I voluntarily read an early copy of this book.
Betrayed by Anna J. Stewart Series: Circle of the Red Lily #4
Published by Tule Publishing on September 10, 2026
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She trusted him with her life. He lied about why he came.
Sutton O’Hara has enough on her plate raising her orphaned niece and nephew and working as a nutritionist at a retirement home. But when clues among the residents point to the Circle—a powerful secret network linked to decades of missing girls and murder—she refuses to look away.
Former Naval investigator Blake Redford is determined to keep Sutton safe. Posing as her boyfriend gives him the perfect excuse to stay close while they search for answers, but the attraction they’ve both ignored quickly becomes impossible to deny. For the first time since losing his wife and son, Blake can imagine a future again.
Then Sutton discovers why he really took the job as a building maintenance man, and it rocks everything she thought about him.
Now, with the trust he needs shattered and the enemy closing in, Blake must prove whose side he’s on before the secrets he kept cost him the woman he loves, the family he never expected, and their only chance to expose the truth.
Suspenseful and filled with lovable characters! Stewart is returning with book four in her intriguing Circle of the Red Lily series and we are reunited with lots of familiar faces and friends. If you’ve been following the series, you know Sutton and Blake well from the time we’ve spent with the group, so it’s easy to route for them falling into a romance. I’ve loved getting to know her and her niece and nephew and although he showed a side we didn’t know in the previous book, he had always been solid and helpful prior. The mystery continues to stump us as they look for answers as to who is behind the Circle and what their true objective really is. I enjoyed Sutton and Blake and look forward to moving even closer to getting the answers we’re striving for soon. This particular book drug a smidge since we didn’t get a whole lot further in our quest for answers, but there was a little bit of a forward momentum and some Hollywood dazzle in addition.
I highly recommend you read this series in order so you can fully get the context of what has happened previously. Tidbits are glossed over here and there throughout, but to get to the heart of what happened to each couple previously, you need to dive into their book. I’m looking forward to solving this case soon!
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