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Trust and Other Fickle Things by JessieGrayWrites
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Every partner I've ever had has cheated on me. So when my boyfriend swore he was different, I wanted to believe him. Until a patient of mine sat down and started talking about the man she had met and fallen in love with. He sounded a bit too familiar. Updates on Wednesday and Friday. Read ahead on my Patreon, link in my bio!!
the thread that binds the bones by obeetaybeebaby
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Camden Edson never believed in happily ever after. Men were fine for a good time, but love? Commitment? Marriage? Those belonged in fairy tales, not real life. After watching her father walk away from her family for another woman, Camden built her life around one simple rule: never depend on anyone. Then she met Theo Sullivan. Somehow, the brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon slipped past every defense she had. He became the one person who made forever feel possible. Two years into their marriage, Camden is thriving as a clinical psychologist while Theo begins an intense cardiovascular fellowship at the same hospital. Long hours and opposite schedules leave little time for each other, but every stolen moment reminds Camden why she took the chance. Until one weekend changes everything. When Camden receives an emergency call that her estranged father is being rushed into open-heart surgery, she desperately tries to reach Theo. His phone goes straight to voicemail. Then she calls his best friend. Only to discover Theo was never where he claimed he would be. As old wounds rip open, Camden is forced to confront more than the possibility of her husband's betrayal. She's suddenly responsible for saving the life of the man whose own infidelity destroyed her family, while questioning whether the marriage she fought to believe in was built on the very lie she swore she'd never survive twice. Some hearts can be repaired. Others never heal the same way.
Moving Forward by littlemama30
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Valerie fell in love with a big biker hunk. She couldn't believe her luck, being an older woman and all. But the relationship turned out to be more work than it had been worth. When do you realize it's time to walk away? Ox fell in love with an outsider. He knew he couldn't keep her away from the MC for too long because the MC was his life. But he didn't realize how much his MC life was resistant to letting an outsider in. Until he made a mistake that had the woman he loved walking away without looking back. Can he repair the damage not only he, but his MC and blood family, caused her? Or will she pick someone better, safer?
Mutual Friends (A short story) by RubyMica
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When my friend set me up with one of her guy besties, I didn't expect much - even though she said we were perfect for each other. I wasn't looking for anything serious, but he swept me off my feet and showed me how perfectly suited we were. Until he failed to protect our relationship from her and my life was turned into an online spectacle of heartbreak and betrayal. TW: - TSTL Hero but no cheating - Reference to parasocial relationships with online content creators - Reference to past period of depression and anxiety
Wild Rose (An Angsty Romance) by Zcruise
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In the quiet corner of my heart, he was my forever. He was my shadow, my secret keeper, my unspoken promise the boy who whispered "always" under starlit skies and made me believe in a love that could weather anything. Our trio with vivacious best friend Cecilia felt unbreakable. Until the day Caleb vanished without a word. No goodbye. No explanation. Just a space where my entire world used to be. For four agonizing years, I pieced myself together from the shards he left behind, carrying the ghost of his touch and the unanswered questions that haunted my sleepless nights. Then, in the glittering ballroom of a luxury hotel, fate delivers the cruelest twist: Caleb-older, devastatingly handsome, slipping a ring on the finger of one person who knew what he meant to me. Watching him get engaged to another woman hurt me, but realizing that the other woman was the same woman on whose shoulder I had cried multiple times destroyed me. But I would kill myself before I let them see the wreckage of my ruins. So instead of walking away quietly, I moved toward them. Plastering a smile on my lips, I lifted my wine glass and congratulated them. Congratulated myself because for years my heart was in his captivity and in this moment he had finally set it free. The exact moment I stopped loving Caleb Montaign. Now to me he was somebody I used to know. Three hearts, one forbidden Love
His Performance  by NeraKeeves
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Hollywood Tales Book #1 For two years, the world watched us fall in love. Our romantasy series became a global obsession and suddenly everyone was interested in us. Interviews went viral. Edits got millions of views. Fans called our chemistry once in a generation and swore no one could fake the way he looked at me. I believed it too, the spark in his eyes, the passion in his touch, the care in his words. While we dated secretly for a year. Until a grainy image of his lip locked with an Ex went viral and I overheard him in a private meeting telling the producers he couldn't do this anymore. That he couldn't keep pretending to be interested in me. And suddenly I didn't know which moments belonged to the show and which ones never existed at all. But one thing was clear, I was just a part of his performance.
