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The Trust #3
Shattered Trust
Brilliant beauty Laura Caldwell and her new husband, detective James Carter, try to begin a peaceful new life in a Cayman Islands paradise, free from the enemies of the past. It's a beautiful dream--but for this passionate pair, can it ever come true...? From avenging her father's death to bringing down Philadelphia's most corrupt families, gutsy financial genius Laura Caldwell has finally found the calm after the storm. Ensconced in a luxurious island villa, and recovered from disasters both natural and criminal, newlyweds Laura and James have retired from the business of ridding the world--and their lives--of violence and deceit. With their enemies either behind bars or dead, and Laura's bank account in the millions, their life is now filled with love, family, leisure--and the unsettling feeling that serious trouble is never far behind. Maybe it's just paranoia, a habit of staying one step ahead of danger. But when they get a tip about a brutal killing back home in Philly, their worst fears are confirmed--and their heaven on earth quickly becomes a hell. For all their enemies have left is revenge--something no one knows more about than Laura. Now the couple will have to figure out who has the resources--and the guts--to come after them. But will it mean leaving paradise? And can they come out alive?
244 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 2006
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Leslie Esdaile Banks
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Leslie Esdaile Banks: New York Times and USA Today Best-selling author, L.A. Banks has penned over 40 novels and 12 novellas in a wide range of genres and is the recipient of the 2009 Romantic Times Booklover's Convention Career Achievement Award for Paranormal Fiction and the 2008 Essence Magazine Storyteller of the Year Award, as well as the 2008 Best 50 Women in Business Award for the State of Pennsylvania. Recently she was featured as a speaker on the HBO Special on Vampire Literature and Legends as a prelude to the True Blood premier.
A native of Philadelphia, Banks is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program, and alumnae of Temple University's Master of Fine Arts in filmmaking program. She writes under the pseudonyms; L.A. Banks, Leslie Esdaile, Leslie E. Banks, Leslie Banks, and Leslie Esdaile Banks. She has won several business as well as literary awards, and writes in genres as diverse as romance, women's fiction, crime suspense, and paranormal. She has contributed to magazines, newspaper columns, and has written commercial fiction for a variety of major publishers: St. Martin's Press, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Kensington Publishing, BET/Arabesque, Dark Horse Press, Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Harper, and Tor. Her non-fiction work includes the riveting and motivational story of Bank's life journey in her contribution to the Chicken Soup for the African American Soul anthology.
Banks' writing career took a new twist when she won the coveted contract with Paramount/Showtime in collaboration with Simon & Schuster/Pocketbooks to write a book series for the popular cable network television series, Soul Food. Banks was also contracted to write the Universal Studios/Dark Horse Press novelization of the movie, Scarface, which takes a look at the main character Tony Montana's life two years before he emigrated from Cuba to American in 1978. In addition, Banks penned a four-book crime thriller for Kensington/Dafina, beginning with Betrayal of the Trust, under her alternate pseudonym, Leslie Esdaile Banks. From there, Banks transitioned into another hot genre—the world of paranormal fiction, where she has penned a 12 book Vampire Huntress Legend series under the pseudonym, L.A. Banks, for St. Martin's Press, as well as a hot new werewolf series, Crimson Moon Novels (a six book series.) Banks has also moved into ebooks with Red Rose Publishing, graphic novels, comics, manga and even a new YA, entitled, Shadow Walker, for her thriving Vampire Huntress Legends series, as well as a young adult paranormal series that is under development.
Currently Banks writes full-time, is a member of The Liar's Club, and is always working on multiple projects and anthologies simultaneously. She resides in Philadelphia with her daughter, who attends her graduate studies alma mater—Temple University.
Leslie Esdaile Banks: New York Times and USA Today Best-selling author, L.A. Banks has penned over 40 novels and 12 novellas in a wide range of genres and is the recipient of the 2009 Romantic Times Booklover's Convention Career Achievement Award for Paranormal Fiction and the 2008 Essence Magazine Storyteller of the Year Award, as well as the 2008 Best 50 Women in Business Award for the State of Pennsylvania. Recently she was featured as a speaker on the HBO Special on Vampire Literature and Legends as a prelude to the True Blood premier.
