Eyes Of Betrayal [Paperback]

Patricia A. Rasey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 2003

The long-awaited and riveting sequel to the best-selling Kiss Of Deceit.

Two long years have passed since Marcus "Snake" Gallego left behind Henry County and Detective LeAnne McVeigh, leaving her to mourn the fact he had ridden into the sunset without her. But when he finally returns to her Ohio town, he isn't alone. Snake has brought along a friend, Egan Tate, who looks the epitome of evil. And if things couldn't possibly get worse, her best friend, the good doctor Whitney Montgomery, has her eyes set on Tate.

When a vicious murder suddenly stirs the relatively peaceful community to turmoil, a murder reminiscent of the killings that plagued the county several years earlier, LeAnne begins to wonder about this mystery man Snake has befriended. Has a copycat killer truly emerged, or does Henry County have a ghost on its hands?

Editorial Reviews

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"5 Daggers...Anyone who likes a fast-paced thriller with a lot of intrigue will love this book." -- Sue Hartigan, All About Murder

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (April 9, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592799582
• ISBN-13: 978-1592799589
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,353,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

A daydreamer at heart, suspense author, Patricia A. Rasey, resides in her native town in Northwest Ohio with her husband, Mark and her lovable Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Todd. She has two adult sons she is extremely proud of and are actively making their own paths in life. At the age of twenty-nine, her boys both tucked away in school all day, she decided to put her creative writing studies to use. A graduate of Long Ridge Writer's School, Patricia has seen publication of some her short stories in magazines as well as several of her novels.

Ms. Rasey is a three-time recipient of the Word Weaving Award for Literary Excellence and a three-time winner of the prestigious RIO Award Of Excellence. She is also a three-time EPPIE finalist and was a 2001 nominee for Romantic Times Magazine's Best Electronic Book. Additionally, Twilight Obsessions and Twilight Visions, two anthologies she was a part of, was nominated for the PEARL, the Paranormal Excellence Award in Romantic Literature, in the Best Anthology category. Her short story, In The Mind of Darkness won the P&E 2002 Horror short story category.

When not behind her computer, you can find Patricia working, reading, watching movies or MMA. She is currently a third degree Black Belt in American Freestyle Karate.

Ms. Rasey's work includes the novels...

-- Deadly Obsession (currently not available).
-- Kiss of Deceit.
-- Facade.
-- The Hour Before Dawn, sequel to the best-selling Deadly Obsession (currently not available).
-- Eyes Of Betrayal, sequel to the best-selling Kiss Of Deceit.
-- Love You to Pieces (not yet published).
-- Lawfully Yours, her first historical romance.
-- Eternally Yours, sequel to Lawfully yours.
-- Dark Savior.


...As well as the novellas and award winning short story...

-- Fear the Dark
-- Sanitarium
-- In the Mind of Darkness

You can write to Patricia at:
Patricia A. Rasey
P.O. Box 385
Napoleon, OH. 43545

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Winner of the WordWeaving Award for Excellence, April 19, 2003

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C. Penn "WordWeaving" (Greenville, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eyes Of Betrayal (Paperback)

Two years ago "Snake" Marcus Gallego left town on his onyx Harley Davidson, taking Detective LeAnne McVeigh's heart with him. Now he returns with a raven-haired stranger that immediately captures both LeAnne and Doctor Whitney Montgomery's attention. Worse, he also brings a beautiful woman. "Villain" Egan Tate accompanies Snake on a mission to protect Virginia from her former boyfriend who happens to be a big league gang leader.

Unfortunately, within twenty-four hours, Virginia is found murdered in a style reminiscent of the murder of Snake's wife. Suspicion immediately falls to Tate who does not have an alibi. Extraordinary sexual chemistry leads to an unexpected relationship between Whitney and Tate, and she eventually provides him with an alibi. That lie, even when it becomes truth, will lead to passion and gristly danger beyond her imagining.

