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The price of Copies by Storytime86
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By N.S. Brown ​In the high-stakes world of Manhattan finance, Julian Brown can balance any ledger-except the one that matters most. ​For two years, Julian has been running a dangerous deficit in his marriage. He has quietly diverted the financial resources, time, and emotional security of his wife, Clara, to prop up the manufactured crises of Chloe, his toxic childhood friend. To Julian, it's the ultimate ego trip: playing the noble protector to a fragile bird while treating his wife as a low-maintenance asset who can survive on the freezing scraps of his neglect. ​Clara is a brilliant independent designer built on quiet dignity. She doesn't complain when Julian forgets her birthday, or when the cheap convenience-store necklace he buys her turns her skin green. She assumes they are a team saving for a future upstate. She has no idea her resilience is being used as a slush fund to buy another woman's applause. ​But cheap materials can't withstand the friction of reality. ​When a sudden, devastating overdraft exposes Julian's systemic deception, his elaborate fortress of excuses crumbles. Clara doesn't scream. With cold, absolute clarity, she cuts the mutual liabilities, packs her sketches, and walks out the door-leaving Julian with a perfectly balanced, entirely bankrupt life. ​Now, the arbitrage is over. To win back the only woman who ever loved him unconditionally, Julian must face the brutal valuation of his own cowardice. But when a foundation is left in the dark for too long, some cracks are too deep for a ledger to fix. ​A deeply emotional, high-angst contemporary marriage-in-crisis romance featuring heavy betrayal and intense emotional reconciliation.
Divorced at Midnight by RuthieJane7
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On their fifth wedding anniversary, real estate mogul Adrian Calloway hands his wife divorce papers instead of a gift , convinced she'll beg him to stay. Vivienne Hale signs without a single tear, because she's spent the last year building a financial empire of her own in total secret, and she's been waiting for exactly this moment. What Adrian doesn't know: the prenup he wrote to protect himself just handed Vivienne the one asset that matters most. His mistress, Sabrina, isn't loyal to him , she's after something far bigger than his marriage. And the silent partner who's been helping Vivienne build her quiet empire has been in love with her for years. Adrian thought he was setting his wife free. He just made the worst mistake of his life. A story of betrayal, reinvention, and a revenge that doesn't need to raise its voice to be devastating.
Choices and Chances by HarlotPlay
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Mila: He broke my heart to save me. Instead, he destroyed us both. I fled my hometown with a shattered heart and a promise never to fall for Jonah Beckett again, the boy who held me through every storm... until tragedy struck. He pushed me away with a cruelty I've never forgotten. I walked away and moved on with nothing but the wreckage of what we were. Now I'm back, older, wiser, and nursing a fresh betrayal. All I want is quiet, closure, and a fresh start. A breather. What I don't want is Jonah; bigger, harder, and with heat in his eyes that says he remembers everything. Jonah: I never stopped loving her. I just stopped believing I deserved her. If we kept going, I would have eventually ruined her , snuffing out the light in her eyes. Now she's back, and every disciplined piece of me snaps. The girl I left behind has become a woman who looks at me like I'm both her biggest regret and her deepest temptation. I made a bad choice before, but now is my chance to save us both. Love broke us. Lust reignites us. Truth and fate might finally save us. A spicy, small-town, second-chance romance. This is a quick read with open-door spicy scenes. This is intended for readers 18+ ONLY.
