Her Forgotten Betrayal is a strong, if not perfect, romantic suspense story. Shaw is the head of a multinational corporation – one that deals with the U.S. military. Unbeknownst to her, she is also the chief suspect in a secret selling case. While she has figured out that someone is selling those secrets, she doesn’t know who and has set out to try and find out. Unfortunately for her, she’s been discovered and after being shot has no memory. Shaw is sent to her old family home to recover, regain her memory and keep her in lockdown while the government and doctors try to figure out is she is the seller of the secrets.

Enter Cole. Cole is the maverick agent who is certain she is innocent. The thing is, he is not so innocent. He knows her, knows their past and he is using that to both protect her and seduce her. Shaw only knows she feels a lot safer with him than without him. She knows he knows her, but accepts that he can’t tell her because it will disrupt her regaining her memory.

Enter “The Villain”. The Villain is terrorizing Shaw, making her think she is truly going crazy, and her mind is fragile as it is. The physical damage of the bullet wound combined with the reason behind her amnesia already have her unraveling and when only she seems to suffer from these “hallucinations”, it makes it that much harder to hold on to her sanity.

The pacing is excellent, the tension is strong, the suspense is lukewarm. My biggest complaint is that the villain is revealed way too early for the suspense and tension to hold. By the time Shaw and Cole figure it out, I was beginning to think they were both idiots. In a romantic suspense, that suspense needs to stay longer to keep the tension level high. It didn’t. Shaw and Cole were well drawn characters, though the villain is a bit too overly done.

That said, the rest of the book is excellent and Anna de Stefano really knows how to keep readers engaged.

RATING: 4

REVIEWED BY: Monique Neaves,for My Book Addiction Reviews ( )

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