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Betrayal's Price: In Deception's Shadow, Book 1 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Lisa Blackwood (Author), Shiromi Arserio (Narrator), Kemah Bay Marketing, LLC (Publisher)

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Centuries ago the gods demanded Ashayna Stonemantle sacrifice her demon-tainted lover. She did, and then ended her own life, but it didn't fulfill her obligations to the gods.

Reborn into a new body, Ashayna has no awareness of her former life until her sentient magic manipulates her into seeking out Sorntar, Crown Prince of the Phoenix. The majestic and charismatic Sorntar reveals that she is host to a Larnkin - a spirit creature of vast power. If she can trust the word of a man who is part avian, he is host to her Larnkin's other half. When their Larnkins awaken early and force them into an unbreakable bond, Ashayna and Sorntar are accused of being corrupted by an ancient evil. To prove their innocence, they must discover what happened in the past to pit bondmate against bondmate. As the search for the truth draws them closer together, Ashayna realizes she's falling in love with Sorntar. But before she can tell him, his tainted Larnkin enslaves him. The gods demand she kill her beloved, as she did once before, but she will not do it, even if it's the only thing that will keep her soul safe from his darkness.

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10 hours and 40 minutes
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Lisa Blackwood
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Shiromi Arserio
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September 22, 2016
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English
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Kemah Bay Marketing, LLC
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B01LZ7H5EU
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Unabridged
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Listening Length	10 hours and 40 minutes
Author	Lisa Blackwood
Narrator	Shiromi Arserio
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Audible.com Release Date	September 22, 2016
Publisher	Kemah Bay Marketing, LLC
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01LZ7H5EU
Best Sellers Rank	#376,940 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #6,094 in Fantasy Romance (Audible Books & Originals) #9,981 in Epic Fantasy (Audible Books & Originals) #32,072 in Romantic Fantasy (Books)

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Ruby McDemon

Awesome story set in an awesome new world!!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2016

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If you could sum up Betrayal's Price in three words, what would they be?
Awesome new world.
But that doesn't really cover it because its just an amazing story and wonderful all around.

Who was your favorite character and why?
I loved all of them and the details Lisa gives and just how she made such a wonderful book.

Which character – as performed by Shiromi Arserio – was your favorite?
It it too hard to choose who I liked best from her performance because she did such an amazing job and conveyed everyone's emotions perfectly

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Get lost in the world of Phoenix's and humans with magic just to spice it all together.

Any additional comments?
Such an amazing read. Lisa and Shiromi really brought this story to life. The last 4 or 5 hours of the story I couldn't stop listening. This story is so amazing and unique I can't believe how great of a job Lisa did. With all the new races and the wonderfully built world this is definitely a series I am hooked on.

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MJMarney

Do the Phoenix sleep on perches like regular birds or in beds?

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2016

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After reading the sample I was looking forward to reading the whole story, but around midway some things started to bug me.
The world is wonderful; I liked how unique it felt. The different characters and species really piqued my interest. I can’t put my finger on it or come up with the right words, but sometimes it seemed like there was a “and voila! it is done!” sort of feeling about some events. As in something just happened quickly and I thought I might’ve missed a few pages so I went back to see.
The whole lore created around the 12 was intriguing and the concept of Larnkin seemed to be a distinctive touch and made the concept of a magic user something that wasn’t like all of the other fantasy novels out there. The human’s perception of magic was markedly different than how the other races felt about it. That perception made the whole idea of Ashayna having to live in the other races’ world seem a bit more dangerous, until you get to learn about the other races also and see they aren’t as evil as she is taught to believe.
Despite any of my misgivings I enjoyed the book and might pick up the next one because it has an interesting premise to it too.

Just a weird thought I had, but what did the Phoenix do in regards to sleeping? I mean those wings would be a pain in the butt, not to mention their feet. Wouldn’t they tear up a lot of sheets and blankets? Or did they just sit on a perch like regular birds do to sleep?

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An enchanting story

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2022

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Honor, trust, duty, loyalty are attributes Ashayna, a human, has had ingrained into her by her military father. Sorntar is a Phoenix who lives outside the human realm. He guides her as her magic grows, her personal values giving her strenghth to do what she must do. They are bondmates from from the past who must now find the truth about what occurred long ago.

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Neesie315

Betrayal's Price

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2019

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I got this book before I realized that I really am not a big fan of the high fantasy genre. I finally decided to listen to the book after a long time just to get it off my queue.

