Betrayal: A Bella Terra Deception Novel (Scarlet Deception) - Softcover

Dodd, Christina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451413202 ISBN 13: 9780451413208

Publisher: Berkley, 2012

Synopsis

Two powerful families, a priceless bottle of wine, and a precious pink diamond lost for three generations collide in this suspenseful contemporary romance series from New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd...
At nineteen, Noah Di Luca was Bella Terra's golden boy, handsome, confident, and untouched by the shadows that tormented his brothers...or so it seems. Driven by ambition, beautiful teenage Penelope Alonso fought her way out of the ghettos. During one hot summer, they came together in the sweetness of first love...until his past reared its ugly head and Noah walked away.
Nine years later, Penelope returns, never imagining she'd see Noah or that one glance would wake their fiery passion. As peril builds around them, Penelope has one choice: to survive, she must once again trust the man who betrayed her.

Even with terror stalking through Bella Terra's streets, love may be the most dangerous choice of all. Customers who like books by Nora Roberts and Julie Garwood will enjoy this story.Join Christina Dodd's FREE mailing list for book sales, book news, and entertainment brought right to your inbox! Just copy and paste * christinadodd.com * into your browser, fill out the form in the upper right corner with your name and email (Christina pledges to keep your information private), and you'll always know about the best in romance and suspense. Join now!

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From the Author:

Only beloved author Christina Dodd could bring you the Bella Terra Deception series with the three handsome, sexy, tormented Di Luca brothers who seek justice, and sometimes, find love... Now, read an excerpt of the romantic suspense, BETRAYAL!

            Noah'srelationships were joyous, short-term and trivial. He fell a little in lovewith each woman. They fell a little in love with him. But his lovers knew thescore, and they were never surprised when he kissed them good-bye.
            Hehad broken his own rule only once.
            Now,as he watched his brothers, he envied them fiercely. They had what he wouldnever have.
            Eli,always solemn, always mature, laughed and tried to wrap Chloë in his sweaty,dirty arms while she scampered away screaming, "No! No! You're yucky!" But shedidn't scamper very fast.
            Rafewillingly made a fool of himself by flexing his muscles while Brooke madecooing noises and ran her fingertips over his pecs.
            Nonnalaughed aloud at their antics.
            Andan image rose unbidden in Noah's brain. Penelope Alonso,her heavy, long, black hair hanging in a braid down her back, her exotic browneyes peeking from beneath the sweep of long, thick, dark lashes, her full lipssmiling as she watched him make a fool of himself ... for her ...
            Hetold himself it wasn't surprising he had broken his rule for Penelope. He hadbeen almost twenty, and still grieving over his ruined future and theinevitable loss of his own life.
            Moreimportant, she had been everything he'd ever wanted: tough, proud, joyous,ambitious, hard-working, smart and brash. He supposed she hadn't beenbeautiful; a little short, very curvy, a quarter white, a quarter Hispanic, andhalf something else ... she didn't know who her father was. Not that she'd cared.Nor had Noah. Because he'd seen her, and he'd loved her, and she'd loved himback. At the end of that summer, he'd realized what a bastard he'd been, andhe'd sent her away.
            Noahpromptly put her image out of his mind. He saw no point in remembering Penelope.She'd moved on, and he was glad. Becauseno woman deserved a man who kept secrets, a man who had plumbed the depths ofdishonor, a man doomed to die for his misdeeds.
            ThankGod Penelope Alonso was the only woman who had ever tempted him, and thank Godshe had moved forever beyond his reach...

Customers who read books by Nora Roberts and Jayne Ann Krentz will enjoy this story.
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New York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd builds worlds filled with romance and adventure and creates the most distinctive characters in fiction today. Her fifty novels -- paranormals, historicals and romantic suspense -- have been translated into twenty-five languages, featured by Doubleday Book Club, recorded on Books on Tape for the Blind, won Romance Writers of America's prestigious Golden Heart and RITA Awards and been called the year's best by Library Journal. Dodd herself has been a clue in the Los Angeles Times crossword puzzle -- her mother was totally impressed. Publishers Weekly praises Christina's style that "showcases Dodd's easy, addictive charm and steamy storytelling." With more than fifteen million of her books in print, her legions of fans always know that when they pick up a Christina Dodd book, they know they've found a story "For the wild at heart!"
 
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About this edition

• Publisher: Berkley
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0451413202
• ISBN 13: 9780451413208
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 448