Books like Betrayal by Martina Cole

Penelope Keeling reflects on a bohemian childhood, wartime romance, and a priceless family portrait as her children debate its future.

The Bailey brothers, Peter and Daniel, dominate London’s East End from the late 1970s, ruling a ruthless gang that shrouds its family in violence and loyalty. When their sons join the business, the stakes rise—until a tragedy forces Tania to choose a perilous path to survive.

A former Melbourne divorcee buys a neglected Byron Bay farm to reconnect with her Aboriginal roots, only to confront family clashes, a contested Native Title war, and new love across cultural lines.

Cathy Connor, a lifelong runaway, is sent to a remand centre for assaulting her drunken father, so she flees into Soho’s underworld, where she turns to prostitution and discovers her past refuses to stay hidden.

April Taylor, a teenage orphan who lost her parents, navigates heartbreak and betrayal, finding refuge with a deaf young woman named Echo. Together they confront danger and must rely on their friendship and inner strength to survive.

During a romantic holiday in sunny Rome, a 40‑year marriage’s anniversary party reveals a long‑held family secret, jolting three adult children who thought they knew everything about their parents.

An unofficial rose follows nine intertwined characters, each seeking love while navigating affection, lust, and disillusion, revealing how their actions constantly shape one another’s destinies.

Danger and violence have always been a part of Sue Dalston's East End life. She was unloved by her own mother, abused by her father, and then brutalised throughout her marriage, so she smashes her husband's head with a claw hammer in a bid for escape. The only thing keeping her sane is knowing that her children are now safe. No one could have predicted the outcome when Sue is put in a cell with Matilda Enderby, a murderess. Their fates become inextricably linked.

A quiet, unassuming English mother in the 1940s faces subtle domestic pressures that build to a gripping, unresolved climax.

Danny Cadogan rises from a broken family to the top of London’s crime world as a feared "Face," balancing ruthless ambition with a domineering home life, while secrets threaten to collapse his empire.

Playing grown-ups, the future is theirs for the taking. Sharon Conway and Lenny Scott are childhood sweethearts. Everyone says they are too young, but nothing can keep them apart. Sharon doesn't question Lenny's business dealings and it isn't long before his reputation as a hard man destined for the top means they are living the good life with their sons. It leaves a stain on her heart for ever. But one night Lenny doesn't come home. It isn't the first time he has gone AWOL. But it is his last. He is found murdered - beaten to death in an act of brutality that shocks even the police. And Sharon never knows why. Old wounds will surface. Now, twenty years later, Sharon is about to find out the truth. Such a crime cannot go unpunished. Revenge is long overdue. The time has come to ... GET EVEN.

No one thinks a seventeen-year-old girl can take on the hard men of London's gangland, but it's a mistake to underestimate Maura Ryan: she's tough, clever and beautiful --and she's determined that nothing will stand in her way. Which makes her one very dangerous lady. Together, she and her brother Michael are unbeatable: the Queen and King of organised crime, they run the pubs and clubs, the prostitutes and pimps of the West End. With Maura masterminding it, they pull off an audicious gold bullion robbery and have much of the Establishment in their pockets. But notoriety has its price. The police are determined to put Maura away once and for all --and not everyone in the family thinks that's such a bad idea. When it comes to the crunch, Maura has to face the pain of lost love in her past --and the dangerous lady discovers her heart is not made entirely of stone.

Cain Moran’s love for Jenny Riley sets him on a deadly path when his marriage to Caroline ends in divorce and a life sentence; he must survive prison and test whether their bond can earn the Good Life once more.

When a masked intruder breaks into the home of devoted father, loyal friend, and shrewd businessman Nick Leary, he is forced into a high‑stakes confrontation with crime and suspense.