Perfect Betrayal by Season Vining Review
4.5 Smooches!
Synopsis
To the outside world, Taylor Hudson has it all: beauty, money and social status. But Taylor’s privileged life is far lonelier than it appears.
Levi is the inside man on a job to steal fifteen million dollars from one of the town’s wealthiest families, putting him on a crash course with Taylor. Neither of them believe in love, but lust. . . that’s undeniable.
Now they’re locked in a wicked game of seduction and it’s unclear who is playing who. But neither of them expected the affair to lead to the deepest connection they’ve ever experienced. Because beneath Taylor’s perfect exterior lies a need for love that mirrors Levi’s own.
As the heist approaches, how can Levi protect Taylor from the truth?
Is he willing to give up everything to save the one girl who’s made him want to be a better man?
Review
Perfect Betrayal was a story that took me a couple of chapters to warm up to as it starts out fairly slow as we’re introduced to the players and the plot. As it begins we’re introduced to our slightly unlikable lead female protagonist, Taylor. Taylor is your quintessential poor little rich girl when we first start out, she is obnoxious, entitled and just a little bit narcissistic but as the story unfurls and circumstances alter and shift so too does Taylor’s perspective on life and indeed herself, she matures, is quicker to accept her faults and ultimately apologise for them but she still manages to retain that sassy kick-ass ‘I don’t need anyone’ attitude and slowly transforms from an insipid privileged brat into an independent and incredibly layered character. What brings about her character’s progression is the introduction of the maintenance guy around her family mansion, Levi. Holding a grudge against the world and primarily the upper echelons of society Levi and his friends become embroiled in a plot that will ultimately change the course of his life. Levi is a remarkable character, his transformation is a lot more subtle than Taylor’s, when we first meet him he is cocksure of himself, he knows what he wants and how he’s going to achieve it but what throws the proverbial spanner in the works is recently graduated Taylor, a girl with beauty, intelligence and just enough sadness and hurt beneath the surface that Levi is instantly intrigued.
‘He unclasped her bra and pulled it from her body. Levi’s lips and hands slid over every inch, giving equal attention to all of her anatomy. He kissed Taylor’s neck, her jaw, her chin, and finally her lips-lips that through all their smiles and frowns sometimes hateful words had always been asking him to stay.’
Season has written one hell of a book and I don’t say that lightly. It may have taken a chapter or two to get in to it but once it starts rolling, it gains momentum and blossoms into a fantastic edge of your seat suspense story with quite frankly one of the hottest, most spectacular sex scenes I have ever read about and a fantastic twist in the plot that admittedly I never saw coming. As well as all of that it has a desperately swoon-worthy romantic ending, just perfection. It’s a terrific tale of betrayal, lust, family relationships not necessarily established through blood and of course forgiveness and love. It’s important to note the other great love story in Perfect Betrayal, that of Taylor and Suzanne her ‘nanny’, it was emotional and superbly written especially when taken in conjunction with the behaviour of Taylor’s actual family. This is definitely a book that you’re going to want to pick up in the near future.
~Nicole
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