Isaac Montgomery Trilogy by Steven Anthony-reviews

ISAAC MONTGOMERY- For The Love of Beth: Isaac Must Do What Needs to Be Done, His Life Will Depend on It
(Isaac Montgomery Trilogy #1)
by Steven Anthony
Genre: adult, contemporary, fiction

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 23, 2016

The story is about a man’s search for love barren of emotions from almost a parentless child hood to never feeling wanted from such an early age to his life becoming a most successful stock broker with international acclaim to finding out his heritage to the Van Horn dynasty, a house of money. To realising love in his life to becoming a slave to money and a company that would not set him free, a trilogy of many part. Murder, deceit, deception, romance, family, betrayal, revenge, hope and despair. Read as this book twists and whines to a dramatic conclusion. A man’s journey to find happiness plagued by misfortune and a temptation that stalks him to his despair and intrigue. Over the decades to an eventual climax, a cliff hanger literally. Help from a guardian angel as life gives a helping hand. Will his curse be over? Once and for all? Or begin again for Isaac Montgomery.

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REVIEW: ISAAC MONTGOMERY For The Love of Beth: Isaac Must Do What Needs to Be Done, His Life Will Depend on It is the first instalment in Steven Anthony’s contemporary, adult ISAAC MONTGOMERY trilogy focusing on investment banker and stockbroker Isaac Montgomery.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Isaac and Beth) ISAAC MONTGOMERY: For the Love of Beth follows investment banker and stockbroker Isaac Montgomery as he struggles for a direction in life. A self-made billionaire, investment banker Isaac Montgomery wants something more from life: a wife, a home, a happy family and fears he won’t find what he is looking for in the bustling city of London, England. Putting his career on hold, Isaac walks away from everything he owns landing in the Scottish village of Corngurn, where he will find love and his future in the guise of a young widow, Beth McCoogan. An insta-lust to love romance will blossom but not before Isaac is called back to London, England where his life as he once knew it will forever be changed. What ensues is the quick building relationship and profession of love between Isaac and Beth, as Isaac begins a dangerous journey on the next stage of his life.

ISAAC MONTGOMERY- For The Love of Beth: Isaac Must Do What Needs to Be Done, His Life Will Depend on It introduces the people, the places and the backstory of Isaac Montgomery, a thirty year old successful businessman whose life is about to spiral out of control. From the death of his mother, to the betrayal and deception he has lived through most of his life, Isaac will confront the who, how and why as his future plans will be derailed, threatened and disproportionately maligned.

There are some structural flaws in the book including formatting issues, run-on sentences, text organization, as well as multiple speakers in a single paragraph-a professional editor is required to correct the errors, sentence structure, and issues of grammar. At times, the story line was bogged down in unnecessary description (or amplification) lending a meandering feel to an already slow building tale but such is the writer’s voice that often differs from author to author (note the book title). ISAAC MONTGOMERY- For The Love of Beth: Isaac Must Do What Needs to Be Done, His Life Will Depend on It is a thought provoking, passionate and cautionary tale of power, greed, family and love.

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NEMESIS (Isaac Montgomery Trilogy #2)
by Steven Anthony

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 16, 2018

Isaac meets his nemesis Eleanor Clause the secret weapon of Clause industries; she is beautiful, intelligent and vibrant and can utterly control men with a strength that cannot be broken.

Her sights are now set on the destruction by any means of Isaac Montgomery but Isaac although fascinated and intrigued by her himself had been a womaniser for many years, so will he see through her elusion or be enticed into her web of deceit as she peruses him with her agenda of destruction… For Eleanor will do whatever it takes to bring her nemesis down to his knees and bring him under her control, or will the tables turn as Isaac is her equal in so many ways, as games can change within a moment, a sure thing can sometimes become a sure route to their demise, games will always be played and there has to be a winner and a loser in the battle for domination.

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REVIEW:  NEMESIS is the second instalment in Steven Anthony’s contemporary, adult ISAAC MONTGOMERY series focusing on billionaire investment banker Isaac Montgomery. NEMEIS should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up six months after the events of book one wherein Isaac Montgomery discovers the deep-buried secrets that will change his life. NEMESIS covers ten years in the life of Isaac Montgomery.

NOTE: If you have not read book one ISAAC MONTGOMERY: For the Love of Beth, there may be some spoilers in my review.

Told from third person perspective (Isaac) NEMESIS follows billionaire investment banker Isaac Montgomery as he begins to traverse the landscape that has become his destiny. His mother’s deathbed confessions have pushed Isaac Montgomery towards unwanted status and unethical practices for a family dynasty of which he will one day control. From betrayal and seduction, threats and revenge, power and control Isaac is pulled back into a world he thought he left behind. Having to assimilate himself into the business acumen of the Van Horn Empire, Isaac will become the very thing he despises in life-an elite member of the capitalist class. Seizing the proverbial ‘bull by the horns’ Isaac is tasked with taking the Van Horn Empire back to the top. The implied threats by the power elite, and our hero’s dual roles (both personal and professional) will force Isaac to separate himself from the people he loves.

NEMESIS is an intriguing tale of power and greed; family and expectations; trust and uncertainty. The premise is engaging and inviting with energetic and colorful characters.

Once again, there are some structural flaws in the book including issues of grammar, spelling, punctuation, text and terminology. The writing style is simple; the narrative is uncomplicated but struggles with the aforementioned intrinsic problems.

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END GAME (Isaac Montgomery Trilogy #3)
by Steven Anthony

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 24, 2018

Eleanor Clause a woman groomed through life by an evil man; her grandfather Ludvik Clause. From a young age taken from her family through blackmail and contempt, pushed through private schools to high education and finally finishing school. Through her grandfather’s indulgence and mentoring to one day join Clause industries her job was simple, with her intelligence and women’s wiles, to take down the men of power that could threaten the Clause heritage and to find and meet the one man she would truly love but she could not break. A formidable woman in every sense of the word but if she could not have Isaac Montgomery in her mind no one would.

A cliffhanger to the end to one more final secret unleashed on an unsuspecting Isaac as life hangs in the balance. Who will live and who will die, or will both not survive this final encounter?

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REVIEW: END GAME is the third and final instalment in Steven Anthony’s contemporary, adult ISAAC MONTGOMERY trilogy focusing on billionaire investor Isaac Montgomery. END GAME should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up following the events of book two-Nemesis.

Told from several third person perspectives including Isaac Montgomery END GAME continues to focus on Isaac Montgomery, and the business that had become his lifestyle- no longer a job but a part of his life. As heir to the Van Horn Empire, Isaac struggles between duty to the company, and needing time to spend with family and friends. Months ( years) will pass as Isaac struggles to keep Van Horn on top, a position that will soon push Isaac over the edge, into a spiral he is unable to stop.

END GAME takes the reader on a journey into the past revealing some of the events and backstory of the secondary characters as Isaac remembered conversations, or reminisced with old friends and acquaintances- information that wasn’t necessary to the overall premise but more filler than substance.

There continues to be a number of structural flaws (as per the previous instalments) including issues of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and text, as well as very long paragraphs with multiple view points, buried dialogue and first person thoughts overlapping third person perspectives. The writing style continues in the same vein as he previous instalments.

Steven Anthony’s ISAAC MONTGOMERY trilogy is a story of power, greed, money and betrayal. Our hero, wanted nothing more than to get married, raise a family, living a quiet, life in the Scottish countryside but his ascribed status as heir to the Van Horn Empire made Isaac Montgomery a target, and a shell of his former self. Money doesn’t buy happiness, and for Isaac Montgomery, nothing could have been truer.

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