Bailey is as normal as could be, with a genius IQ and a photographic memory. But still, normal for her. Then, things happen -- a guy breaks into her house in the middle of the night to take her hostage. She learns her father is billionaire tech genius Peter Francis, the same guy she’s idolized all her life. She finds all this out when she meets dark, mysterious, and electrifying Kashton Colello. He’s also an associate of her father’s, and he gives Bailey two choices—go with him and meet her father or survive on her own because those kidnappers are going to try again.
After this, three things become clear for Bailey:
1. She has to live at her father’s sprawling estate, complete with bodyguards and the best security that money can buy.
2. She’s no longer an only child. She has three siblings and has no idea what to do with them and vice versa.
3. She is being guarded by Kash himself. Personally guarded. And there is a lot of guarding going on there and some of it is going to drive her crazy.
A complete outsider in a world of wealth and decadence, Bailey has to find her way within a family that has more secrets than she could have imagined. One of these secrets could be deadly…
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What I thought about The Insiders
Bailey gets whisked away during a botched kidnapping attempt and finds out her father is the super rich tech giant that she's always admired and aspired to work for. One problem -- he's not that eager to get to know her and she's been targeted as a means of getting back at the fabulous Peter Francis.
She ends up living on the family estate along with a Kash Colello. It's not clear exactly who Kash is and what he does, what it appears he does something with security and he takes personal responsibility for Bailey by having her stay at his villa on the estate. It doesn't take long for sparks to fly between Bailey and Kash, but he's always taking off on her to go do some super-secret work thing. I did find him intriguing in spite of his evasive attitude.
The lives of the rich and famous are detailed for most of the book -- especially when it comes to her half -siblings, especially Matt the oldest. I did find the interactions between Bailey and her new-found brothers and sister quite lovely and some of my favorite parts of the book. Matt is your typical sex-drugs-and rebellion sort and he ends up putting Bailey at risk a bunch of times.
There are plenty of lies and secrets in this that get revealed gradually throughout the book, and a potentially serious ending that could have been really been exciting had everything not been wrapped up quickly to set up for the ending of book one in this trilogy. There were some elements in the story that had me stretching my imagination although it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the overall plot.
A solid start to the trilogy, I did enjoy The Insiders and I'm eager to read more of this story, especially finding out more about the super-secret, super-powerful Kash and I hope Bailey and her info security skills have a prominent role in the next installment.
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