I
recently had the opportunity to review The Power Trip by
Jackie Collins. I received the audiobook from Macmillan Audio.
Aleksandr
Kasianenko, a Russian business tycoon, has a special birthday surprise for his
girlfriend, Bianca, a famous supermodel.
He has built her a yacht, crowned it “The Bianca” and for its first
voyage, Alek and Bianca invite five couples to join them on cruise through the
Sea of Cortez. The couples include movie
star, Cliff Baxter and his girlfriend, Lori, who is half his age, UK football
player Taye Sherwin and his interior designer wife, Ashley, Senator Hammond
Patterson and his wife, Sierra, Latin singer Luca Perez and his promiscuous
partner, Jeremey, and Journalist Flynn Hudson and his friend Xuan. They are in for a vacation of a lifetime and
Alek promises it will be unforgettable.
It
becomes even more unforgettable when Russian mobster, Sergei Zukov, finds out
that Alek is the one who arranged the murder hit on his brother five years
ago. Sergei is working with a Mexican
named Cruz, who is a master pirate, in hopes of getting revenge on Alek. He,
Cruz, and Cruz’s band of Somali pirates plan holding The Bianca’s guests for
ransom, while Sergei has plans for Alek.
The
celebrities vacationing on The Bianca are far from perfect. Alek has spared no
expense and wants everything to be perfect for Bianca but even in paradise,
there is trouble. Ashley is still upset about an indiscretion outside their
marriage that Taye had years ago that made tabloid news. Luca is discovering that Jeremy is not the
man for him due to Jeremy’s uninhibited sexual urges outside of their
relationship. Sierra has finally had it
with Hammond’s threats and sexual infidelities.
Flynn finds that he cannot escape the love that he thought broke his
heart many years ago only to find that Hammand had a part in breaking him and
Sierra up. Xuan finds herself dealing
with Bianca’s jealousy. Cliff has made
decision to break up with Lori after the trip but soon realizes that perhaps he
is mistaken about Lori. Meanwhile, Alek
is determined to make this experience wonderful for Bianca as he plans on
proposing marriage at the end of the trip.
He has no idea that he may not have the chance.
The
pirates think they have an advantage over the passengers and crew of The
Bianca. Everything changes with the passengers
and crew fight back. There will be deaths and there will be changed
relationships.
Jackie
Collins does what she does best and there will be plenty of secrets, lies,
sexual feats, and backstabbing. The Power Trip now
available in print
and in audiobook.
I was not paid for this review. Thank you to Macmillan Audio for sending me a
free copy for my review.