First of all, the narrator was good, but I found it hard to listen to the book at normal speed. After speeding it up to 1.25x, it was better, but still a little difficult for me to concentrate. Maybe it's because there are so many new names, beings, worlds, etc. in a fantasy, but listening to an audiobook version makes it hard for me to follow the characters, etc.

I'm not going to describe the storyline (mainly because I couldn't spell the character names if I tried), but will try to describe my feelings about the book.

Personally, I never truly figured out what was happening throughout most of the book. I couldn't see why characters did what they did and didn't understand the magic behind it. Also, I found the whole idea of the bond mates and the bonding a little skeevy. Take two young people from different species, add in a being that has taken up residence them and then try to control every part of their life.

Add in the sexual harassment/predator undertones of this being trying to force the MC to do what he wants with her body and it was kind of disturbing. Then, after a nearly 11 hour buildup to the consummation of their bonding, the author puts a very short sex scene (with a PG rating) at the very end of the book. The book is well-written, just not my type of book.

After listening to the book, I still don't know what the whole point was and definitely don't care enough to read more in the series. I think I'll just pass on more high fantasy in the future

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germ

Betrayal

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2023

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This book was not what u might think I loved the different twist the main character insecurities can be understood .it is my first time with this author I think she is very good

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Jcat

Strong Heroine, Interesting World: 3-3/4 Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2016

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I found this book to have some intriguing supernatural species. It had good main characters. I think that the backgrounds of the various species could have been more detailed. The first half of the book had rather slow plot progression--sometimes I wondered if it was ever going to get anywhere. But as the story went on and I became more familiar with the characters, things moved along much faster.

Some of the scenes were too detailed, and I found myself speed reading to get past them. But overall, the writing style was pretty good, and the ideas presented were unusual enough to keep my interest.

Basically it is YA appropriate, since the few sexual situations were not explicit. I will probably continue with the series. 3-3/4 Stars for me.

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Doris

Price of love

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2023

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How far would you go for love? In this book a couple experience just how far they would go for each other and others. This os a must read if ever you loved someone.

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Unbelievable tale.

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2023

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What a journey you go on when you read this book. The characters are just so different from any thing I read before.

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Sharri Bombard

Highly Recommended

Reviewed in Canada on April 2, 2021

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It was a very interesting take on the legend of the Phoenix. I’m looking forward to reading the next book. Very enjoyable.

Michele Matheson

Betrayals Price ( In Deceptions Shadow Book 1)

Reviewed in Australia on December 27, 2023

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Amazing storyline by the author and the interaction between all of the characters throughout the story really great recommend to all readers

malc davies

Great characters in a great story.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2017

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The short synopsis provided gives a fair indication of what is to be found in the book.

What it does not do is to give you any indication as to the very cleverly constructed storyline of what is essentially a love story.

The two main characters Ashayana, the daughter of General Stonemantle and Sorntar the Crown Prince of the Phoenix. Simple so far but each of them has a Larnkin which roughly translated is a soul of a very powerful "creature" who died a long time ago.

The story takes you through her being an agreed hostage to halt the war between their two nations and most importantly to determine what powers Ashayana has and if the magic involved is light or dark.

From this humble beginning we are taken on a story with the two of them anything but in love but due to the involvement of others forcing them into a truce whilst they deal with many threats from a variety of sources each trying to either find out more about Ashayna her powers and her slowly changing relationship with Sontar or to use either or both of them to fullfil their own agenda.

You will meet many strange characters, good and evil, and a story with constant twists and turns.

There is so much in this story that I do admit on a couple of occasions I had to refer back to ensure I was understanding ehat was happening. This did not distract me from enjoying the book in any way.

The ending was such that I could accept this as a single book story. However there were also many possibilities to take the story further and I am delighted to see that this is the case.

Can fully recommend this to any lover of fantasy.

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Merle

Fabelwesen und Menschen

Reviewed in Germany on December 8, 2016

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Wenn Wesen aus unseren Fabeln und Menschen zusammentreffen ergeben sich explosive Situationen mit viel Magie. Wie in dieser Fantasy-Serie, in der die menschliche Generalstochter Ashayna und der feindliche Phönix-Kronprinz Sorntar nach vielen gefährlichen Situationen zueinander finden.
Ein interessantes und gut geschriebenes Konstrukt, das leider zu wenig ausgebaut und auch in der Charakterbildung zu platt ist.

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Denise McGowan

Loved this book

Reviewed in Canada on September 13, 2017

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Well written, discovering what the betrayal was and how it happened provided an interesting take on reincarnation. And how lace follows.

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