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Trust:
Betrayed
Trust
Trilogy Book Two
Cristiane
Serruya
Genre: Adult
Contemporary Romance
ISBN:
1482586479
ISBN13:
9781482586473
Number of
pages: 551 pages
Word Count:
137.903
Cover
Artist: Renata Fontanive
Book
Description:
Alistair and
Sophia have found each other. Their hearts are opening to love again and they
are set to have their 'happily ever after'. Or so it seems.
BETRAYED,
the second installment of the Trust series, journeys back into the past to
reveal their secrets and dark deeds.
Sophia, the
ravishing owner of Leibowitz Oil, is determined to have a relationship with
Alistair, but a dark and terrible secret lurks beneath the surface she presents
to the world. Will she be able to find peace within herself?
Alistair, a
powerful banker, is in love with Sophia but has difficulties overcoming his
guilt over his daughter's death and his BDSM proclivities. Certain that he
doesn't deserve to be loved, he will do everything to push Sophia away, despite
his love for her. Will he be able to find redemption?
Ethan, a
steel tycoon, no less haunted by his secrets and lies, is still in love with
Sophia after their short lived relationship. He now lives in an alternate
reality he has created, because the loss of Sophia is too unbearable to face.
He will pay any price to have her. Will he have her back in his arms or will he
overcome his loss and move on?
Sophia,
Ethan and Alistair will need to overcome their guilt, fear and pain and learn
to see themselves through forgiving eyes.
___________
Atwood House.
Sunday, March 21st, 2010.
6.55 p.m.
“Okay, little girl,” Sophia clapped
her hands at Gabriela who was comfortably seated on Alistair’s lap. “Time for
bed. Now.”
“But, Mama-”
“Don’t you but me. It’s seven
o’clock. Time for you to go to bed.”
Gabriela pouted at her mother and
then turned her head, looking at Alistair for help. He just smiled at her and
motioned his head to Sophia.
“Five minutes more, Mama,
pleeeease.”
Sophia looked at her watch and
sighed, “Okay. But only five.”
Gabriela beamed at her mother,
“Thank you, Mama.” She turned to Alistair and asked, “Tell me another story,
please?”
“A short one,” he said as Sophia
sat on the sofa beside them and put Gabriela’s bare
feet over her lap.
Alistair smiled at Sophia, as he
started the story, “Once upon a time, there was a prince. He was very tall,
handsome and rich. But he didn’t have a princess-”
“What was his name?”
“Ronnoc Riatsila,” he promptly
said and winked at Sophia.
“Ugh! What an ugly name.” Gabriela
puckered her turned-up nose. “Are you sure he was a prince?”
“Aye. I’m sure,” he smiled, delighted.
“So. The prince was very much alone in his big,
big castle. One day, he decided
to hold a contest to find his bride. All the women in his kingdom would have to
go.”
“Only the beautiful ones,”
Gabriela said. “Princes can’t marry ugly princesses.”
“Very well. Only the beautiful ones.”
His grin broadened as he put an arm over Sophia’s shoulder and pulled her closer.
She sighed happily and nestled herself
on his side, listening to the story of the prince called Ronnoc Riatsila,
thinking that she wanted his princess to be called Aihpos.
The City of London Bank Headquarters.
Thursday, May 15th, 2008.
4.59 p.m.
“But can’t my driver just pick up
the prescription?” Alistair paused as he listened to what Doctor Lodes’s secretary
told him on the phone. “Aye, of course. I’ll be there.” He hung up and rubbed a
hand on his neck. What could be this urgent? It’s just a prescription.
As he left his office with a
bad feeling in the pit of his stomach.
Lodes’s Clinic.
5.47 p.m.
“Hello, Doctor Ben. How are you?”
Alistair hugged the doctor and entered his office.
“How are Aunt Elizabeth and
Mark?”
“Everyone’s fine, son. Everyone’s
fine,” Doctor Lodes repeated as if to assure himself that what he said was true.
He motioned for Alistair to sit on the sofa at the end of his office.
Alistair frowned at the strange
behavior but complied, sitting on the comfortable gray sofa and stretching his legs.
