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Synopsis
One week. No future. No past. No more.
Alexandria Collins has one week to live carefree—no ghosts of her past or pressures of her future haunting her. Reinventing herself as “Charli,” she is knocked off her feet by a sexy, mysterious man who brings her pleasure like she never imagined. With her heart at stake, she forgets that decisions made in the dark of night reappear in the bright light of day.
“Some of my tastes are unique. They aren’t for everyone. I understand that.”
Lennox “Nox” Demetri is wealthy, confident, and decisive—he knows what he wants. From the first time he sees Charli at an exclusive resort, he knows he wants her. Although he is usually the one to make the rules, together they agree on one:
One week. No more.
When betrayal comes from those closest to Alexandria, she must decide how far she is willing to go to survive. Choices are not always easy, especially when they involve the heart, body, and soul. After all, Infidelity is a business, and some rules are meant to be broken.
“Is it really cheating if you’re doing it to yourself?”
From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a sexy, new dominant hero who knows what he wants, and a strong-willed heroine who has plans of her own. With classic Aleatha Romig twists, turns, deceptions, and devotions, this new epic dark romance will have readers swooning one minute and screaming the next. Have you been Aleatha’d?
BETRAYAL is a full-length novel and the first of five in the INFIDELITY series.
Review
When life gets too difficult, wouldn’t it be a real treat if we could leave it all behind, fly somewhere warm, alter our identity and have a deliciously sinful week full of dirty, rough no-strings sex with the handsome stranger sitting at the bar? That is exactly what happens to intelligent, loyal and beautiful Alexandria. Brought up in a house full of isolation and cold shoulders, judgement and selfishness, Alex has just finished college-an opportunity that afforded her more freedom than she ever had before. As a rule, I’m not a big fan of jumping timelines, the to-ing and fro-ing can either become annoying and repetitive or just plain confusing and in Betrayal we go from the present to the past to the present pretty regularly, however it does work with the storyline.
Our mysterious, handsome and down right naughty hero Nox has a witty mind, dominant personality, filthy mouth and a distinct aura of intrigue about him. The only problem I had with Nox was the fact that he didn’t appear in every chapter, in fact there is so much mystery regarding our hero that he isn’t in this book nearly enough but I believe Betrayal is simply setting us up for big things with the next book.
Alex or ‘Charli’ as she is sometimes known is a rather complex and alluring character. She exudes this innocence and fragility but is in actual fact one of the strongest, sensual and interesting female leads I’ve ever read. At times I got so worked up and angry about what she had to endure at home, her mother and her step-father are two of the most vile, loathsome villains around, one through design and the other from cowardice but in stunning contrast we see how incredible Alex actually is and it’s from her precious time with Nox that she has her own sexual awakening but also a bittersweet taste of what attention and affection feel like.
‘Nox was a walking contrast, a dichotomy of everything I’d known and everything I thought I’d wanted. His unique combination of force and tenderness should be illegal, because with just one taste I was instantly addicted.’
Betrayal is a sterling piece of writing, thoroughly engaging, rather suspenseful and absolutely jam packed full of secrets and emotion and ridiculously hot sex but when it comes to Aleatha Romig, I really wouldn’t expect anything less. Although Betrayal is a great story I definitely think it’s just the starting point for the next book of which I have very high hopes. Betrayal is setting the scene and introducing the players and circumstances and although I enjoyed it I feel like I could have benefited from having a bit more Nox in my life and having Alex stand up to her mother a little more but I’m almost sure there’s more drama and trouble brewing on all fronts. This is a terrific start to what I’m sure is going to be an amazing series.
~Nicole
