maryho2's Reading List
196 stories
Choice by byaprilwinters
byaprilwinters
  • WpView
    Reads 3,713
  • WpVote
    Votes 257
  • WpPart
    Parts 8
He has the corner office. The marriage. The five kids. The life everyone wants. So why does the laughter sound like it's coming from slightly too far away? At 58, Dylan Brennan isn't unhappy. He's finished. And for a man wired to chase, to build, to strive - completion feels like a kind of death. Then Riley walks into his gym. Twenty-nine. Lives in a van. Climbs mountains for fun. Looks at his empire and feels pity, not envy. She doesn't fix him. She wakes him up. For eleven months, he is recklessly, completely alive. Running at dawn. Climbing walls in Tokyo at 3 a.m. Falling in love with a woman who represents everything he built his life against. But she wasn't fixing him. She was a vacation. And vacations end. MATURE CONTENT. This is not a typical romance. Expect complexity, not comfort. No villains, no neat endings - just choices and what they cost.
Healing begins with Forgiveness by loueenjones
loueenjones
  • WpView
    Reads 5,598
  • WpVote
    Votes 193
  • WpPart
    Parts 12
Some betrayals shatter more than a relationship. They shatter who you thought you were. Abby believed she had built a life on love, loyalty, and trust. A future carefully shaped with the man she loved. Until one moment changed everything. One confession. One betrayal. One truth she never saw coming. Suddenly Abby is forced to confront the deepest wound of all, not only the loss of the life she thought she had, but the question that follows every heartbreak: How do you forgive the unforgivable? As secrets surface and emotions collide, Abby begins a journey through pain, anger, faith, and ultimately healing. Along the way she discovers that forgiveness is not weakness, it is the bravest decision a person can make. But forgiveness does not erase the past. And some choices change lives forever. When another woman's letter arrives, everything Abby believes about love, betrayal, and redemption will be tested. Because sometimes healing does not begin with justice. Sometimes healing begins with forgiveness.
Rose by RoadSmut
RoadSmut
  • WpView
    Reads 28,066
  • WpVote
    Votes 2,152
  • WpPart
    Parts 15
He was hers...since he was 8 years old. Jace and Rose were inseparable throughout their childhood and teenage years. However, a shocking betrayal forced her to leave the only home she ever knew. Ten years later, she's on the run from a vicious enemy, and there's only one place she can go: home. Now the enforcer of the Devil's Saints MC, Jace lives a half-life ever since he lost his Rosie-the beautiful girl that loved him before he knew what it was. Now, a decade later, he has the chance to right his past wrongs. Will Rose let him in, or are things too damaged too fix?
All the Good Parts by lilp29
lilp29
  • WpView
    Reads 23,129
  • WpVote
    Votes 2,054
  • WpPart
    Parts 16
A "wife" without the ring was what he was after. She let him witness her glow-up up close. Hailey is the perfect "stand-in." She has been Callum's lifeblood for the past two years, acting as an ideal partner without being called that. He believed he was getting a test run for free, while she believed they were creating a life. "I get all the good parts and none of the responsibilities... Sienna's the one I actually want," is what she hears next, and it completely changes her life. Game. Set. Match. Hailey stops being the force that keeps Callum going. Callum's life turns into a hilarious, mouldy nightmare of weaponised stupidity and "salmon-pink" laundry disasters. Hailey finally starts living for herself. And then there's Nick - the rugged builder who doesn't just have a vibe; he has a spirit level, a plan, and a way of looking at Hailey that makes her feel like a masterpiece, not a convenience. Featuring: The "Placeholder" Revenge Weaponised Incompetence vs. Radical Indifference The Ultimate "Upgrade" Hero A Slow-Burn Downfall that is 100% Spectacular
Unkept Promises (Now Available on Kobo and Selar) by BenjaminVelvet
BenjaminVelvet
  • WpView
    Reads 3,711
  • WpVote
    Votes 249
  • WpPart
    Parts 12
THE SILENT LEDGER "He was the Vibe. I was the Structure. He thought he was the Architect of my ruin until he realized I designed the floorboards." Anna Sterling spent a decade as the invisible engine behind her husband's corporate empire, believing they were a team. But on their tenth anniversary, a discovery of forged signatures and offshore accounts reveals the truth: Lucas isn't just a husband; he's a predator planning to bankrupt her for a younger woman. Now, the woman who built the foundation is ready to collapse the house. Spanning forty years of high-stakes corporate warfare, The Silent Ledger is a cold, calculated "Good For Her" revenge story. It's a journey of a woman who stops being the "glue" and starts being the legacy proving that in a world of silver-tongued liars, the person who keeps the books always wins. One woman. Two decades of secrets. Zero mercy.