He was tired. He had been working like a mad man lately. “I haven’t seen Mark
for a long time. He’s disappeared.”
Doctor Lodes scratched his bald
head and sat next to Alistair on the sofa. “You have
been too busy to see your friends,
Alistair Connor. Mark got married last week. We missed you at the wedding.”
“What?” Alistair sat up on the sofa.
Mark was one of his best friends. “I didn’t get the
invitation.”
“We sent it to your apartment. Heather
rang us and talked to Beth. It seems you had a trip planned.”
“We did travel, but I would have
postponed it if I had known that Mark was getting
married. It wasn’t that important.
We went to Saint Barths for the weekend to celebrate our anniversary which was
in February.”
“Well, too late now, son.” Doctor
Lodes shrugged. “See that you don’t miss Johansson’s wedding in two weeks. His father
told me that Heather has declined as well.”
What? Alistair’s mouth fell
open. What’s going on?
“Did you receive the last results
from Heather’s exams?” Doctor Lodes continued.
Oh, damn. I forgot
Heather’s exams. I
don’t even know
if she did
them after the treatment. Alistair looked sheepishly at
the older man and shook his head.
The doctor’s face showed no surprise.
“Well then. Alistair Connor, I don’t want you to become nervous with what I’m
going to tell you.”
“Too late for
that, Doctor Ben.
I’ve been freaked
out since our
appointment in
December.” Alistair almost laughed.
But his doctor
and friend had
such a stern
expression on his face that he knew this was no time for humor.
“My boy, I received the confirmation
that the moxifloxacin was effective and that the bacteria were eliminated. Nonetheless...
It took too long to diagnose and the damage… Treatments are evolving and maybe
in the future they can reverse what’s happened-”
“You’re scaring me, Doctor Ben,”
Alistair shifted on the sofa and leaned toward the doctor to better look at his
soft brown eyes.
The doctor thinned his lips and
looked away for an instant.
When he looked back, his face showed
a piercing sadness. “I’m so sorry to have to tell you this, Alistair Connor. I’ve
known you all your life and I love you as if you were my own son.” He shook his
bald head and a cold dreariness sifted through Alistair’s bones. “But the test results
arrived this morning. I still had hope…” He inhaled deep, rested his hand over Alistair’s
and blurted, “Son, I’m sorry, but the disease has made you infertile.”
Trust : A
New Beginning
Trust
Trilogy Book One
Cristiane Serruya
Cristiane Serruya
Genre: Adult
Contemporary Romance
ISBN 13:
978-1480236295
Number of
pages: 464
Book
Description:
They are
beautiful. They are rich. They are strong willed and successful. They have
everything, but love. And each one of them has a dark secret looming in their
past.
Sophia is a
25 year old Brazilian widow. Intelligent and ravishing, she flees from her own
country after a tragic incident. Hiding from everyone and everything, she remains
alone, torn between the love for a dead man, the torment of living without part
of her memory and the fear of moving on.
Ethan is one
of the most important tycoons in the steel industry. As the memory of an awful
evening in his adolescence haunts him night and day, he keeps looking for an
elusive woman whom he could love - and who would love him - as he never has in
all his 35 years... Until he finds Sophia.
Alistair is
a 34 year old powerful banker, searching for one–night stands with women who will
warm his bed. And that he can punish physically to abate his anger for his late
wife's black deeds and his own guilt for being such a debauched man for so many
years. Any woman will do, and he has many to choose from, as they all fall
instantly for his manly, devilish charming ways.
In Europe,
in the months after October 2009, their paths will cross and clash. Who will
win the prize of love?
About the Author:
I live in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with my husband and two daughters. I'm a lawyer, who
specializes in cases of sexual abuse and violence against children and women. I
also have a Masters in Business Law and a BA in Fine Arts.
I've always
loved to read, write and listen to music. I lived and studied in England,
France, Italy and Switzerland. Traveling is one of my passions - as is keeping
fit and healthy.
After
twenty-two years of practicing law, I decided to give writing a go. And -
amazingly - it was just the piece that was missing in my life.
@CrisSerruya
Author's
page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00A85DHT8
@trustrilogy
2 comments:
Thank you for being here!
I loved the first book! Can't wait to read the second one!
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