Chapter One
Serena
They call them the FRAP boys. Filthy Rich and Playboys. So far up their own asses they could see daylight. My job? To expose them for the embarrassment they were. I’d been given an exclusive expose for Revealed, the glossy women’s magazine I worked for. Revealed was my life. The magazine focused on the topics women REALLY wanted to know about, like how to please a man in bed, how to land a billionaire, and the secret lives of celebrities and social climbers. There were all those other glossies out there campaigning for women’s rights and debating the most popular current shade of blue for fashion, and that was great. Those things had their place in the world of glossies and I enjoyed reading them on my downtime. But let’s be honest, lots of women just wanted down and dirty gossip and that’s what Revealed was about. Not one member of our editorial team was named. We all worked behind the scenes and signed non-disclosure agreements. It was like being a spy; I adored it.
So from the following Monday, I would be on the staff of the Malibu Dream, a boutique hotel on the oceanfront of Carbon Beach, home of the ultra-rich. Nicknamed ‘Billionaires’ Beach’, Carbon Beach was home to movie and music moguls, art collectors, actors and actresses; and their children, four of which were the FRAP boys. The lowdown was that they liked to hook up with any new females in the area and then compared notes on how they were in bed. They gave all the women a score out of ten. One of those women had contacted the magazine. It was a story too good not to investigate and something that could potentially create a shit storm around those who lived in Carbon Beach.
I looked over the documents I had been sent about each ‘target’ and wrote notes on the main points in my moleskin.
Carter Cole
Age 26
Son of Actor Ross Parish and Actress Linda Cannon
Interests: Surfing
Notable information: Has tried to break Hollywood himself several times and failed. Small walk ons as a child.
I checked out his photograph.
Carter had sandy-blond hair, chiseled cheeks and a pointed, defined chin. He was drop-dead gorgeous, and I could see why the women of Malibu fell at his feet.
Flynn Kelly
Age 25
Son of Art Collector Saxton Welsh - mother Lily Welsh (divorced 2015)
Interests: photography
Notable information: Past long-term girlfriend from 2010-2015, Rose O’Hara (British model)
Flynn was blessed with dark brown hair and the bluest eyes. He was tall and slim, and his gaze seemed to pierce through the photograph.
Smith Henderson