𝙽𝙾𝚃 𝚀𝚄𝙸𝚃𝙴 𝙼𝙸𝙽𝙴 by MoonlitLinesWrites
MoonlitLinesWrites
  • WpView
    Reads 82,342
  • WpVote
    Votes 5,085
  • WpPart
    Parts 24
She loved him loudly. He loved her quietly-only when it was convenient. Leah believed two years of love meant security, a future, a place she could finally call hers. Yet, every time it mattered, he chose someone else. A best friend. A familiar comfort. A silence that hurts more than betrayal. This is a story about emotional neglect, unspoken loyalties, and the slow realization that love without priority is a form of loss. It asks a difficult question: How long can you stay where you are never fully chosen?
My Vow by Mp_Books
Mp_Books
  • WpView
    Reads 168,803
  • WpVote
    Votes 12,530
  • WpPart
    Parts 35
Cheating romance - please beware, new H. When Stella discovers her fiancé is cheating just weeks before their wedding, she doesn't fall apart, she rises. With her closest friends by her side, she swaps heartbreak for strategy and turns betrayal into the perfect revenge. TROPES: Cheating Revenge - new life with new H Grovel
Loving a Lie by morallyblackcupid
morallyblackcupid
  • WpView
    Reads 43,617
  • WpVote
    Votes 4,456
  • WpPart
    Parts 30
They call my husband the embodiment of cruelty. Demetri Ferraro was forged for control, vengeance, and bloodshed without conscience. Strangers murmur cautions about what he might do, forgetting I sleep inches from him nightly. If only they could witness what I have. There's a terrifying authenticity to our marriage. With me, he's attentive to the point of reverence. I wear his fingerprints like brands. His vigilance wraps around me, reflexive as breathing. I trusted him completely because betrayal seemed impossible. That was my undoing The merger of our families cost me things I didn't know I was losing. I salvaged only the skating rink-solitary hours on pristine ice before dawn or after midnight. The architecture of my future was more elaborate than I comprehended. The truth doesn't announce itself with confession. It arrives without remorse, manifesting as inevitability, as though questioning his constructed reality was never an option. I don't doubt that my husband loves me. For the true terror of Demetri Ferraro isn't found in shadows or violence. It's in how he determined I belonged to him, by systematically eliminating any alternative path.
Emilia's Eviscerated Easter by morallyblackcupid
morallyblackcupid
  • WpView
    Reads 3,758
  • WpVote
    Votes 312
  • WpPart
    Parts 4
Pastels hide stains better than you'd think. Emilia Hunt built her life on soft things - spring mornings, pretty smiles, fresh starts. Easter was her holiday. Rebirth. Renewal. Resurrection. Too bad some things refuse to stay buried. When a woman from her husband's past begins circling, old cracks split wide open. Secrets rot beneath polished floors. Lies bloom where trust once grew, and Emilia realizes something profound. Some marriages don't need saving. Some need ending. This Easter, Emilia isn't the sweet little bunny everyone remembers. She's what comes after the resurrection.
Stony-Heart Husband by AuthorMercyND
AuthorMercyND
  • WpView
    Reads 113,169
  • WpVote
    Votes 2,998
  • WpPart
    Parts 123
"You're mine now, Wifey. You don't call the shots; I do." Just weeks before her wedding, Kourtney Allen's world shatters when she catches her fiancé in bed with her sister. Her devastation deepens when her family sides with her sister, forcing Kourtney to walk away from the life she thought was hers. Writhing in pain and coughing up blood, she plots her revenge. Unexpectedly, she got a husband - Sebastian Woods, the ruthless, untouchable billionaire feared as "The Stone-Hearted CEO." Known for his cold demeanor and strange aversion to women, he's shocked to discover Kourtney doesn't trigger his mysterious condition. Intrigued, he offers her an escape: a marriage on his terms. But the man's idea of marriage is control, and Kourtney refuses to be tamed. As secrets from her past emerge and his first love returns, their fiery dynamic threatens to explode. Can Kourtney break free from the chains of his obsession, or will she surrender to the man she swore to despise? #1 CEO 1/3/26 #1 Lovetriangle 13/3/26 #1 Melbourne 21/1/26 #2 Domineering 26/11/25 #3 Handsome 7/3/26 #3 Drama 29/11/25 #3 Marriage 9/3/26 #5 Love 9/3/26 #6 Jealousy 17/11/25 #NovNov