Avery also finds out a family secret that directly impacts her, and is distracted by it. Other members include her half brother, two uncles, and some snotty cousins. Since Avery is a minor, the slightly older Riley accompanies her, and there is a sweet romance between the two. Incorporating the family history into the trips, the group is sent to diamond mines in South American, Plymouth, and Scotland, to complete various physically and mentally demanding tasks.
The competition will challenge the qualities that the grandmother wants her descendants to have but which she feels may be sorely lacking.
That person will come into the VanDemere fortune, while the other members will receive smaller sums of money. Her grandmother has been ill, and has set up a family competition to see who has been paying attention and knows the most family history. She does, only to run into Riley, the son of the family lawyer, who has come to take her home. Most recently, she's been in a boarding school for wayward children after minor infractions, and has decided to escape. The Winner? Treacherous turns in the competition serve as brutal reminders that only one person can win it all.February 10th 2015 by Bloomsbury USA ChildrensĪvery VanDemere has been raised by her stern, unloving grandmother after the death of her mother and her father's descent into alcoholism. As the game progresses, Avery finds herself drawn to him-even though she isn't quite sure she can trust him. Riley is the charming son of Grandmother VanDemere's lawyer. He'll do anything to win, even if it means turning on his own children. Marshall might be Avery's uncle by blood, but there's no love lost between them. and discover the truth about her long-lost mother. As the black sheep of the VanDemere clan-the illegitimate daughter, sent away to boarding school-she'd love to use that prize money to run away from the family who ostracized her. The Contenders For Avery, the contest offers a chance to escape. The Competition Seventeen-year-old Avery VanDemere's ridiculously wealthy grandmother has decided to leave the family fortune to the relative who proves him or herself worthiest-by solving puzzles and riddles on a whirlwind race around the globe.
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