
The Rules of Fortune
A Novel
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Soneela Nankani
“A gripping novel about power, money, and secrets.”—Mindy Kaling
A daughter’s investigation into her family history threatens to destroy their legacy in a gripping novel about power, money, and secrets by the author of Token Black Girl.
On their Martha’s Vineyard estate, the Carter family prepares to celebrate. But when the billionaire patriarch dies right before his seventieth birthday, the media is quick to question the future of the multi-industry conglomerate that makes the Carters living legends. Amid the succession crisis, his daughter, Kennedy, is questioning her father’s past.
Kennedy is an aspiring filmmaker, and the documentary she’d planned to present at her father’s party begins an inquest into the life of a man she never really knew. A thoughtful outlier in an elite and fiercely guarded dynasty, she’s not interested in keeping up the appearances that define her impeccably poised mother or in the capitalist games her ruthless brother plays. Kennedy wants only to understand the origins of their empire, and the lethally ambitious man behind it. That understanding comes at a cost.
As a twisted history emerges, the fault lines in the family grow. Torn between morality and the promise of maintaining wealth, Kennedy must decide what’s most important—the Carter legacy or exposing the shocking truth of how it was built.
©2025 by Danielle Prescod. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
“An intriguing story about wealth and power.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Twisty…Prescod keeps the reader guessing…Succession fans ought to take note.”—Publishers Weekly
“Prescod’s debut novel examines the many ways a man can use his power to take advantage of vulnerable people. [For] fans of complex fiction with suspenseful twists.”—Booklist
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it was good
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Good not great family saga
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Can’t wait for the sequel.
The storytelling.
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No mystery, no drama
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Good story
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Excellent read
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What a Story
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Stunning family saga
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Obsessed!
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William wasn’t “light” enough to pass for white and in my opinion disliked being black. The author did attempt to convey how he did attempt to gain some form of morality with donations, building of schools.
Jacqueline and Kennedy were the compasses to begin to right the wrongs committed by William Sr and Jr.
The author naming the primary two women characters Jacqueline Kennedy was unique. Were they the melanin women versions of Jacqueline Ken easy who raised her children to give back? To be ambassadors of humanity.
Engaging
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