Betrayal (Infidelity #1) by Aleatha Romig

Betrayal (Aleatha Romig)

SUMMARY

One week. No future. No past. No more.
Alexandria Collins has one week to live carefree—no ghosts of her past or pressures of her future haunting her. Reinventing herself as "Charli," she is knocked off her feet by a sexy, mysterious man who brings her pleasure like she never imagined. With her heart at stake, she forgets that decisions made in the dark of night reappear in the bright light of day.

"Some of my tastes are unique. They aren’t for everyone. I understand that.”

Lennox "Nox" Demetri is wealthy, confident, and decisive—he knows what he wants. From the first time he sees Charli at an exclusive resort, he knows he wants her. Although he is usually the one to make the rules, together they agree on one:

One week. No more.

When betrayal comes from those closest to Alexandria, she must decide how far she is willing to go to survive. Choices are not always easy, especially when they involve the heart, body, and soul. After all, Infidelity is a business, and some rules are meant to be broken.

"Is it really cheating if you're doing it to yourself?"

MY REVIEW

Alexandria Charles Montague Collins and Lennox Demetri are meant to be together. This is their destiny of course and it is calling them.

Alexandria aka Alex aka Charli (with an i) crossed paths with Lennox aka Nox at an exclusive resort where she was celebrating her graduation with her best friend. For a whole week Charli and Nox lived their dream. They spent their time together; they had dinners, long walks at the beach, tons of sex everywhere from a dirty toilet at a gas station to a luxury bathtub under the candle lights.

Nox had realized that Charli is a princess. Her upbringing, her manners were obvious. On the other hand, he did not know who she really was and what her real name was. The same stand for Charli. They had promised to each other not to reveal anything about their pasts or their families. As a result, anything they felt was genuine and it ended rapidly after just a week.

Six weeks after her time at the resort, Alex will feel the bitterness of her mother betrayal.
Her high school boyfriend and son of her godmother will be forced to her as a potential husband.
Moreover, her stepfather has made the money which were used for her studies disappear and Alex will end up penniless in New York having just enough money for one semester for the postgraduate studies.

Alex is determined to succeed and escape her family heritage. There are dark, dirty secrets about her childhood which are not really exposed in the first book. We only get a glimpse of a few incidents. Alex has learnt how to survive and after the encouragement of her cousin, she will take a life changing decision.

Charli and Nox will meet again. But this time she has to call him Mr Demetri, because THE RULES HAVE CHANGED.

Facts about the book:
Two points of view mainly by Alex and secondary by Nox
Two time periods - Present and six weeks earlier
Two main families – Montagues and Demetris
Two supportive role families - Fitzgeralds and Spencers

I am so excited for this series! The first book is really promising and the plot twists were excellent. Alex and Nox have great chemistry and there are secrets that I am dying to find out.