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The Golden Hour by theodoradarlingxx
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In emergency medicine, the golden hour is the crucial sixty-minute window after a traumatic injury-the brief span of time when the right care can mean the difference between survival and loss. Dr. Mason Carpenter lives for that hour. At St. Mary's Trauma Center, he is the golden boy of the Emergency Department. He's brilliant and calm under pressure. He's addicted to the adrenaline, the thrill, the absolute rush of saving patients knocking on death's door. At home, he's a devoted husband to his high school sweetheart - the love of his life - Honey. Or, he used to be. Honey Carpenter has loved Mason since they were fourteen, since he was the gangly boy with hearts in his eyes who stumbled through asking her out for ice cream. She stood beside him through medical school, residency, crushing debt, sleepless nights, and every sacrifice it took to build the life they dreamed about. Now she is pregnant with their first child. And Mason is married to his work. He's missing ultrasound appointments, the gender reveal, the baby shower, and, most importantly, he's not there to support Honey - who's having an incredibly difficult first pregnancy. Honey feels her husband is drifting farther and farther away into the ED, and no matter how many times she tries to tell him she is lonely, exhausted, and afraid, Mason gives her the same answer. "They need me." But Honey needs him too. As her pregnancy progresses, her loneliness twists into something darker, but her doctor dismisses her symptoms as "first-time mom jitters." And her husband is too busy saving strangers to see his own wife fading away. Until Honey collapses at home and is rushed into Mason's emergency room, fighting for her life and their daughter's. Now Mason has to reckon with what he was chasing, what he ignored, and what it may cost him - the woman he loves more than anything. And he can't lose Honey. He won't survive it. 💛 Second Chance 💛 Marriage In Trouble 💛 No Cheating
A Mother's Vengeance [ The Full Book Is On Amazon And KU ] by Ophelscott05
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He was the husband. Every woman dreamed of loving, devoted, and flawless. He called me his queen, pampered me like royalty, and cried tears of joy when we found out we were having twins. On the day I gave birth, he held my hand, kissed my forehead, and told me I was the strongest woman alive. Then he vanished with our babies. He never loved me. It was all a calculated game. But he forgot one thing: a mother's love is the most dangerous force on Earth. Now, I'm coming for him. And when I'm done, the world will know exactly who Lucas Harrington really is. Revenge has a new name, Sabrina Cartwright
The wife he couldn't love ✓ by 2010_Nitya
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You know what hurts the most? Watching the person you love smile differently for someone else. I noticed it slowly. The way his eyes searched for her first in every room. The way he remembered the smallest things about her but forgot the promises he made to me. The way my best friend suddenly avoided looking at me whenever he was around. At first, I told myself I was overthinking. Then I started noticing the silence after their conversations... the tension in the air... the feeling that I was standing between something unfinished. Maybe some love stories don't end before marriage. Maybe they continue quietly... while someone else gets hurt in the middle of them💔
Silent Flames by HeyPrettyPinky
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They said love would protect her. She believed him. But Elena Reyes's perfect life shatters the night she walks into their hotel suite, and sees her husband, Adrian, in another woman's arms. Fury, heartbreak, betrayal. She is left with two choices: forgive or fight. She chooses to fight. Divorce papers. Power moves. A public fall from grace. As Adrian's lies unravel, Elena rebuilds with help from old friends, a new career, and a heart determined not to break again. This is not about second chances. This is about reclaiming everything he thought he took from her.
Thicker than Water by heather2485
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Eleven years after his life shattered in Chicago, Chris has rebuilt himself carefully in San Francisco: controlled, independent, untethered. He teaches ethics and law. He boxes too hard. He keeps people at a distance. And he has absolutely no interest in anything that looks remotely permanent. Then a work trip to Mexico drops Marisol into his life. Within days they're tangled in hotel sheets, trading insults in two languages, and making the kind of reckless decisions that are only supposed to exist far from home. The problem isn't that Chris wants her again the moment he gets home. The problem is he assumed she lived two thousand miles away-not twenty minutes across the city. What begins as something casual quickly becomes impossible to contain, forcing Chris to confront the very thing he's dedicated years to avoiding: the possibility of staying. And just when he and Marisol finally stop pretending they haven't built something real together, the past Chris buried long ago comes looking for him.
WORK IN PROGRESS: Real Women Defy Labels #3: Hawk and Wren by GroveltoHEA
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An incredibly shy librarian who finds it almost impossible to talk with people unless it's about books. A dominant who comes into the library and is captivated by the shy woman behind the circulation desk. The minute she says Yes, Sir to him, he knows she's his. He just needs to convince her of that.
WORK IN PROGRESS: Sinjun and Mallory by GroveltoHEA
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After many years of trying...and the pain of loss, I was finally pregnant. The night my sister got married, my husband drunkenly confessed to me that he had been in love with my sister for two years. I divorced him without talking to him. Now, two years later, I'm ready to listen.
The Billionaire Who Lost His Wife by Gunj40
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Julian Blackwood has everything - power, wealth, influence. Except the one woman who stood beside him when nothing else mattered. Mira never wanted his empire. She wanted his presence. When she walks away without drama or accusation, Julian realises too late that love doesn't disappear loudly. It disappears when it is taken for granted. As secrets unravel and truths surface, Julian is forced to confront his past, his failures, and the woman he allowed to feel replaceable. This is not a story of winning her back. It's a story of becoming worthy of her
ALMOST FOREVER [WIP] by KatyaRiccio-Ains
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A perfect pair. A small tear. A betrayal too hurtful to spare.
Unfaithful Promise  by Gunj40
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I was the woman he loved. She was the woman he could never refuse. I stopped competing with Veronica the day I understood the truth: Adrian hadn't just let her into our lives, he'd built her a home inside the spaces meant for me. For two years, I was Claire Monroe. The safe and steady one. The woman Adrian Cole never had to worry about because she never made a scene, raised her voice, or asked for more than he was willing to give. Understanding. Patient. Reliable. I wore those words like armor, never realizing they were the very reasons he felt free to look away. And while I stayed quiet, Veronica Steele, the grieving family friend, the woman who wielded her sorrow like a blade, quietly took everything that should have been mine. Not his heart. No. Something worse. His presence. His attention. Every late-night conversation, every cancelled dinner, every moment he chose to be somewhere I wasn't. I learned the cost of that choice on the kitchen floor of our apartment, my body folding in on itself, my appendix rupturing as I whispered his name into a voicemail he wouldn't hear until it was too late. Adrian. Please. I need you. He was with her. Of course he was with her. I survived the surgery. But lying in that hospital bed, staring at the empty chair beside me, I finally understood something I should have known all along: There was no reason left to stay. So I stopped waiting. And only then, only when the door had already closed, did Adrian finally see the truth. But seeing and losing never happen in the right order. "Unfaithful Promise" is the story of a man who realized what he had only after he had nothing left to hold, and a woman who finally decided she would never again be someone's second choice. Some people don't recognize love until they're standing in the ruins of it.