A native of Philadelphia, Banks is a graduate of The University of Pennsylvania Wharton undergraduate program, and alumnae of Temple University's Master of Fine Arts in filmmaking program. She writes under the pseudonyms; L.A. Banks, Leslie Esdaile, Leslie E. Banks, Leslie Banks, and Leslie Esdaile Banks. She has won several business as well as literary awards, and writes in genres as diverse as romance, women's fiction, crime suspense, and paranormal. She has contributed to magazines, newspaper columns, and has written commercial fiction for a variety of major publishers: St. Martin's Press, Simon and Schuster, Harlequin, Kensington Publishing, BET/Arabesque, Dark Horse Press, Genesis Press, Parker Publishing, Harper, and Tor. Her non-fiction work includes the riveting and motivational story of Bank's life journey in her contribution to the Chicken Soup for the African American Soul anthology.
Banks' writing career took a new twist when she won the coveted contract with Paramount/Showtime in collaboration with Simon & Schuster/Pocketbooks to write a book series for the popular cable network television series, Soul Food. Banks was also contracted to write the Universal Studios/Dark Horse Press novelization of the movie, Scarface, which takes a look at the main character Tony Montana's life two years before he emigrated from Cuba to American in 1978. In addition, Banks penned a four-book crime thriller for Kensington/Dafina, beginning with Betrayal of the Trust, under her alternate pseudonym, Leslie Esdaile Banks. From there, Banks transitioned into another hot genre—the world of paranormal fiction, where she has penned a 12 book Vampire Huntress Legend series under the pseudonym, L.A. Banks, for St. Martin's Press, as well as a hot new werewolf series, Crimson Moon Novels (a six book series.) Banks has also moved into ebooks with Red Rose Publishing, graphic novels, comics, manga and even a new YA, entitled, Shadow Walker, for her thriving Vampire Huntress Legends series, as well as a young adult paranormal series that is under development.
Currently Banks writes full-time, is a member of The Liar's Club, and is always working on multiple projects and anthologies simultaneously. She resides in Philadelphia with her daughter, who attends her graduate studies alma mater—Temple University.
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March 1, 2024
I liked the book.
I loved the romance between Laura and her husband James.
But it wasn't my favorite and I all most DNF but I carried though and I end of liking it but I probably won't read it again but not sure.
I loved the romance between Laura and her husband James.
But it wasn't my favorite and I all most DNF but I carried though and I end of liking it but I probably won't read it again but not sure.
December 26, 2011
In the third book of the The Trust Series, Laura Caldwell and James Carter are back, and once again in the middle of scandalous business plots that lead to body bags and toe tags. Now married, the couple and their family are just trying to keep their heads low and enjoy living in seclusion in the Grand Cayman. But when old acquaintances are murdered, the family realizes that it’s time to come out of hiding and deal with lingering vendettas before they end up dead as well.
Like the two previous book, this book is a stand-alone title; however if the reader has not read all of the books, he/she is likely to be lost and confused. Even having read the second book (Blind Trust), I was still confused by the various twists and all of the players involved. All four books in the series should probably be read in order and immediately following one another for the reader to fully comprehend. I read Blind Trust (book #2) months ago and therefore had forgotten all the details that were pertinent to the third book (Betrayal of the Trust). Like Blind Trust, Betrayal of the Trust started slowly, but by mid-book was engaging and suspenseful. Although the series is well-written, the concept being somewhat of a conspiracy theory, political suspense, and murder mystery thrown together in one book made the story a bit overwhelming to follow.
Like the two previous book, this book is a stand-alone title; however if the reader has not read all of the books, he/she is likely to be lost and confused. Even having read the second book (Blind Trust), I was still confused by the various twists and all of the players involved. All four books in the series should probably be read in order and immediately following one another for the reader to fully comprehend. I read Blind Trust (book #2) months ago and therefore had forgotten all the details that were pertinent to the third book (Betrayal of the Trust). Like Blind Trust, Betrayal of the Trust started slowly, but by mid-book was engaging and suspenseful. Although the series is well-written, the concept being somewhat of a conspiracy theory, political suspense, and murder mystery thrown together in one book made the story a bit overwhelming to follow.
May 1, 2013
LA Banks has done it again with this third installment of her Trust series. Just when you thought Laura and her team gets a breather, here comes trouble bubbling to the top yet again. The novel's very suspenseful and a must read!
January 20, 2015
Shattered Trust
This was a suspenseful story line that took me awhile to figure it out. Laura and James went through a lot.
This was a suspenseful story line that took me awhile to figure it out. Laura and James went through a lot.
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