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  • Published: 7 July 2015
  • ISBN: 9781101915554
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Childrens
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

The Heart of Betrayal

  • Mary E. Pearson


Held captive in the barbarian kingdom of Venda, Lia and Rafe have little chance of escape . . . and even less of being together.

Desperate to save her life, Lia's erstwhile assassin, Kaden, has told the Vendan Komisar that she has a magical gift, and the Komisar's interest in Lia is greater than either Kaden or Lia foresaw.

Meanwhile, the foundations of Lia's deeply-held beliefs are crumbling beneath her. Nothing is straightforward: there's Rafe, who lied to her, but has sacrificed his freedom to protect her; Kaden, who meant to assassinate her but has now saved her life; and the Vendans, whom she always believed to be barbarians but whom she now realizes are people who have been terribly brutalized by the kingdoms of Dalbreck and Morrighan. Wrestling with her upbringing, her gift, and her very sense of self, Lia will have to make powerful choices that affect her country, her people . . . and her own destiny.

Read by Emily Rankin, with Ryan Gesell, Kirby Heyborne, Kim Mai Guest, and Ann Marie Lee

  • Published: 7 July 2015
  • ISBN: 9781101915554
  • Imprint: RH US Audio Childrens
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $23.00

Praise for The Heart of Betrayal

Praise for The Kiss of Deception (Book 1):

"This book has it all and it just may be the next YA blockbuster."--School Library Journal, starred review

"A wonderfully full-bodied story: harrowing, romantic, and full of myth and memory, fate and hope...this has the sweep of an epic tale."--Booklist, starred review

"Peppered with excerpts from sacred texts and traditional songs, the novel has a formidable heroine at its core, who is as quick with a knife as she is to laugh or cry....masterfully crafted story."--Publishers Weekly, starred review