After years spent as a warrior, where blood and pain were
his only companions, Dreux finally has a chance to find joy
and peace when he marries the beautiful, gentle and loving
Kynedrithe. Unfortunately, she believes he is a violent
monster who would have destroyed her community unless she
agreed to be his wife. But on their wedding night, Dreux
shows her, with infinite patience, that he is a kind and
passionate man who offers her both his undying love and his
absolute trust.
Their happiness is short-lived, however. Dreux's
half-brother, Kai has sworn to destroy Dreux to avenge the
violent death of Maeve, Kai's mother, an evil fallen angel
whom Kai believes died at Dreux's hands. Kai convinces
Geoffrey, one of Dreux's knights, that Dreux will kill the
gentle Kynedrithe, just as he killed Maeve, unless they
kidnap her and bring Dreux to justice for his crimes. With
Geoffrey's help, Kai successfully steals Kynedrithe from her
marriage bed as dawn breaks, and while two of Kai's men hold
Dreux immobile at the window of the tower, he pulls
Kynedrithe into his arms and slits her throat. Geoffrey
realizes his mistake a moment too late, and he stabs Kai
with his sword as Kai plunges his dagger into Geoffrey.
In that moment of unbearable agony, Dreux's body turns into
a statue of indestructible stone from which he cannot
escape, and a thousand-year-old cycle begins in which Kai
and Geoffrey wage a war to destroy each other but both
resurrect whenever they are killed, and Kynedrithe is reborn
once every hundred years with one chance to release her
husband from his prison and reclaim the love she has lost.
Nine times Kynedrithe has died at Kai's hands, and the
thousand years is almost at an end, but this time around,
things have changed. After nearly dying at the hands of her
violent ex-husband Sam, Kynedrithe, now Kalyss, is not the
weak and gentle woman of her past. With the help of her
best friend Alex, she has become strong, independent and
powerful. She also has no memory of Dreux or her past
lives. So when Kai shows up to kill her, she's more confused
and angry than frightened, and able to fight back for the
first time. Then Geoffrey arrives and she watches in horror
as Kai kills him in front of her, buying her the time she
needs to escape. Following instincts and images she doesn't
understand, she discovers Dreux's statue in a nearby church,
and on impulse, she kisses him, releasing him. But as
delectable as he is in the flesh, Kalyss isn't about to
believe the story he's telling her about who he is or about
their history together; she just wants her life back. That
means facing Kai, who not only wants to kill her, but is
holding Alex hostage. As long-buried memories surface from
her life and her past, Kalyss must decide which man she
believes, which man she trusts, and which man she loves.
BETRAYED is a roller-coaster ride of adventure which is not
to be missed. Kalyss is a wonderful modern heroine, made all
the more appealing by the strength and determination which
she had to discover inside herself in order to survive.
Better still, Dreux is able to love her for who she has
become, despite the fact that she is no longer the woman he
married. The fast-paced action will keep you turning pages,
but Kalyss and Dreux's emotional journey will touch your
heart. Jamie Leigh Hansen is a bright new star in the world
of paranormal romance!
A love found at first glance can last for lifetimes...
This is their last chance. After nine loveless lives and
nine horrible deaths, Kalyss must save Dreux from his stone
prison--or pass without him into an empty eternity.
When two strangers violently enter her life, Kalyss's gift
awakens--along with the memory of her past lives--and she
must learn who she can trust in order to break the cycle of
hatred and betrayal that has held them captive for
centuries. For only then can she free Dreux from his prison
of stone.
But will Kalyss be strong enough, now that the last chance
has arrived--now that she must face not only the pain of
this life, but of all her lives before?
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