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The Betrayed

The Betrayed, August 2013
Mystere Parish: Family Inheritance
by Jana DeLeon

Harlequin Intrigue
Featuring: Zach Sargent; Danae LeBeau
219 pages
ISBN: 0373697147
EAN: 9780373697144
Kindle: B00BZPLJU4
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"For once she trusts, but is she wrong?"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Betrayed
Jana DeLeon

Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted September 10, 2013

Romance Suspense

She had arrived in Calais as Connie the waitress trying to scope out the area that she and her sisters had been born in and try to find out where they were. She found her stepfather dead and the estate searching for the daughters of Ophelia LeBeau, but Danae LeBeau had only had the courage to come forward when her sister Alaina was almost killed while fulfilling her obligation. Now she steps forward to do what she has to do. She had no idea that in staying on the estate for the two weeks she would feel like THE BETRAYED member of the family. Zach Sargent won the job as a contractor to repair the dilapidated LeBeau Mansion that was damaged in a recent storm. He has no idea that his search for answers concerning his father's deathbed confession would bring him face to face with danger. He has to know what his father did that had him so very upset. With the job he figures while he is working he could snoop to find the truth, finish the work and go back to New Orleans. He had no way of knowing that Danae would not only knock him off his feet and put a crimp in his plans but wedge her way into his heart. THE BETRAYED is an emotional, action packed story that takes the reader back into the haunting swamps of Louisiana. Author Jana DeLeon brings us the second of her Mystere Bayou: Family Inheritance in the same exciting theme with another fantastic couple. Danae and Zach both have secrets but they slowly begin to rely on each other. If your idea of romance is immediate burning sheets you will not find this here. Ms. DeLeon, gives you the full spectrum of feelings, the wanting and stepping back before finally giving in to the full desire the couple has come to feel. After reading The Accused I was very much looking forward to the next book and I was not dissatisfied with this one and look forward to the next.

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SUMMARY

One day on the job and contractor Zach Sargent is ready to believe the dilapidated old LeBeau mansion is haunted. Some intruder—earthly or not—is threatening the youngest LeBeau sister, back to claim her inheritance. And though Danae keeps her distance from the sexy hired hand, he falls for her in a heartbeat. Like Danae, Zach has come back to Calais in need of answers to troubling questions about the LeBeau family past. But Danae must never know who he really is and he can't let his attraction to her stop his search…or else a decades-old evil will claim a new victim


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