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An Ordinary Marriage : Love was easy. Revenge was inevitable  by ItStartsWithN
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Some marriages break loudly, like a glass hitting the floor. Others crumble quietly, like a sandcastle under a slow, unthinking wave. Misha always thought her love story was the kind that everyone else envied. It was steady, comfortable... Ordinary....in the best possible way. Quiet mornings with coffee in hand. Little routines she and Jai fell into without noticing. A life that felt safe. That felt... easy. Until one morning, a single message arrived like the unthinking wave at their sandcastle of a marriage. And suddenly, all that 'ordinary' felt too fragile, like it had been built on nothing at all. No shouting. No slammed doors. No dramatic confrontations. Just silence. And the slow, careful unraveling of everything she thought she knew. This is her story. Her revenge. Told in her own words. Because love may be effortless, but revenge... it takes time.
Dragons #2: Jaroslaw and Jasmine by GroveltoHEA
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A witch who lost the love of her life to her sister. She'd given up on love, determined to live alone and never put herself through that again. But someone was determined not to let her.
The Rejected Healer Omega by TheSnowbunnyLibrary
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She was rejected. Not because she was bad. But because she was too gentle for a world that worships strength. Rhea, a healer omega, cast aside when her fated mate chose her best friend instead. Humiliated. Discarded. Left with nothing but the belief that she's only valuable if she's useful. So she leaves. Rhea wanders into the forest, weak and ready to give up. There, she finds a dying wolf and uses the last of her strength to heal him, hoping to be useful one final time before collapsing. The wolf turns out to be Khan, a feared and powerful alpha from another pack. Instead of leaving her behind, he carries Rhea home and offers her something she has never had before: safety, acceptance, and a place where she truly belongs. As Rhea begins to heal alongside Khan, and forms an unbreakable bond with new friends, her past refuses to stay buried. When her former pack returns to claim her, Rhea must finally confront the betrayal that shattered her and prove that rejection did not make her weak. --- 🎬 Audiobook available on my YouTube channel!
We Were Never Just Pretending  by Tara_luve
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caught my husband cheating. Not with a stranger. Not with a friend. With my sister. I didn't scream. I didn't cry. I didn't expose them. I smiled... and started planning. Instead of leaving, I called the one person who deserved to know the truth just as much as I did- Her husband. Nikolai Volkov. We used to be best friends. Until she made sure we weren't. Now we're pretending. Pretending to be a little too close. Pretending to cross lines we shouldn't. Pretending to be exactly what they fear most. But the more we play the game... the less it feels like pretending. And the worst part? They think we're the ones betraying them. - A story of betrayal, revenge, and a love that should have never been lost.
The Final Hearing by Shweta545
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Evelyn Hart believed in fairytales - until the day she was left at the altar. Once a bright, hopeful law student, Evelyn's world crumbled when Nathaniel Blackwell - a powerful business heir she was arranged to marry - walked out on their wedding without a word. The scandal destroyed her family's name, shattered her dreams, and left her to bear the brunt of public humiliation. In a society that blamed her for everything, Evelyn did the only thing she could: she rose from the ashes. Years later, she's one of the most feared and respected lawyers in the country - until one case breaks her resolve and she disappears from the courtroom without warning. But fate has a cruel sense of irony. When Nathaniel's own sister is devastated by a similar betrayal and takes her life, he is desperate for justice. No lawyer is willing to fight for a case everyone believes is already lost - except for the one woman he wronged the most. Evelyn. Silent. Unforgiving. Brilliant. As she reluctantly steps back into the courtroom, the past simmers between them. Nathaniel is haunted by guilt and drawn to the woman he abandoned. Evelyn speaks only when required, avoids the past, and focuses on justice - but her silence screams louder than words. What begins as a legal battle turns into an emotional reckoning. Regret. Redemption. And a slow-burn connection that neither of them expected. Because sometimes, the most powerful verdicts aren't spoken in court - they're written in the heart.
Saints of Retribution MC: Priest by EmptyNestWriter
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He lives by rules. She breaks them just by existing. Atlas Priest Adams is the president of the Saints of Retribution MC-a brotherhood of former soldiers who hunt the worst monsters hiding in plain sight. He believes in control, silence, and distance. No titles. No promises. No babies. Attachments get people killed. Dr. Indigo Blue Thorne isn't looking for danger. After a brutal night in the ER, she finds solace in a bar-and in a man who promises nothing beyond one night. She agrees to his rules because she doesn't want forever. Neither of them is telling the truth. What starts as a no-strings arrangement turns into something deeper, even as Priest insists Blue is temporary. Then the past comes roaring back. When his brother's widow arrives at the clubhouse pregnant and desperate, Priest's silence and half-truths destroy everything Blue thought she understood. So she disappears. Months later, fate drags them back together in an ER bay-where Priest sees the woman he lost... and the child she's carrying. Now Priest must face the consequences of the rules he hid behind, the words he never said, and the woman he never claimed. As secrets unravel and danger closes in, he'll have to decide whether love is a weakness- -or the one thing worth bleeding for. PRIEST is a dark, emotional MC romance about control, miscommunication, and the cost of loving halfway-featuring a hardened hero, a strong heroine, betrayal, redemption, and a hard-won happily ever after.
Shea & War by tulipsandwaves
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Shea and War have loved each other hard and right ... but when Mandi comes sneaking in and finds a way to explode their perfect world ... will Sheas loyalty and Wars deep love be enough to mend the cracks that Mandi caused? "I don't know what's going on with you War, you've been keeping secrets from me. You're having some kind of relationship with Mandi that is not ok in our marriage. I've told you I don't like you spending so much time with her, you told me it was my problem. Well you're right about that, it really is my problem. Because what I saw last night? That fucking hurt, and I don't know what to believe now. Can I trust what you say, or do I trust what I saw with my own eyes? What's going on with you two War? Please tell me the truth, we're on the edge of losing our whole world right now, so we need to be brutally honest, and you need to finally dig deep and be truthful. Do you want out of our marriage?"
Loving Cassie by Kay_Dee_Em_Dee
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Cassie never expected her husband to leave her, not six months after giving birth to their little boy, and especially not for her younger sister, Carrie. After a revelation from both her cheating husband and home wrecking sister, Cassie decides to do what's best for her and her son; move away. She plans to live a man free life: barring her baby boy and her father, of course. That is, until her handsome new neighbor, Ward knocks on her front door. His smooth southern drawl, sly half-smile and delicious backside knock her off her feet and she fights the attraction for the sake of her heart, but Ward is determined to have her in his arms as soon as possible. H.E.A ending Breathtaking new cover by @southernTXkindagirl.
Oz and Freya by GroveltoHEA
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A gold medalist, newly married, is revealed as a cheater in his post-gold medal win press conference.
She Was Never Wolfless by AngelInkWrites
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Roxanna Knight was born into Silver Paw believing one thing: when she turned eighteen, everything would finally make sense. Instead, her fated mate-Justin, the Alpha heir and her childhood best friend-publicly rejects her, declaring her wolfless and unworthy. Humiliated beneath the full moon, Roxanna loses not just her bond, but her place in the pack she once called home. With nowhere else to go, she crosses into Blood Moon territory-home to Alpha Dean Haywood, a battle-hardened leader who took his father's place far too young and learned that power means nothing without choice. Dean doesn't claim her. He doesn't force a bond. He waits. As Roxanna's trust slowly rebuilds, an ancient wolf begins to stir-one that can only awaken through a bond freely chosen by both wolves. But when Silver Paw discovers what they discarded, obsession turns to war, and the Alpha who once rejected her will stop at nothing to reclaim her. She was never wolfless. She was waiting.