One Night in Nashville by midnightbluewriting
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Minutes before Mariah gets married, her maid of honor shows her a viral video. In it, a woman tells the internet about the magical night she spent with a handsome stranger in Nashville-and asks for help finding the man she believes is her soulmate. Mariah happens to know exactly where he is. He's waiting at the end of the aisle for her. After creating a viral moment of her own, Mariah spends the next two months hiding from the unwanted fame that turned the worst day of her life into a public spectacle-and transformed her into the infamous Burn It All Bride. Then she meets a gruff, devastatingly handsome stranger on a flight who has absolutely no idea who she is. With him, she doesn't have to be the heartbroken bride millions of strangers think they know. She can just be Ivy. And the quiet Texan beside her becomes Tex. When an emergency landing strands them for one night in the city Mariah has cast as the villain in her story, she is determined to make the best of it with the man who is already making Nashville feel different. As the attraction between them becomes impossible to ignore, they agree on three rules. One night. No real names. No promises beyond morning. And no chance of ever forgetting each other. They walk away the next morning believing their perfect night will remain exactly that-a beautiful memory neither of them is allowed to chase. Mariah is still rebuilding the life her cheating fiancé destroyed. And Tex... Tex is trying to start over after betrayal cost him everything he worked years to create. Until fate brings them together again on Beaumont Ranch, and the stranger Mariah promised to leave behind becomes impossible to walk away from twice. Some nights break your heart. Some nights heal you. And some nights change you forever.
The Girl He Never Saw by LushAlly
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For years, I loved my best friend, Liam. While he chased every beautiful girl who crossed his path, I stood quietly in the background, invisible to the one person who mattered most. Then, one drunken night, everything changed. Surrounded by our friends, Liam laughed as he declared he couldn't picture me with any man. According to him, I was so boring, so sexless, that I'd probably end up becoming a nun. Everyone laughed. I didn't. That humiliation was the final blow. I walked away from our friendship, transferred to another school, and erased Liam from my life. Years later, I've built the life I always dreamed of. I'm engaged to the man who truly sees me-Rahim-and I've finally left my feelings for Liam in the past. Until fate brings us together again. Now Liam is dating Rahim's sister, and for the first time, he's the one watching from the sidelines. The girl he never wanted has become the woman he can't stop thinking about. The only problem? He's years too late.
Catch me by RaeganSalander
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Hi everyone, I am taking this story down for edits. It will be going on amazon probably in the end of November. What I will leave on Wattpad is the first three chapters like a taster. Take care Rae On the night of her twentieth birthday, Hanna plans to do the one thing no wolf has ever willingly done. Accept rejection from her fated mate. As an orphan, Hanna has spent years in the fringes of the packs- a spectator, never a participant. And over the last few weeks, she has watched Alphason Leif pretend she doesn't exist. The bond between them is real but Leif has made his choice. And Hanna refuses to spend the rest of her life with that target on her back. Sometimes even a rejection has to be owned with pride. She has six weeks before her life was going to change forever. Anyone else would just wait for the inevitable...but not Hanna. Leif does not know that everything he has planned was about to explode leaving only regrets. Both Leif and Hanna are both are just two cards on a deck. But noone expected Hanna to be a wildcard.
Secrets, Lies and Goodbyes by tulipsandwaves
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A story about a smart woman who loves her husband, her son and her life. When she learns that her husband isn't the man she thought he was, she works on giving her son the life he deserves. It's also about a lying and cheating man, who thought he was clever enough to avoid honesty and accountability in his life. Sometimes making a mistake and then sincerely apologizing, just might just not be enough. "Mommy, why is daddy and that lady nakey hugging?" My son innocently and loudly asks, while his father seems to be trying to locate his pants. Spoiler alert, they are on the floor under my feet, by the door, not anywhere near where he and his 'nakey' friend are sprawled on the couch. The woman shrieks, Kayley and I both fumble for the light switch just as River hits the button for daddy's 'magic office windows', which are now fully visible to the entire office floor, and all 127 employees are staring at and sharing my horror as my husband and his whatever she is are naked and trying to get dressed. Well damn, happy Wednesday to me.