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Tainted Love by cleofarlyn
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I never believed in marriage. Not after growing up watching it tear my family apart. Wanting someone was easy. Loving someone was dangerous. But promising forever? That felt impossible. And then came Dean Ashford. He never asked for much; just me, just us, just a future he swore he'd protect with everything he had. And when he asked for that future-when he held out a ring with hands that were shaking-I did the one thing I never wanted to do. I walked away. He broke. I broke. And the next morning, when I finally found the courage to choose him-really choose him-I had no idea he'd spent the night destroying everything we ever were. I had no idea what I was walking into. I had no idea what he'd done. I thought the worst thing I'd ever feel was the fear of losing him. I was wrong. Because nothing prepares you for the moment the person you love looks at you with eyes full of secrets... Nothing prepares you for the truth that the one night you walked away was the one night he didn't. And now I have to decide if the love I built my world around can survive the one mistake that broke both of us.
Finn - Iron Skulls MC Origins by ivymystwrites
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Finn: As secretary of the Iron Skulls MC, a one-percenter club, I'm the smart one. The strategist. The man who holds the brotherhood together with laws and loyalty. Then I crash my Harley, and ER nurse Riley Morgan stitches me up without an ounce of fear. She's all sharp wit and a code of ethics that should make her run from a man like me. Instead, she stands up to the cops for me, looks past my leather cut, and sees the man beneath. She's a complication I can't afford and a temptation I can't resist. But my world has rules. To make her mine, the club demands a brutal, archaic tradition-a price that will cost her more than her dignity. Now I'm caught between the brotherhood that raised me and the woman who is redefining my soul. They say no woman is worth a war. They haven't met Riley.
This was love by Mp_Books
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CHLOE & JAKE * Dual POV * Chloe has built her life around control, control of her business, her boundaries, her heart. Jake is the one mistake she never meant to make. What started as unexpected comfort became something real: something that felt safe, like home. Jake was patient. Chloe was guarded. Until the lie. Until the betrayal that shattered everything. Chloe learns that sometimes the worst kind of heartbreak isn't caused by an enemy It's caused by the person who swore they'd never hurt you TW: Childhood emotional abuse Perceived cheating
A Castle in the sky by RaeganSalander
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Fern thought marriage meant partnership, love, and the quiet safety of family. For four years she's tried to believe that-tried to ignore the sharp edges of a mother-in-law who never wanted her, an ex who had moved too close for comfort and a husband who is always looking the other way. But when her husband's negligence leaves their little girl in a hospital bed with burns on her hand, Fern can no longer swallow the excuses. She is done being the afterthought in her own marriage. Her husband Conner insists he loves her, but love doesn't keep a child safe. Love doesn't silence a mother-in-law's whispers or stop an ex from poisoning the air of every family gathering. Love isn't enough-not when Fern's entire world has been built on the shaky ground of compromise. And as the fractures in their marriage widen into fault lines, Fern has to face the question she's been afraid to ask- What if walking away is the only way to save herself and her daughter?
Delete Her Number, Spencer by SheLovesAGoodStory_
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Aniya thought marriage meant partnership, love, and maybe the occasional argument about Netflix passwords. What she didn't plan for was Farrah - Spencer's charming, passive-aggressive "work wife" who somehow made "emotional cheating" look like part of the job description. At first, it was small stuff: snarky comments about Aniya's yoga career, a suspicious number of office selfies, and a mysteriously missing anniversary mug. But when Farrah starts hashtagging Spencer as her "WorkHubby" and scheduling dinners on their actual anniversary, Aniya realizes she's not imagining it-this woman is trying to steal her man, one team meeting at a time. Now Aniya has two options: 1. Let Farrah run the show while Spencer plays the clueless nice guy. 2. Or remind everyone - including her husband - exactly who's married to him. Told with sharp humor, brutal honesty, and enough chaos to fill an HR report, Delete Her Number, Spencer is a modern love story about marriage in the social media era - where loyalty is tested, egos are fragile, and no one is safe from a "work bestie" with boundary issues.
Zayden & Bella 18+ (Completed) by BookishDae
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Copyright © 2025 by Bookish Dae Tech mogul Zayden Knight is blindsided when his wife, Bella, walks out, finally fed up with playing second fiddle to his manipulative childhood best friend, Isla. Forced to see Isla's toxic schemes and his own neglect, Zayden must embark on a grueling campaign of redemption to win back the woman he loves, proving with relentless groveling that she will always be his first and only priority.
This is it by Mp_Books
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GREY & IVY DUAL POV *A betrayal - Grovel - redemption novel * Grey plans the perfect proposal to the woman he almost lost, he believes he's finally earned redemption. But when an unexpected call from his childhood friend Celeste, drags him back into the chaos he swore he'd left behind, everything spirals. A lie told in desperation. A kiss caught on camera. And a single photo that destroys everything. Ivy is left humiliated under the glow of fairy lights meant for her engagement, she's forced to confront the painful truth: love isn't always enough to erase what's been done. Meanwhile, Grey fights to prove that what Ivy saw isn't the whole story, and that sometimes, the truth isn't captured in a frame. TW: body shaming
Corner Pieces by MyrandaHenty
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Dane always said love was like a puzzle: you start with the edges, build a frame, and trust the rest will fall into place. For years, he and Callidora fit perfectly, until his loyalty to his late friend's little sister became the missing piece that didn't belong. What began as compassion twisted into late-night calls, quiet rescues, and promises he had no right to make. When Calli reaches her limits, his apologies are desperate, his love real, but the picture they'd built together had already been pulled apart. Can Dane convince Calli that the picture they once started is still worth finishing, or has their puzzle already fallen apart for good?
Finding Home by RubyMica
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Sarah thought she was building a future with her husband, a life, a home. Until betrayal shattered her plans and redirected her path. A new home for Sarah was still out there but once she found it, would she have to survive betrayal twice? [More detail to be added. Names subject to change.]
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.