Best Betrayal Romance Audiobooks

The highest-rated romance audiobooks featuring betrayal, ranked by listeners. Browse 16 titles.

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The best romance audiobooks featuring the betrayal trope, ranked by listener and reader ratings from Audible and Goodreads.

Betrayal shows up across many genres, but it plays out differently in romance — these are the highest-rated examples.

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    Reverse

    The Bittersweet Symphony Duet • Book 2

    by Kate Stewart

    Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell

    4.79 ABR Score (30.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.63 Goodreads (29.0K) ★ 4.9 Audible (1.9K)
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    Rock star romance continues with star-crossed lovers navigating a scandal spanning generations in this duet conclusion. Stewart explores how past secrets threaten to destroy a budding relationship in the music industry.

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    Filthy Secret

    The Five Points' Mob Collection • Book 6

    by Serena Akeroyd

    Narrated by Jacob Morgan, Emma Wilder, CJ Bloom, Jason Clarke, Teddy Hamilton, Joe Arden, Connor Crais, Muffy Newtown, Maxine Mitchell

    4.39 ABR Score (4.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (4.4K) ★ 4.8 Audible (306)
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    Secrets and lies suffocate this mob family as buried truths about choosing to protect the wrong woman threaten to destroy everything. The ensemble cast handles the emotional complexity with remarkable depth.

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    Thaddeus

    Gold Team • Book 2

    by Riley Edwards

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Lee Samuels

    4.35 ABR Score (3.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.82 Audible (202)
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    Brutal betrayal tore these lovers apart, but a chance meeting in a Mexican cantina reignites old wounds and impossible hope.

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    Promised in Blood

    Broken Bloodlines • Book 2

    by Sadie Kincaid

    Narrated by June DeBorahae, J. F. Harding, Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell, Oscar Reyes, Sean Masters

    4.33 ABR Score (40.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (39.7K) ★ 4.71 Audible (1.2K)
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    Six narrators never dilute a paranormal romance; when cast right, it magnifies everything: the chemistry, the tension, the sheer audiobook experience of it all.

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    Wrecked Beginnings: Reckless Memories / Perfect Wreckage / Wrecked Palace

    Wrecked #1-3 • Book 1

    by Catherine Cowles

    Narrated by Joe Arden, Andi Arndt, Maxine Mitchell, Ava Erickson

    4.33 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.5 Goodreads (553) ★ 4.78 Audible (1.0K)
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    Four talented narrators handle this small-town romance trilogy packed with protective heroes, childhood friends, and dangerous secrets threatening new love.

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    Embers

    Heart of the Inferno • Book 4

    by Nicole Fanning

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Grayson Owens

    4.21 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (844) ★ 4.88 Audible (184)
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    Chicago's Pace Family Mafia controls power through century-old violence, and when their reign faces destruction, the stakes couldn't be higher. Maxine Mitchell and Grayson Owens capture both the brutal politics and intimate betrayals that define this crime dynasty.

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    The Grey Wolves Series Books 4, 5 & 6

    The Grey Wolves #4-6 • Book 4

    by Quinn Loftis

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.18 ABR Score (581 ratings)
    ★ 4.7 Goodreads (302) ★ 4.78 Audible (279)
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    Pack betrayal and a rogue Alpha's assassination attempt leave the Romanian grey wolves reeling, with Abby Craden voicing their struggle for survival.

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    Flash Point

    Heart of the Inferno • Book 3

    by Nicole Fanning

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Grayson Owens

    4.16 ABR Score (981 ratings)
    ★ 4.39 Goodreads (814) ★ 4.82 Audible (167)
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    The third Heart of the Inferno book throws Jaxon into chaos after discovering his most trusted ally has betrayed him. Mitchell and Owens capture his shaken paranoia perfectly.

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    The Commander

    Men of Hidden Justice • Book 3

    by Melanie Moreland

    Narrated by John Lane, Maxine Mitchell

    4.11 ABR Score (2.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.8 Audible (130)
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    A man whose instincts never failed him ignores every warning sign when she walks into his office, leading to heartbreak and a chance at redemption. John Lane and Maxine Mitchell capture the emotional intensity.

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    Always Yours

    Liam & Madelyn Duet • Book 2

    by Kennedy Fox

    Narrated by Aiden Snow, Maxine Mitchell

    4.10 ABR Score (1.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.32 Goodreads (1.7K) ★ 4.76 Audible (84)
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    Lynx On The Loose

    Timber Valley Pack • Book 4

    by Georgette St. Clair

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell

    4.10 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.97 Goodreads (1.3K) ★ 4.66 Audible (600)
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    Mitchell captures the tension as wolf shifter Dashiel confronts evidence that rebel Isadora may be collaborating with humans conducting shifter experiments.

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    A Dowry of Blood

    Vampire Companion • Book 1

    by S.T. Gibson

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.07 ABR Score (107.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.92 Goodreads (105.9K) ★ 4.43 Audible (1.9K)
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    A Kiss Doesn't Lie

    by Robin Alexander

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.03 ABR Score (866 ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (621) ★ 4.69 Audible (245)
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    Ancient artifacts and illegal antiquities trade collide with family secrets when Jodi's father drops a bombshell at his own funeral in this adventure mystery.

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    Crush

    The Tainted Love Duet • Book 2

    by Kim Karr

    Narrated by Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell

    4.02 ABR Score (1.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (1.4K) ★ 4.56 Audible (133)
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    Logan and Elle's explosive romance continues as past and present collide, with danger escalating and emotions running dangerously high.

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    Stepping Stone

    by Karin Kallmaker

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    3.69 ABR Score (648 ratings)
    ★ 3.81 Goodreads (648)
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    Wolfsbane : Silver

    Silver • Book 4

    by Rhiannon Held

    Narrated by full cast, Colleen Delany, Thomas Keegan, Dani Stoller, Blythe Coons, Tracy Olivera, Nora Achrati, Casie Platt, Nick DePinto, David Jourdan, David Harris, Michael Glenn

    3.69 ABR Score (134 ratings)
    ★ 3.79 Goodreads (128) ★ 4 Audible (6)

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