In Dee Henderson's novella "Betrayal," Janelle Roberts is freed--thanks to people she doesn't know--after serving six years of a twenty-year sentence for a murder she did not commit. But a murderer is still at large, and Janelle needs to be somewhere safe with someone she can trust. She may not survive another betrayal.
In Dani Pettrey's "Deadly Isle," Tennyson Kent is trapped on the isolated island of her childhood by a storm surge, and she is shocked when the typically idyllic community turns into the hunting grounds of a murderer. Cut off from any help from the mainland, will she and first love Callen Frost be able to identify and stop a killer bent on betrayal before they become the next victims?
In Lynette Eason's "Code of Ethics," trauma surgeon Ruthie St. John saves the life of Detective Isaac Martinez. After a betrayal leads to him getting shot and then attacked while in recovery, Isaac is now a key witness determined to testify. But someone is intent on silencing him--and those around him--forever. Together, Ruthie and Isaac go on the run, desperate to escape the killers hunting him.
Book Review:
I'm a little torn on how to review Betrayal. There was a lot happening for a novella, and at the same time with all the different characters there wasn't enough happening. Why have half the book be about Paul and Ann (who, I'm pretty sure had their own book...I just can't remember if I've read it before), when the story is really about Janelle. And honestly, why throw in a romance, if a romance isn't going to happen. It drives me nuts. I'll admit it was better than I was expecting, but it still just wasn't quite right for me.
Deadly Isle was well written and entertaining. I'm just wondering why any time Pettrey needs to have a relationship ruined she goes for sexual promiscuity. It's never detailed, thank goodness, but just wondering why that always has to be the go to. Both Callen and Tennyson are great characters and especially for a novella it was well done. It didn't feel like a novella at all. I feel like I got a full, complete, un-rushed story.
Code of Ethics was my favorite out of this compilation. I forgot how much I enjoy her stories, and I'm thinking I need to go back and reread some. My one thing with this story is that Ruthie family is huge, and it's hard to keep track of who is who. I just read another of her full length stories about this family, and honestly I thought Ruthie and Isaac had already happened, but that didn't seem to fit the timing so I probably got the wrong characters. Anyway, this is a great family, and I can't wait to read more from Eason.
Title: The Cost of Betrayal
Author: Dee Henderson, Dani Pettrey, Lynette Eason
Publisher: Bethany House
Published: September 2018
ISBN: 0764231731
Source: I received an eCopy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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