*PREVIEW ONLY* Available on Kindle and Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GCPX775Y PAUL I cheated on my fiancée. Sophie and I were building our future. In love, happy, peaceful. Then she found a lump in her breast, and I made the worst choice: I numbed my fear by sleeping with someone else. My worst mistake and my biggest regret. Now I see Sophie around town with him. She's radiant and laughing with people who actually show up. I'm trying to learn how to be a man who does. If she lets me, I'll spend the rest of my life proving I can choose her when it's hardest. If she lets me... SOPHIE I thought the promise was in sickness and in health. But he buried his fear in someone else. On the same night, I walked into a bookstore and met the gentle giant owner, who invited me to his book club full of misfits. I'm laughing again, I'm smiling more than I ever have, and I'm healing my heart. My bookstore owner keeps showing up like it's as easy as breathing. I don't know what the future holds; I don't know if I'll win this battle against cancer, but I do know I'm done wasting time on people who love only when it's easy. CALLUM She came into Rivers & Rhodes Bookstore and asked for books with happy endings only. I gave her a recommendation, an invitation, and an offer of friendship. Now, this beautiful, brave woman is completely under my skin. I'm not here to win a competition against him. I'm here because choosing someone, second by second, is the only way I understand love.

In this poignant and emotionally charged story, Daniel grapples with the weight of his emotional betrayal while his pregnant wife, Rhea, is left to endure growing isolation at home. As Daniel begins therapy with Dr. Langston, he confronts the guilt, shame, and self-deception that caused his emotional detachment from his marriage. Through quiet introspection and painful honesty, he reveals the choices that distanced him from the woman he once vowed to cherish. Meanwhile, Rhea, nearing the end of her pregnancy, faces the emotional void alone-struggling with anxiety, abandonment, and the fear of what their future holds. A tender exploration of broken trust, emotional reckoning, and the fragile threads of love that may or may not be mended.

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A rockstar. A sweet girl applying for a job on his security team. Instalove. Jealousy. Possessiveness. Over-the-top EVERYTHING. (This is the story that Gracelyn Matthewson was researching on the tour bus with Wyatt in The Blonde.)

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