I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this book.
The plot was surprisingly a lot of fun. It was a twin swap situation and the author handled it quite well, with the mystery and motivation keeping the reader guessing.
There were a few sweet moments between the main characters, and I enjoyed their reconciliation after the truth came out.
It looks like the next book will be Lillian's which will hopefully be just as good.

2.5 stars - I wish I liked this one more. The hero was great, honest, fair and generous, with a soft center he rarely shows. The heroine, her I just couldn’t like.

***MILD SPOILERS FOLLOW***
She was all woe is me, I’m the second rate/second best gorgeous identical sibling. My sister is vivacious and has a few million waiting for her when she marries. I’ve always been chosen last, left behind, why doesn’t anyone see me. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Give me a break! She’s beautiful, grew-up wealthy, with every privilege. Okay, she didn’t win the lottery in the parent department but she has a loving sister, great friends and by all account employees who respect and value her. She even finds a man she’s falling in love with. So why choose loyalty to her creep father and employees over the man she says she loves. She doesn’t even know the facts as it relates to the health of the company and she doesn’t ask any probing questions. She knows her unscrupulous dad is lying and hiding something. I kept thinking, you’re a smart girl, get to the bottom of it (at least try) investigate, figure it out. Have some personal integrity, why don’t you? She’s well intentioned (as it relates to her employees) and not purposefully malicious. However, as she is very cognizant of her constant manipulations and deceptions, it’s impossible to see it as anything other than being blatantly careless with the hero’s feelings. Sadly, for me she seems whiny, spineless and pretty pitiful. Wow, I think I actually dislike her character even more than I realized.

Betrayal is in the title, so it’s not a surprise, yet I thought the reason for the betrayal would be more compelling, the father less despicable, the deception more truncated and the heroine possessing more integrity.

Unless you like women who are more puppet than powerhouse, the first 85% of this one is going to make you want to throw things. Sorry, I can’t recommend it.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

if you start to describe a romance novel with "there's these identical twins..." you know that sentence ends with "...and they switch places." but even though that is a tried and true trope, betraying the billionaire is still totally enjoyable.

holly takes her sister lillian's place, and tumbles head over heels in love with the man lillian is trying to avoid marrying. julian is a billionaire who is interested in the abbott family connections and sees an opportunity to expand his business empire by aligning himself with the "right kind" of people. julian is a self-made man, a foster kid who has done well for himself. and when holly gets a glimpse of the man beyond the ruthless ceo she can't help but be charmed.

julian knows there's something special about the woman in his arms. even as certain things don't add up, the depth of feelings he has for this woman are enough for him to throw all caution to the wind. but the lies cut deep, and both holly and julian run the risk of losing everything if they can't find a way through the mess.

**betraying the billionaire will publish on july 8, 2019. i received an advance reader copy courtesy of netgalley/entangled publishing (indulgence) in exchange for my honest review.

A little bit of a slow start for me, but the plot developed into an interesting story with characters I really liked.

I have read a number of books by Victoria Davies that feature billionaires, a trope I am not always the biggest fan of. However she makes her story about more than just the wealth. Holly is doing all she can to save the jobs of the employees of her family's business. She is a genuinely sweet and thoughtful person. Julian is all business but he has a big heart underneath it all.

The plot unfolds at a nice pace and is a pretty quick read. I also liked the set up for a next book in the series and can't wait to see what happens next!

Fun read. Holly has to fill in for her sister. Julian doesn’t realize he is dating a fake. This is a fun story that unravels as Holly finds it harder and harder to keep up her charade with Julian. Once her sister returns things become even more complicated. It is a little heartbreaking but everything turns out right in the end.

❤️❤️❤️❤️ out of 5
Arranged marriage? Billionaire hero? The heroine pretending to be her twin sister? These are definitely things that have me picking up a book faster than you can say CEO. This was a perfect blend of all 3 elements without a lot of angst (hallelujah).
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Our hero is about to enter into an arranged marriage as part of a business merger because he needs the high society princess to help him get into doors a lot easier. What he doesn’t know is that his fiancée is definitely not keen and he is getting a sub until private investigators track her down. Enter our heroine (the twin sister) who takes the role of her sister and ends up dating our hero.... yeah that totally wasn’t supposed to happen.
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Throughout this book the heroine really came into her own after being the meek sister who followed everyone else’s plan- she finally got to be her and find someone who loved her for exactly who she was (I mean isn’t that what we all want). The hero is supposed to be cold and calculating but all I saw was a teddy bear totally falling in love. This is a slightly shorter book but the pacing was perfect and the story played out well within this frame- Dare I say a novella(ish) that I really enjoyed?

