The Betrayal by Laura Elliot
Published: 14th August 2015
Publisher: Bookouture
Pages: 376
Available on Kindle and in Paperback
Blurb
A perfect divorce. A new flame. And a deadly obsession.
Nadine and Jake Saunders were married as teens. Tied to one another by a night of passion that resulted in a pregnancy neither could turn away from.
Now, years later, their children have all flown the nest and the pact they made as teenagers – to give one another the freedom to pursue their own dreams – has resurfaced.
But freedom comes at a price …
While Nadine and Jake begin to untangle their lives from one another, Jake embarks on a passionate affair with a beautiful woman, Karin Moylan. What he doesn’t know is the dark history Karin shares with Nadine.
As lust spirals into dangerous obsession, Jake must break free from Karin. But he must also ask himself how well he ever really knew Nadine. What secret is she hiding? The truth, when it is revealed, could destroy them all.
Nadine and Jake Saunders were married as teens. Tied to one another by a night of passion that resulted in a pregnancy neither could turn away from.
Now, years later, their children have all flown the nest and the pact they made as teenagers – to give one another the freedom to pursue their own dreams – has resurfaced.
But freedom comes at a price …
While Nadine and Jake begin to untangle their lives from one another, Jake embarks on a passionate affair with a beautiful woman, Karin Moylan. What he doesn’t know is the dark history Karin shares with Nadine.
As lust spirals into dangerous obsession, Jake must break free from Karin. But he must also ask himself how well he ever really knew Nadine. What secret is she hiding? The truth, when it is revealed, could destroy them all.
Review
The Betrayal is the second book by Laura Elliot that I have
read, Fragile Lies was brilliant so I was really looking forward to reading her
next book. The Betrayal is a book which fills you with intrigue from the very first
paragraph when Nadine catches a glimpse of Karin Moylan and this sets off a
chain of events which are just scary.
Jake and Nadine have been married since they were seventeen,
a marriage based more on the circumstance of an unplanned pregnancy rather than
love, four children and twenty years later they are still together but both
feel slightly tied down and long for the missed freedom of their youth. At
Nadine’s request they agree to a “perfect divorce” where they will remain
friends and united for their children. However a chance meeting brings Karin
Moylan back into their lives, Nadine’s childhood best friend who she would
rather never set eyes on again. As Jake begins a passionate affair with the
tempting seductress he doesn’t realise just how much he is putting his family
at risk as this woman will do anything to keep her man.
I loved that this was written from the dual aspects of Jake
and Nadine in alternating chapters as I felt it really added to build up the
tension and suspense in this book as each begins to realise just how dangerous
Karin can be and how scared they are for each other.
The whole basis of this novel was why did Nadine and Karin
fall out all those years ago? Eventually we learn the truth through Nadine’s
memories but it was totally not what I expected at all! I think I changed my
mind a few times as to what the reason was but was wrong…so wrong which is exactly
what I want to be when reading a psychological thriller.
The character of Karin was really quite scary in the way she
was able to manipulate events and family members to get exactly what she
wanted, I would not like to be in her firing line! I think it will take me
quite a while to look at kingfisher blue, Karin’s signature colour and not feel
a little uneasy.
Jake and Nadine were both very likable characters and all
the way through I was so hoping that they would forget this silly “perfect
divorce” thing and stay married as they seemed so right for each other. I was
so angry with Jake that he could hurt Nadine the way he did, although I don’t
really think he stood a chance against Karin. I loved that they both had a
really strong sense of family and would go rushing to various members whenever
they needed help.
The Betrayal is a novel based full on intrigue, suspense,
lust and tragedy and most of all obsession. It was a little bit of a roller-coaster
for me as at some points I was a little bored, mostly with the Alaska trip and Eleanor’s
party politics but then at other points like the historical memories and the
crash I was hooked. I did enjoy this book
and will definitely reading this author’s other works, but please think
of some better names next time, Sam and Samantha for twins and Daryl and Carol
Farrell, sorry but I didn’t like them!
Thank you to Bookouture and Netgalley for my review copy,
overall I really enjoyed this book and look forward to her next one, I’d give
this book a rating of 4 out of 5.
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