THE POWER TRIP

A passel of characters is on board a luxury liner for its maiden voyage: a Russian billionaire and his supermodel girlfriend; a mega-movie star and his desperate but likable partner; a famous Brit footballer and his social-climbing wife; a senator and his beautiful but unhappy other half; a Latin pop star and his wicked boyfriend; and a hunky journalist and his do-gooder date. When uninvited guests--a Mexican pirate gang hired by a Russian mobster bent on revenge--show up, Collins's sizzling, naughty romp takes off. All the narrators hit home runs, perfectly embodying their characters. And they all nail the requisite accents: posh and working-class British, sinister Russian, upscale and down-to-earth American, and sexy Latin. This is a great summer listen. A.C.P. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2013]