Holly and Lillian are identical twins, but they are 2 different individuals who just look the same. When Lillian flees after her marriage has been arranged to Julian, Holly has no choice but to step up and pretend to be her twin. The idea is to stall him till Lillian returns, but spending time with him she sees the man he is behind the CEO and cans help falling for him. But what will happen when Lillian comes back ?
I enjoyed reading Betraying the billionaire, it was sweet, fun and at the same time an intense read with a touch of drama. I loved Julian and Holly together and their chemistry was super hot. A book that kept me hooked right from the start and now looking forward to Lillian’s story.

This book was fabulous. From the moment I started reading it I felt so many emotions about Holly. She just seemed so lost and alone. Honestly she did not know that she was so much more than what she thought she was. In stepped Julian. Julian was everything that Holly was looking for and he made her feel so many different things. The problem was he thought she was someone else. He thought she was her identical twin sister Lillian. What happens when the truth comes out? I suggest you pick up this book and find out because I can assure you that you do not want to miss reading this book. I am so looking forward to reading the next book in this series. I am really hoping that it comes out real soon. Thanks Net Galley. I voluntarily reviewed this book in exchange for an honest review.

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. What a great book , I really enjoyed it. Highly recommend to everyone.

Holly impersonates her twin sister!

Holly Abbott is impersonating her identical twin sister Lillian until she can be located so an arranged marriage will go through with billionaire businessman Julian Worth. Julian Worth and John Abbott have arranged a marriage so the merger of their two companies becomes a reality but when she disappears, John Abbott makes Holly cover for Lillian without letting Julian know she is missing. Most people think that Holly and Lillian are identical but they have very different personalities.

Holly slowly falls in love with Julian but she knows that Julian has a hard time with people not telling him the truth and impersonating Lillian is a big one that comes back to cause trouble for both Holly and her father plus Holly is trying to save the company so it doesn’t go under.

Betraying the Billionaire is a book that would make a great Hallmark movie because Holly impersonating her twin would be a very good movie. I liked that Victoria Davies shows that Holly and Julian aren’t what the reader normally expects and that’s what makes it a very good book.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book had it all: big bad billionaire with a heart of gold - check, down to earth girl - check, drama and tears - check, hot scenes - check, happily ever after - check. So, in all: a must read if you are into hot guys, unexpected plot twists and identical twin sisters, who couldn't be more different.
Julian is a selfmade billionaire, who wants to create a name in the world. He believes his best move is to merge with a renowned family business of the Abbott family. The most logic way is a business marriage with the heir of the family: Lillian. Because she is the legal heir to the family business and the family fortune, thanks to grandmother who put this in her will. What she didn't take into account was the fact that there would be a twin sister. Therefore Holly, number two, has been second best all her life: no heir, because she arrived 1 minute after Lillian.
But now that her sister is missing, just before the meeting with her future husband is going to be, Holly's father commands her to take her place. What could go wrong? She is to entertain the guy and then Lillian can take over when she has been found. What Holly didn't anticipate was that Julian was nothing like her father: not cruel, not selfish and definitely not heartless. How can she keep Julian from her heart, when she is supposed to seduce him into her sister's marriage? For once, Holly dreams she can be more than second best, when she looks into Julian's eyes... Who thinks she is Lillian...
Julian is surprised to discover that Lillian is nothing like the information that is known about her: she isn't the confident, cold hearted business woman the world believes her to be. She is a gentle, funny and caring person. And he begins to believe that this business deal can bring some happiness into his life. But what is Lillian's father hiding? Why isn't he giving inside into the accounts of the Abbott business? As a business partner, he should know all the ins and outs? Could there be something amiss?
Find out for yourself in this wonderful read! Five out of five stars from me and a special thank you to Netgalley for providing the arc.

I really liked this book and that is why it gets 4,5 stars from me.
It is funny but most of the time throughout this read I had the lyrics to the chorus of “You can’t always get what you want” by The Rolling Stones in my head.
“You can’t always get what you want,
You can’t always get what you want
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes you find
You get what you need”
Holly is a twin born four minutes after her sister so she is not an heiress and has always seen herself as second best and feels like a little grey mouse with nothing to offer. She never does anything unsafe and obeys her father because she doesn’t see any other choice.
Since her sister Lillian leaves without a word, after Julian (a billionaire ceo) propose an arranged marriage and company merger her father agrees to without giving her any choice, Holly takes Lillian’s identity and meets Julian to save the arrangement. Holly and Julian are intrigued by each other and Julian opens up to the possibility of dating and getting to know each other and Holly finds herself falling deeper and deeper for Julian and the other way around. She gets stronger and stronger because of the connection and she starts standing up for herself and those she care about. But what happens when her sister returns and her father wants them to swap back and what happens to everything she worked for since she started seeing Julian and how will he react when she tells him the truth?
Holly and Julian is such a great couple and their chemistry is through the roof wow, but the misunderstanding and the drama at the end can be a little too much.
But if you open yourself up to love and take a chance you might get what you need.
I can definitely recommend this book if you like romance, love and drama.
I got this book for free through Entangled Publishing and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

When their father’s company gets into financial difficulties, Holly and her twin Lillian are desperate to protect their employees and avoid layoffs. Their father proposes a business deal with the hugely successful but ruthless Julian Worth which involves not only a merger of their companies but a marriage to Lillian – the older twin and heir to their grandmother’s fortune. When Lillian disappears, Holly is blackmailed by her father (very much the villain of the story) into impersonating Lillian and taking her place in the courtship with Julian, until Lillian is found.

