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.
5 Star Review by Natasha Gentile
One week. No future. No past. No more.
Alexandria Collins has one week to live carefree before she has to go back to reality. That's right, she is on her way to becoming a law student at Columbia. She's the proud graduate at Stanford College. Any parent would be proud of the road that she's taken, but not her parents. Her parents are what shall I call them, well no good words come to mind. She has her mom who is the typical trophy wife. Her last name is a legacy, her mother is really not interested in her daughter getting an education, because in the end she will just be a wife so to her she's just wasting her time. Her step father, well the only thing that comes to mind is not PG rated. He's married into the name, he's got a reputation to uphold and having his step daughter pretending that she is actually going to be successful is a waste of everyone's time. Yeah I know these parents deserve an award.
So with her week away from all the pressures she becomes Charli, a carefree no hassles kind of girl. What she wasn't expecting was to come face to face with Nox.
Moving my gaze back upward, I sucked in a deep breath at the most stunning light blue eyes I'd ever seen. As if summoned by my gasp, those eyes moved from Max and unashamedly scanned me from my auburn hair and floppy hat to my brightly painted toes.
Just like that this stranger has saved her from a shark in the water. While sitting by the pool enjoying his day Lennox "Nox" Demetri knows what he wants and gets it, each and every time. His sights are set on Charli, and nothing that she says will ever him off his course. So when this mysterious stranger invites her to dinner, she does the exact opposite of what she usually does and accepts a date with him.
"Some of my tastes are unique. They aren't for everyone. I understand that.
When his one touch sends a shock wave through both of them, they decide that they will give themselves this one week. One week, no yesterday's, no tomorrow's, just living for today.
He lifted his glass. "To an unforgettable week."
Our glasses met with a clink and we took a sip. The rich, thick liquid warmed my tongue and throat.
Just like that these two strangers gave into each other, never asking about the others' lives, just living in the moment. But what happens when the week is over and you both go your separate ways?
Then real life begins again. When Alex returns, she is hit with the biggest betrayal of her life. The one person that is suppose to protect you turns out to be the one with the biggest betrayal of all.
Forced into a corner and having no choice Infidelity becomes her only way out. It's a business that she doesn't want to get into. But then again some rules are meant to be broken,
"Is it really cheating if you're doing it to yourself?"
EXCERPT
I'd tried to recall exactly what
he'd looked and sounded like earlier that day. But with each passing hour the
recollections had become embellished in my mind. I recalled the sun behind his
head now as a radiating glow. His voice, deep and stirring, in my memory rolled
like thunder, fluttering my tummy while melting my insides. His chest wasn't
just muscular, it was sculpted, and I no longer just remembered the sight of
his dark hair and slight facial stubble. Now, my skin tingled at the thought of
its touch—so real, as if I'd felt it against the most sensitive of my parts.
When I stepped past the woman
and exited the glass doors, my breathing hitched.
I hadn't embellished, not
really. With the orange glow of the setting sun sending prisms dancing off the
waves below, the man casually leaning against the rail was everything I'd
imagined and more. Despite the ocean breeze, his casual stance, the way one
hand lingered in the pocket of his pants while the other held tightly to a tall
fluted glass of light colored liquid, filled me with warmth.
I was glad that Chelsea had
talked me into wearing a dress and
that I'd insisted on wearing panties. As he stood to walk toward me, the light
gray suit coat he wore moved effortlessly accentuating his shoulders and
forming a V to his trim waist. If I'd thought he was handsome in his swim
trunks, he was even better in a silk suit. The white shirt he wore was
unbuttoned at the neck and his strong jaw was covered with just a hint of
stubble. Whoever this man was, he wore the combination of casual and class with
ease.
I remained still as his grin
grew and he scanned me from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. Just
like earlier at the pool, the gaze of his light blue eyes burned my skin,
sending a rush of heat and leaving goose bumps in its wake. I found myself lost
in the paleness of his eyes, like pools of liquid, I imagined drowning in their
depths, and then, they settled on mine.
"Welcome, Charli, with an I. I'm very glad you accepted my
invitation." Flutters like butterfly wings filled my tummy as I searched
the horizon for clouds of an impending storm. There were none. It was him. His
voice did roll like the low rumble of
thunder.
"Would you like to have a
seat?" he asked, reaching for my elbow and leading me toward the table.
I almost jumped at the touch of
his warm skin against mine. Electricity like I'd never felt surged through my
veins setting off detonations at each synapse. My eyes snapped to his, and for
just a moment, I believed he felt the same thing, but just as quickly, his
expression found its casual confident demeanor.
"Yes," I said, trying
also to ignore the chemistry that threatened to knock me off my feet.
"Thank you. You didn't need to go to all this work."
He laughed. "It wasn't
me."
ABOUT ALEATHA ROMIG:
Aleatha released
her first novel, CONSEQUENCES, in August of 2011. CONSEQUENCES became a
bestselling series with five novels and two companions released from 2011 through
2015. The compelling and epic story of Anthony and Claire Rawlings has graced
more than half a million e-readers. Aleatha released the first of her series
TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE, INSIDIOUS, in the fall of 2014. These standalone
thrillers continue Aleatha's twisted style with an increase in heat. In the
fall of 2015, Aleatha will move head first into the world of dark romance with
the release of BETRAYAL, the first of her five novel INFIDELITY series.
Aleatha is a
"Published Author's Network" member of the Romance Writers of America
and represented by Danielle Egan-Miller of Browne & Miller Literary
Associates.
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