The Ultimate Betrayal by Kat Martin – a Review

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Description:
To prove her father’s innocence, she’ll have to turn a terrorist’s sights on herself

When journalist Jessie Kegan’s father is accused of espionage and treason, Jessie has no doubt the man she looked up to her entire life is innocent. Worse yet, before Colonel Kegan can stand trial, he’s found dead of a heart attack…but Jessie knows it was murder. Forcing down her grief, she’s determined to use her investigative skills and resources to clear her father’s name. But going after the truth means Jessie soon finds herself in the crosshairs of a killer who wants that truth to stay buried with her father.

Protecting Jessie Kegan is a job bodyguard Brandon Garrett can’t refuse. Jessie isn’t just a client at Maximum Security—she’s the sister of his best friend, Danny, killed in Afghanistan. With dangerous forces gunning for Jessie from every angle, keeping her safe will mean keeping her close and Bran finds their mutual attraction growing, though being Danny’s sister puts Jessie out of bounds.

With their backs against the wall, Jessie and Bran will have to risk everything to expose her father’s killer—before his legacy dies with his daughter.

Review:

The Ultimate Betrayal by Kat Martin is the 3^rd book in her fantastic Maximum Security series. We meet our heroine, Jessie Kegan at the beginning, when she goes to Maximum Security and asks the help of Brandon Garrett.  Brandon, our hero, was best friends with Jessie’s brother, Danny, who was killed in Afghanistan, as he was also injured.  Brandon promised to always be there for Danny’s sister, if ever she needed help.

Jessie’s father died of a heart attack, after being accused of treason, and sent to jail. Jessie is determined to clear her father’s name, and prove he was framed, as well as murdered.  Brandon drops everything to work with Jessie to find evidence, as well as to become her bodyguard to protect her against attacks by someone who does not want her to continue her research.  They both find themselves under attack a number of times, leaving them to wonder who to trust.  They both made a great team, as Brandon was a former captain in the military, and Jessie is very good investigative journalist.

What follows is an exciting, suspenseful adventure where Brandon and Jessie find themselves in intense and dangerous situations as they get closer to finding those involved with stealing weapons, which also involved terrorists and millions of money being passed.  While working together, both Brandon and Jessie become attracted to each other, and despite their determination not to become involved, best laid plans do not always work out.   Their romance was steamy, and we knew they were both falling love.  But each had their own issue; Brandon worried that he was breaking his promise to Danny by becoming involved with Jessie, and Jessie feared the dangerous life that Brandon did working for Maximum Security.

The last half of the book was not only exciting, edge your seat thriller,  but worrying that our heroes would not survive.  When the evidence begins to point out that someone in the military was involved in the stealing the weapons, selling them to terrorists and framing and killing Colonel Kegan; the attacks against them escalate.  Brandon’s brothers and some other Maximum Security members will help them. It was great to see some of our favorites from previous books.

The Ultimate Betrayal was an intriguing, suspenseful, exciting, action-filled mystery that was also very intense, keeping me on the edge of my seat from start to finish.  The smoldering romance between Brandon and Jessie was perfect, as we rooted hard for them to stay together, despite their issues. Once again, Kat Martin gives us another exciting thriller, as she is one of the best in writing Romance Suspense. If you enjoy action, suspense, romance and intense crime thrillers, you should read anything by Kat Martin.

Reviewed by Barb

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