Holy cow. L.K. Shaw takes her Secrets series to a new level in Secrets of Betrayal. When Phebe is rescued from sex traffickers, it isn't the beginning of everything being OK. It's the beginning of an incredibly difficult journey back to something that might eventually resemble normal. She's withdrawn and doesn't really think much of life anymore. Even though she is free, she keeps herself locked away in her mind, in a house, in a garden.

Donovan wants to see Phebe shine again, to see her come out of her withdrawal and rejoin the living. He doesn't expect her to work her way into her heart and soul. As the two of them connect and begin to heal we see something really special happening. A relationship. This book is so character-driven it gave me tingles. I really became a part of their lives and wanted to anything to help them figure out that they needed to be together.

This book does contain some dark parts, but I hope you don't let that stop you from reading this amazing series.