"Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all the darkness."
- Desmond Tutu
Thank you for walking this journey with me. Broken Vows has truly been a labor of love. More than three years in the making, rewritten and reshaped until Lucas and Emilia's story finally felt like the truth it was always meant to be. Their love is messy and raw, full of loss, redemption and quiet moments that remind us what it means to keep fighting for those we love— even when it hurts.
If their story resonated, if it made you feel something, I hope you'll stay a little longer because their journey doesn't end here.
The next chapter of Lucas and Emilia's story continues in Broken Hope (Broken Redemption Series: Lucas & Emilia Book 2)—now available to read.
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BROKEN HOPE
(Broken Redemption Series: Lucas & Emilia Book 2)
I was so damn naive it's no wonder I've ended up here. Kidnapped by the man who promised me forever, just as I'd begun to understand the depths of his betrayal.
It's a sad truth I didn't marry my husband for love. I married him for the life he promised to provide, and if I'm honest with myself, I married him in hopes one day he'd fill the void Lucas—my first love—left behind.
Now after so many years, they're both back. And in my desperation to feel loved, to be wanted and chosen I've walked straight into this trap. All because I forgot life's harshest lesson...
I'm not enough. No matter how much or how fiercely I love, the choice will never be me.
Especially now.
Surrounded by danger and at the mercy of my husband's enemies, I'm forced to face one final bit of truth.
Much like love, hope is for the weak.
I was a fool to believe in the vows and promises they made.
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💔 Continue Lucas & Emilia's story in Broken Hope — available now wherever you're reading.
Thank you for believing in these characters, for every message, every comment, every moment you've spent inside their world. You make it all worth it.
With all my heart,
Ariana ✨
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BROKEN VOWS (Lucas & Emilia Book 1)
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