In BETRAYED (Book #3 in the Vampire Journals) Caitlin Paine awakes from a deep coma to discover she has been turned. Now a true full-bred vampire she marvels at her new powers including her ability to fly and her superhuman strength. She finds that her true love Caleb is still by her side waiting patiently for her to recover. She has everything she could dream of. Until it all suddenly goes terribly wrong. Caitlin is horrified to discover Caleb with his ex-wife Sera and before Caleb has a chance to explain Caitlin tells him to leave. Heartbroken confused Caitlin wants to curl up and die her only consolation being in her wolf-pup Rose. Caitlin also finds consolation in her new surroundings. She finds she has been placed on a hidden island in the Hudson River—Pollepel—amidst an elite coven of teenage vampires boys and girls alike 24 in all including her. She learns that this is a place for outcasts just like her and as she meets her new best friend Polly and begins her training in elite vampire combat she realizes that she might finally have a place to call home. But a major vampire war is looming and her brother Sam is still out there kidnapped by Samantha. The evil Kyle too now wielding the mythical Sword is still on the warpath and he will stop at nothing to wipe out New York. Caitlin despite her new home and despite her finding a new love interest in the elusive vampire Blake knows that she can only stay on this island for so long before her destiny calls. After all she is still the One and all eyes still look to her to find her father and the other weapon that might save them all. Torn between her new friends and her lingering feelings for Caleb she must come to decide where her true loyalties lie and whether she is willing to risk it all to try to find Caleb and have him in her life once again…. BETRAYED is Book #3 in the Vampire Journals (following TURNED and LOVED) and yet it also stands alone as a self-contained novel. BETRAYED is over 60 000 words.
