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June, Without You.  by Redemptionarch
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--A betrayal to grovel to redemption romance -- June and Dylan had spent half their lives loving each other. Their individual stories, a web of densly intertwined threads since childhood. But a gut-wrenching betrayal and its unexpected consequences unravels it all in an instant, leaving them both irrecovably changed in the process. ‼️read authors notes before reading‼️
The Wedding Toast  by tella2002
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Maria thought her wedding day was the beginning of her perfect life. It was the perfect lie. ​After seven years of love and loyalty, Maria's dream shatters when she discovers her new husband, James, is having an affair with her best friend, Clara. Her response is swift and spectacular: she exposes their deceit during her champagne toast, throwing her life into immediate, devastating chaos.
The Wife He Lost by lifemessy
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"You left me for her. Now you want to remember how to breathe without me?" Two years abandoned. Two years silent. On their anniversary, he walks in with the woman he left her for. Papers signed, heart sealed, she walks away. But the past has claws-and soon, the truth unravels. When the mistress turns out to be a nightmare in lace, and the wife-his wife-emerges stronger, crueler, and so heartbreakingly beautiful... he regrets everything. But regret isn't enough. He wants her back. This time, he'll burn the world to do it.
Melody by lovelycrowsong
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"Mels I think we should break up" David said to her, his voice flat, no emotion, as though he wasn't blowing up her entire world with his blunt words. "What?" Melody asked, her face had gone pale, she had heard the words he said the first time but she couldn't believe it. She loved him and he loved her, why would they break up? Why would he want this? David was the love of her life, he was athletic and popular, and made her feel special. He had been pressuring her to give in and have sex with him, but she needed a little more time to feel ready. She was almost ready, she had planned for them to make love the last night she was here before she moved away, then they would go long distance until she finished highschool and could legally move out to be with him without her mom interfering. She thought it was a perfect plan, but apparently David disagreed. Their lives weren't going to overlap anymore. Was that all she was to him? A convenient overlap? Her parents broke up, followed by sudden announcement her and her mother would be moving across the country, then David breaking her heart. Everything was disrupted everything in Melody's life had crumbled around her. Turns out there are even more surprises on the horizon, is Melody ready to accept all these changes or will it all be too much? Part one complete. Part two complete. May 2023. Umm wow. Over 200k reads now. Thank you so much! I am so thrilled by every like and comment. Thank you so much for enjoying my story. Thank you! Be kind and make choices that make you happy friends.
All My Broken Pieces by Whispered_Words2310
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GRACE: The year I turned 18, I left home for the first time. I'd grown up with loving parents, three older brothers, and a kind of safety I didn't realize was rare until I stepped away from it. College felt big and overwhelming, but exciting too. I wasn't looking for anything dramatic. I just wanted to settle in, make friends, finish my degree. I didn't plan on Laken. He was... different. Quiet but intense. Careful with his words, reckless with his heart. I felt drawn to him instantly-maybe because he looked like he needed someone to believe in him, and maybe because I believe too easily. I thought I knew him. I thought he trusted me. I thought we were stepping into the same life. I was wrong. The truth hit harder than the fear-he'd been lying, hiding, drowning right beside me while I thought we were learning to swim. LAKEN: Grace walked into my life like sunshine. She wasn't supposed to look at me the way she did-like I wasn't stitched together from mistakes. Like I wasn't something waiting to break. From the start, she made everything feel lighter. Safer. Like maybe I could be someone worth loving if I stayed close enough to her warmth. But someone like her is too good for someone like me. I gave her the version of myself I wanted to be-the one she deserved. I hid the parts I was still fighting in the dark. Then something happened-something I never saw coming-and it hit me harder than I knew how to survive. That's when everything I'd been hiding, all the lies I told myself were protecting Grace from my darkness, began to unravel faster than I could hold them together. Raw, unfiltered, and heartbreakingly honest, this story explores the pull of first loves, the weight of loyalty, and the devastating cost of loving someone who keeps slipping away. Some hearts break quietly. Others take you down with them. This story holds both.
Xandros and Ally by GroveltoHEA
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A singer/scientist. An heir to a pharmaceutical company. Their love burns hot and intense. Until he tells her he's about to get engaged to another woman.
Broken Vows - EXCERPT by MackenzieMadden
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‼️This story is completed and available to read on Patreon. It will be coming to Amazon/KU in 2026. ‼️ My life was idyllic, especially with a husband like Christopher... Handsome, successful and adoring. Everything he did, he did for his family. Or so he lead me to believe. The truth is out now, casting a light on the cracks in our marriage, and the rot spreading through them. Christopher believes I'll turn the other cheek, but it's time he learned that he doesn't know me as well as he thinks he does.
Playing Hearts by whoiskim
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He said he loved her and promised to stay faithful. Well that promise is long gone coming home every night reeking a new smell of perfume as well as hickeys full on display. His wife drowning her sorrows in drinking trying to forget. What happens when his wife finally comes to her senses and demands a divorce only to be met with a husband who claims he still loves her and will do anything to fix their broken marriage? Yes, this is cliche, yes you will get angry. But, I can't promise a happy ending. ・c o m p l e t e d ・ ✎ Editing
... by BumofLouis95
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BROKEN VOWS (Lucas & Emilia Book 1) by ArianaClarkAuthor
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Choosing her cost me everything I'd ever loved... including her. It's why I left the small town where I grew up and vowed never to return. I'm no longer the "golden boy with a bright future" they all remember. Instead, I carry the scars of a tortured past. A broken man deemed unfit, even by the Navy SEALs he'd dedicated the past decade to serve. What was supposed to be a quick trip to sell my parents' property turned into this twisted journey that forced me to confront my demons. And then there she was. My first love, and deepest regret. The woman who still owns every piece of my blackened heart. When she asked for my time, I couldn't refuse. Now I can't walk away. Not after hearing of the danger her husband, a missing FBI agent, has brought to her doorstep. After everything, I owe her my help. It's why I offer to protect her and her two little girls from the danger circling them. It's a vow I never should have made, given the trail of bodies I've left in my wake. Like the harbinger of death, I'm the last man either of us should trust. In the Broken Redemption Series, one man's vow to protect the woman he lost becomes a battle between redemption, forgiveness, and the kind of love that refuses to let go. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lucas & Emilia's story begins here: Book 1 of their Broken Redemption arc. Each couple's love story in the Broken Redemption Series is told over multiple books and forms a complete arc within this collection of connected romances set in the small town of Ruby Creek. There's no required reading order, but if you'd like to start at the very beginning, you're right where you belong. Lucas & Emilia are the first couple, followed by James & Annelly, whose story begins with Broken Misery (Broken Redemption Series - Book 1 of their arc).