I was given this book to read through Read 2 Review, thank you.

This story is told mostly from the point of view of Mia, the female protagonist, and Turen, the male protagonist.

This book was interesting in that it wasn’t just a love story between two people, but it was also a mystery with many other intriguing characters. It was a romance story, but much more. That in itself puts it above the usual romance fodder that is out there.



The beginning of this book was confusing. We jump into the story as Turen is being held prisoner, and he’s getting beat up. Until Mia first pops up into Turen’s cell, the story didn’t make sense to me. I had a difficult time figuring out what was going on, and couldn’t get pulled into the story, it appeared undefined and slow. I found the beginning awkward to read and I was hoping that it didn’t continue on the way it was. Luckily the story started to make more sense once Mia folded into Turen’s cell. Oh, and the word fold reminds me of the Guild Masters in Dune that folded space for their transport ships.

The author did a good job with dividing up the POV’s by chapter, or with paragraph separators. However, I did find a few instances where the POV change switched suddenly from paragraph to paragraph without warning. I needed to re-read what was happening in order to find out which person was currently speaking.

I liked that the author had Mia learning and training with her new abilities. Mia doesn’t all of a sudden turn into Superwoman; it was obvious Mia trained to do the things she did. Too many stories with female heroines don’t let a woman’s super abilities develop, they’re almost instantaneous. So I think the author did a good job with this aspect of Mia’s character.

I liked Mia, until she told Turen she was pregnant. Mia up to that point was intent on searching for answers and improving herself by learning fighting techniques. She was a smart woman that turned into a “fragile piece of china” once she told Turen she was pregnant, no matter how much she denied it. She got all dewy eyed and was no longer as spunky during the rest story of the story. Gone was the ‘warrior’ that Turen fell in love with and instead there was a person that was known for her ability to read the Archives and as Marcus’ mother and Turen’s mate. In Mia’s place for a strong female character came Breit, one of the guardians. It’s a shame the author turned Mia into a damsel in distress and had her pretty much fade into the background.

The conversations that Mia and Turen had in Turen’s prison cell were interesting. I liked the growing relationship between them, although I think it probably went on at least one scene too long. I was getting bored and wondered when they were going to escape.

Usually I don’t think het sex is very good in stories but the sex in this was pretty good. Although I did think it odd that it was sort of one sided. It was Turen doing all the sexy time stuff to Mia, which I don’t think is very interesting since women like to participate and do stuff ‘to’ men also. I would have enjoyed the sex scenes more if Mia actually did things to Turen other than running her fingers over his mark or just kissing him. So, yeah, the sex scenes could have been more equal.

I think the author could have been less obvious with the foreshadowing. It could have been more subtle and smoother.

For instance, there were a couple of events that happened in the book that I didn’t see a purpose for. The first was when Xavier shot Turen up with loads of drugs, specifically to make him lose his control. I can see that the author wanted to use this so that Turen would lose control around Mia and they’d then have hot sex, but it’s a poor ploy to lead up to the sex. It would have been better if there was a purpose to Xavier shooting Turen up with the drugs. There’s no interrogation, nothing, it’s just used to set up the sex scene. It’s like the author got lazy and didn’t want to bother to create a reason Xavier gave the drugs, or another way to get Turen and Mia to have sex.

The next event that happened that I found irrelevant, was when Turen saved Marco’s sister from being sold by Manny to his friends. The whole scene with staking out Manny’s house and rescuing the girl appears to have been a set up for later in the story when Turen uses his power of fire to save Mia and Marcus. I think that the Tucson scene could have been eliminated and instead, used the event when Turen found out about the scorch marks in the garage. He would train Mia there and explain about the fire then. The readers would learn about both of their fire abilities and the unnecessary scene with Marco’s sister could have been cut.

The author did a pretty good job pacing out the story to keep me interested, not to slow except for the beginning, too long in the prison, and saving the sister. I didn’t like that Mia faded into the background once she had the baby and her character turned into a pretty useless character. The people and scenes were easy to visualize. There wasn’t excessive flowery description and neither was the story lacking in description. I liked this book despite the few things I mentioned in the review. I give this book four stars.



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More than a love story, more than a mystery, more than a good versus evil, more than... you get the idea. K. H. LeMonye has created a vital world where the humans and Guardians come back together to reclaim their symbiotic relationship.
Turnan and Mia form the foundation of this new beginning. Their relationship grows and you see each of them come into their own during the course of their tale. If that was it alone, it would be a wonderful love story with all the trials and tribulations that befall them, but there is more.
Salvatore and Xavier who intertwined through this story you’re never how they story lines are going to play out. They add the twists and turns that keep you on the edge of your seat.
Characters that will follow in the series have their introductions too.
Betrayal’s Shadow is masterfully written, a spell binding treat that left me ready to read the next book—Warrior Reborn ( )

My thoughts:
This incredible story is not your average tale of good versus evil. This story is so much more than that. It is a story of the seduction of power and it's ability to taint vision and truth. The horrifying reality of a twisted sense of commitment and a covenant gone wrong. It is a story of struggle and sacrifice on a journey to find the truth buried in betrayal, and the price of failure is extinction.
We are introduced to a woman (Mia) who finds herself involuntarily drawn into the terrifying realm of a prison and once there meets a man (Turin) who she, for reasons unknown, is drawn to save. Once they meet, another element is added to our story. The power of love.
KH LeMoyne has created a gripping tale of deceit and betrayal, love, loss, compassion, courage and the all consuming desire to fight for what you believe in.
I fell in love with the characters. Each of them brings something vital to the story.
I found myself laughing and crying throughout the story as my heart bled and rejoiced with them as they struggled.
The characters KH LeMoyne has given us are beings that could only come from the vivid and creative imagination of a writer with a storytellers heart and the talent to bring them to life on paper for us all. ( )