Readers of KISS OF DECEIT were aghast when author Patricia Rasey daringly broke all romantic conventions, allowing her hero to ride into the sunset without his heroine. Such a break of convention marks Raseys work, as she imbues her text with the harsh realities and subtle nuances that make her novels dazzle fans time and again. The fast paced EYES OF BETRAYAL continues to keep fans guessing as to the identity of a vicious murderer, echoing the unsolved killing of Snakes wife from KISS OF DECEIT. With surgeon like precision, Rasey cuts to the heart of human motivation, revealing the striking similarities of seemingly totally disparate characters. Each scene springs vividly to life, living in the imagination long beyond when the last page is turned. Indeed, like the man she attributes to inspiring Villain, author Rasey writes with style and class. Fans just cannot get enough of her bad boy heroes and will be eagerly awaiting her next novel. EYES OF BETRAYAL earns the WordWeaving Award for Excellence.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Timeless Tales 4 stars review, November 4, 2003

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"tteditor" (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyes Of Betrayal (Paperback)

by Patricia McGrew

Two years ago Marcus "Snake" Gallego left Henry County and Detective LeAnne McVeigh. Not telling LeAnne why he was leaving, she thought he just wanted to leave her. When Snake finally comes home, he brings Egan "Villain" Tate and a girl back with him. When they roll into town, LeAnne and her best friend Whitney Montgomery, the town doctor, are standing on the sidewalk. LeAnne is not sure she can go through the heartbreak again.

Tate and Snake have brought Ginny Summers to this small town for a reason. She had been the girlfriend of Randy, the leader of the Lords of Lucifer bike gang. After a drug supplier raped her, she had turned him into the Feds. Randy was not going to take losing his drug supplier lightly. They had hopes of hiding here awhile, away from the Lords and the Feds. Tate knew that his life would be over if Randy knew that he helped her escape.

Whiney is attracted to Tate, but she had worked to hard to be the town doctor and didn't want to lose her respectability by hanging out with a lowlife. When Ginny turns up dead in exactly the same way Snake's wife had two years ago, they knew the killer was back. The crime was still unsolved. Whitney is the acting coroner and LeAnne is the detective in charge. Snake had an alibi, so it is looking like Tate will be charged. But then someone from the Lords arrives to take Tate back to the gang he had walked away from, with the Feds not far behind. Will the gang get Tate back? Will they use Whitney to get to him? Will Snake get past Leanne's defenses?

Eyes of Betrayal is the sequel to Kiss of Deceit. This story has everything: dead bodies, Harleys, romance and a lot of suspense. I like the way Ms. Rasey developed Tate's character. Snake and Tate are bikers who have developed a sense of honor. LeAnne and Whitney are strong women with a taste for bad boys. This is a very fast-paced novel. The end is worth the whole book. I didn't want it to end. I hope Ms Rasey is busy writing.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A real treat to read, August 29, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eyes Of Betrayal (Paperback)

Marcus "Snake" Gallego accompanied by Egan "Villain" Tate and Ginny Summers returns to Henry County, Ohio to try to keep the woman safe from her biker friends. If the California based Lord's Chief Randy Craig learns where Ginny is he will kill her and probably former member Villain too as no one quits the gang.

Someone kills Ginny in the same manner, tied to a bedpost, in which Snake's wife was murdered two years ago. Homicide detective LeAnne McVeigh investigates the murder that brings her former lover Marcus back into her life. Though she loves Marcus, LeAnne is angry with him for deserting her without a look back. Serving as temporary coroner, Doctor Whitney Montgomery also works the case, but finds an attraction with the aptly named Villain. While LeAnne and Whitney wonder if the one each of them loves is the killer, the Lords are coming to town. Randy does not mind running over the innocent if it enables him to get to Egan, who knows that his beloved doctor is such a target.

EYES OF BETRAYAL, the sequel to the taut KISS OF DECEIT, returns two strong characters from the first novel. The story line starts at a dark rapid speed and never slows down until the climax. Readers will wonder who killed Snake's wife and Ginny, whether the biker gang will murder townsfolk including the two women, and will either or both couples stay together if they survive. Fans of terse thrillers will want to read this one, the previous one, and what one phone call from the grave sets up the next Patricia Rasey's chiller.

Harriet Klausner