feel.Kendra, Ashlynn's high-school-age sister, has her own ideas about escaping the Monroe stigma. She has decided that she wants out of Waysboro more than anything, and she has a plan for accomplishing this--they start by helping with the Way campaign. Meanwhile, the turbulent Ethan Thorpe has his own reasons for keeping his eye on the campaign, and on Cord's sister.I read this book about eight years ago, and I still remember it. I re-read it every chance I get. As in real life, several stories are intertwined here, and keep the reader on her toes. I was as enthralled with the secondary and tertiary story as I was with the main one. What will happen next? Can a Monroe ever be openly involved with a Way? What does Ethan Thorpe want? What will Cord do when he realizes one of Ashlynn's children is his? Will Kendra get out of town?The only thing I regret is that not all of my questions were answered by the end of the book but, hey, maybe it's better that way. In real life not everything is tied up neat and nice at the end, either.