Customer Reviews

Betrayed

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4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I would have to say that anyone who gives this book less than 4 stars is a fool! There was enough history included to keep things straight for those of us who are not history buffs with respect to the Scots, but not too much as to confuse.
Upon reading this book I fell in love with many of the characters and hated some, such as King James. This novel was a thoroughly refreshing read! Most romances are the same plot over and over and over again. Two people fall in love, have a problem, and overcome it in little to no time and live happily ever after-yada yada yada. I found myself wondering while reading this book if Fiona and Angus would be reunited; that only made it more exciting!
Also too many authors skimp on the sex sections! Small gives enough detail for them to be titillating and informative of the characters emotions while not crossing the line of vulgarity. Face it ya prudes-sex is part of love!
This novel has everything love, loyalty, anger, deception, passion, jealousy, and most importantly sadness because that is how life is and was. Definitely not some sugar-coated fairy tale. Fairy tales are for children!
Lastly, I have one small complaint. When Angus and Fiona are finally reunited the book ends immediately. I would like to know more about how Angus and Fiona got on after the 5 years they were separated! They had to have some problems.
This is the second Small novel I have read, the first being Hellion which I love almost as much. Being a person who is usually reading authors like Stephanie Laurens and Julie Garwood... I am now a completely devoted fan of Bertrice Small!

I have read *all* of Ms. Small's books, and they've been a wonderful treat for me. Of course, I have a special place in my heart for the Skye O'Malley series, so I tend to read non-Skye related books a bit apprehensively. This book quickly became my all time favorite !

Do yourself a treat---make a hot cup of tea, curl into a comfy chair and read this book in one LONG stretch ! Enjoy !

In 1422, the Laird of Loch Brae, Angus Gordon, catches Fiona Hay stealing his cattle to pay dowries for her sisters' weddings. He accuses her of the crime and she offers her maidenhead in payment. Angus says the cattle is worth more than just one night in the sack. Instead he makes her his mistress.

When King James returns to the Scottish throne after twenty years held as a royal prisoner in England, he does everything to unite Scotland under his rule. He worries about the Highlanders, who have failed to swear fealty to him. Even though he knows that Fiona and Angus love each other, the King sets in motion a plot to turn Fiona into the lover-spy of Colin MacDonald, a wild Highlander. The plan works with Colin being duped into abducting Fiona. With no trace of her, it appears that Angus and Fiona will never share the lifetime of happiness that both richly deserve.

New York Times best selling author Bertrice Small writes her best novel since the early "Skye O'Malley" books with BETRAYED. The novel is extremely erotic (even for Ms. Small), but is very enjoyable due to the brilliant and charming lead and secondary characters, who bring alive the reign of King James I. Historical romance fans will enjoy this fabulous story.

Harriet Klausner

This book started off great, exciting when she agreed to be Angus's mistress for stealing his cattle. But what I couldn't understand is how could she be with Nairn for so long, and be happy if she really loved Angus. That's what I didn't understand. She was with Nairn more than the man she loved, or thought she did. There were some interesting scenes with Nairn and Fiona, but I felt like she was cheating on Angus, for some reason. Overall it's a good book, but it seems like Fiona doesn't know what she wants or who she loves.

This book got my attention when I read its "free" excerpt. It so intrigued me that I ordered the novel immediately. I just knew it was going to be romantic, sensual and adventurous. I was not disappointed. This is historical power and romance at its truest and best; a beautiful, spitited, yet honorable lass, two men who love her, and a king with much power and little mercy. Ms. Smalls is a genius in the arena.

Bertrice Small is one of my all time favorite writers. Somepeople complain about the similarity about the story lines. (Boy meetsgirl, boy loves girl, boy loses girl to handsome stranger, boy gets girl again.) I like Mrs. Small's writing because it is different from the typical romances. She is also very detailed and historically accurate. Her characters are very deep and her descriptions are so vibrant. I lose myself in Bertrice Small books every time without exception. This book was your typical Bertice Small book....

I have always been a huge fan of Bertrice Small, but her last few books had been very disappointing. Betrayed is the best one she's written in a while. The only thing I didn't care for was that Fiona spent so much time apart from Angus. But I was glad to see that at least Fiona didn't end up in some damn harem, because I was getting pretty sick of that same old story in too many of Bertrice Smalls books! Betrayed is worth a read.

This was a sad excuse for gratuitous sex. Almost zero plot, a young girl sleeps with two men she 'loves' in dozens of places, positions and situations. They may have had their clothes on for maybe 1/2 of the book. Maybe. All in all, a waste of time.

It started out all right, but soon plunged into long stretches of dry historical facts that read like "Robert, Duke of Albany, brother of late king Robert III, held hostage by his nephew, Murdoch Earl of Fife, who murdered the last English king, who chose a bride--"

Soon I stopped caring who anyone was, or attempting to keep track of them. The plotting was choppy with no vitality or momentum, the narrative pedestrian and unimaginative -- and, come to think of it, isn't "imaginative narrative" one of the top goals for a writer? All the characters are cardboard-thin, and the narrative point of view skipped all over the place; sometimes you're reading three different character's thoughts on the same page!

And the main plot point, the kind sending Fiona to be a spy...Why didn't he just get someone who was WILLING to do it???

Well, that's where I stopped reading, so unfortunately didn't get to the "gratuitous sex" parts I heard mention of.

I believe this book to be the best Ms. Small has written. There is just enough history to help you understand whats happening in the story, but not so much as to make you not want to read on. I liked the chemistry between the characters. Fiona, kicked heinie in my opinon. She did not hide behind her thoughts and feelings like many think women of her time did. Angus is great once he get over his non commitment stage. I liked Narin best of all. I hated him for stealing Fiona from Angus, but as the book goes on you find out he is really a nice guy with a big heart. I really give this book 10 stars.....its my favorite romance novel