Shy and quiet, Holly has always felt inferior to her flashier, extrovert sister. No one pays her any attention when Lillian is around and she has felt second best all her life. When she reluctantly takes Lillian’s place in meeting with Julian on a first ‘date’, her nervousness and obvious hesitance to their impending marriage has him agreeing to a courtship to get to know each other.

Julian appears ruthless and cold but Holly soon discovers the caring man behind the veneer while Julian starts to very much look forward to marriage and a future with his fiancée. But of course there is the little matter of her not being who he thinks she is...

A wonderfully entertaining and sweet story. Loved both characters and how their relationship grew – quite unexpectedly to them both.

Equal parts funny, sexy, sweet and moving.....Betraying the Billionaire pulled me in from the start and kept me thoroughly engaged and entertained until it’s sign-worthy happily ever after. Loved this book. Victoria Davies has another hit on her hands. Happy reading!!

Nothing is going well for Holly Abbot. Her father has run her family’s company into the ground with his less than honorable business practices. In order the save the company and all of its employees, her identical twin sister, Lillian, agrees to marry billionaire Julian Worth. But Lillian vanishes before meeting her new fiancée, leaving Holly to deal with the situation. While Holly is trying to find Lillian and bring her home, she is forced into pretending to be her twin. Holly tries to maintain her distance with Julian but the two have an undeniable chemistry and sparks fly whenever they are together.

It has been a really long time since I’ve read a book about twins switching places. I thought this was a great summer read. It is not too angsty but has a fun storyline and two characters that you can’t help but root for.

This was a pretty good, quick read. Predictable at times but overall enjoyable. Thank you to netgalley for the ARC- 3 stars.

This was a good romance and I enjoyed it.
I really would hate to think I'd have to get married for a business merger, but I guess it's still done to a certain extent today. I would hope I could get a an awesome one like Julian, who isn't as cold as he seems. It was so good to see Holly become her own person thru this and they made a very striking couple, both in looks and personalities. Great chemistry!
If I had to describe this in one word, it would be anticipation. Waiting until it all comes to a head and it surely did. But love can conquer all, or so it's said, and I had to keep reading to make sure that Julian and Holly got their ending after all the lies and subterfuge. This did get a bit slow for me so close to the end, and they just wouldn't give it up.
Wait!! Theres another storm coming just as Holly and Julian are about to walk down the aisle, but this one is bearing down on Lillian, I think.
Yes, now I'm ready to read Lillian's journey too.
I received an advance reader's copy thru Netgalley and am giving my thoughts voluntarily.

Everything in Julian Worth's life revolves around his business, it's all about making more money and finding new ways to top the competition. Even if that means doing something like signing on the dotted line to marry a woman he barely knows, just to strike up a worthy business deal, and merge companies with fellow business giant. It's not like he is going to fall in love with the girl...it's just business! Or is it?

Being the daughter of a business tycoon comes with it's disadvantages, everything in your life revolves around maintaining the family business... it's a life Holly Abbott knows all to well! But her father's latest business deal is a real doozy, he wants her twin sister to marry a fellow business tycoon so that they can merge companies and save the family business from going under. But her sister isn't so willing to sign-up for the task, even if it means saving the family business. So Holly steps up and offers to take her place. All her life her sister has been stealing the spotlight in the family, and Holly would love to have her chance to shine... even if it is on the arm of a complete stranger.

Betraying the Billionaire is a charming little faux relationship tale brimming in heart-string tugging feels and toe-curling swoons! This couple is brought together for the sake of business, but somewhere along the line unexpected feelings start to come into play, and things take an interesting turn for them. I really enjoyed this one, it had drama, unexpected romance, and deception... the perfect recipe for a captivating tale. Ms. Davies well penned words and enchanting characters brought smiles and a happy heart, impressive first read indeed!

I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher, via NetGalley, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest opinion.

Good gosh! Such a great book!! I love Victoria Davies billionaire romances but this one was epic. I loved Julian and Holly and Lillian and I can’t wait to see what happens isn’t he next one. FANTASTIC!

This was a complimentary copy courtesy of netgalley - thank you

I haven't read any of Victoria Davies' work before and really enjoyed this.

Family secrets, the world of wealthy - great strands of storyteller

This would make a great holiday read - really enjoyed