THE CHOICE OF TWO HEARTS  ||COMPLETED|| by kathylawrence5
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Eduard Velasquez has everything - wealth, success, and two women who hold his heart in different ways. Eleanor Sinclair , brilliant and composed, helps him build his billion-dollar empire but hides her true feelings behind professionalism. Francia Montgomery , adored by his family, is charming, beautiful, and everything society expects. When ambition, love, and betrayal collide, Eduard is forced to choose between the woman who completes his business and the one who completes his image - not knowing that his choice will set off a chain of events that could cost him everything, including his heart. Started:30/10/2025 Ended:08/12/2025 #1- billionairelovestory(4/11/2025) #25- powecouple(4/11/2025) #1-highsocietydrama(4/11/2025) #1- hiddenheiress(4/11/2025) #1- eliteromance(4/11/2025) #1-strongfemalecharacter(14/11/2025) #1-powercouple(18/11/2025)
After everything, still you  by Celestia_Lunari
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He broke her once. She survived losing him. Now he's back like nothing ever happened-and she's not sure she can survive that. Laura Hayes thought divorce would end the heartbreak. Instead, it only changed its shape. A year after walking away from the man who broke her, whom a part of her still loves, Laura is surviving rather than living, carrying loneliness like a second skin. And Adrian, buried beneath pride and regret, is discovering far too late that losing her hurts more than admitting he was wrong. When life keeps pulling them back into each other's orbit, old wounds reopen alongside something far more dangerous: hope. Because some loves do not disappear when a marriage ends. Some hearts never really leave.
A Foolish Infatuation by Canderpdx
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Emily Calloway runs the village surgery of Dr. Hartley and Dr. Hargrove with quiet, unfailing competence and asking for very little in return.'What would I do without you?' Dr. Hargrove says more than once. But when a beautiful blonde arrives at the surgery one afternoon with monogrammed luggage and every appearance of belonging at Dr. Hargrove's side, Emily discovers there are some heartbreaks no amount of discipline can keep neatly contained, and Dr. Hargrove will discover exactly what life without Emily Calloway is like. This is a vintage old school Mills & Boon-style inspired tale, but with a stronger heroine, and a little grovel thrown in.
𝐵 𝑜 𝓇 𝓇 𝑜 𝓌 𝒾 𝓃 𝑔     𝐸 𝓍 𝒾 𝓈 𝓉 𝑒 𝓃 𝒸 𝑒  by Suxllbc
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What happens when a FWB arrangement turns into something it shouldn't have? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .( Not Edited)
If You Had Stayed | Small Town Secrets Book One | Completed by SNRyter
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Second chance romance | Small-town drama | Emotional & Angsty | Slow burn | Heartfelt family moments | Surfer & Broadway dancer love story Six years ago, Lani Daniels left Seaview Bay in the dead of night, her heart in pieces and her past trailing behind her like a ghost. She swore she'd never come back. Swore she'd never step foot on the boardwalk where her first love whispered promises beneath the stars. Swore she'd never face the betrayal that sent her running. But some things are impossible to outrun. Now, forced back to the one place she vowed to forget, Lani must navigate a town filled with memories she can't erase, people she left behind, and the one person she never wanted to see again-Jeremy Briggs. He was everything once. Her best friend. Her safe place. Her future. Now, he's just a stranger with familiar eyes. Determined to keep her heart locked away, Lani throws herself into family, old friendships, and the life she left behind, but Seaview Bay has a way of unraveling the past. And when the truth begins to surface-about that night, about everything she thought she knew-she finds herself caught between the future she built and the love she never truly let go of. But some wounds don't heal. Some things don't fade with time. And when the tides pull her back toward the one thing, she swore she'd never want again, she has to ask herself... Is the past better left buried, or was leaving her biggest mistake?
Fate's Echo: A Tapestry of Betrayal and Redemption by OscialAnjaliangel
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A decade ago, a secret tore Aaron Tanner and Grace Whitman apart, leaving Grace with hatred and Aaron burdened by a lie. Their high school reunion forces them to confront the past, revealing a shocking betrayal by Grace's best friend, Audrey. As truths surface, can their rekindled love overcome years of deceit and the desire for revenge? Fate's Echo is a gripping story of hate, romance, and the journey toward forgiveness, proving that even a cruelly edited fate can find a new harmony.
IRIS: Falling for him  by Ibkdee
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IRIS is a heartfelt, drama-filled story of love, betrayal, and second chances.When Iris marries Aziel, she never imagined raising their child alone while battling the venom of his mother and lies from his supposed lover. But Iris is no victim-she's a storm with quiet strength.