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The Nightshade's Bride: A Gothic Cheating Redemption Romance by BookityBabe
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20-year-old Deliverance travels to --shire to marry a distant kinsman who needs money in this twisted and angsty historical romance. Her cold, cruel husband treats his new bride with contempt, but his secrets are more than just hurtful for Deliverance. They may be deadly. . . This book is written in diary & letter format and contains on-page cheating, mature themes, and violence.
Love Like Poison by Munroeoffiction
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Aurora Hale knows how to make anything bloom. Roses. Nightshade. Even love. In the sun-washed city of Elysian Coast, she runs Thorn & Bloom-a café-floral atelier that deals in beauty with a bite. Her husband, Jeremiah, is chasing the kind of perfection that photographs well: seaside dinners, charity galas, and promises whispered through polished smiles. But the petals have started to fall. What once felt like devotion now feels like decay, soft, slow, and deliberate. Thier relationship is withering under the weight of its own rot. And in Elysian Coast, everything that grows beautiful must feed on something dying.
In The After by sizzybuzz
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David Harrington once had it all. A wife A family A home built on love A privileged life Now he's lost everything. Served with divorce papers at the very firm he built, David falls from perfection to headline. Emily - the only woman he's ever loved - is done. But he's not. Haunted by who he destroyed - and by a secret he's run from for decades - he'll do whatever it takes to win her back. Emily isn't just done - she's rebuilding. Devastated but not destroyed, she's forging a new life for herself and the boys. But when a sophisticated and enigmatic hotelier steps back into her world, she realises she isn't quite finished with love. But is he a safe harbor - or another beautiful shipwreck? Ava never meant to fall for him, and now she's left with an awful decision. Does she chase a love that was never really hers? What about the woman she can't stop measuring herself against? Emily isn't just the wife Ava envied. She's the reflection of everything Ava wishes she could be. The affair was just the beginning. The aftermath is where the real story lives. Follow for spoilers: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578834088188 Music playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1uoptfoogWScDIfzPAolHG Updates every Friday and Saturday. © 2025 LolaLovesParis - All Rights Reserved.
The Ring That Lost Its Shine by Cashoew
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Everyone thinks she has it all-a loving husband, a stable home, a peaceful life. That's what she also thought about her marriage. But after learning the truth about his husband's affair with her sister, she learns something new about herself. The world still believes she's the perfect wife, but she's no longer the woman he once knew. Because when love dies, something else takes its place...and it's far more dangerous.
After-Effects  by NeraKeeves
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Unforgivable Series #1 How disastrous a bachelor's party could be? Well, enough disaster when your fiance decides to sleep with his high school love. A man who didn't flinch once to destroy, three years of friendship, two years of relationship, one year of engagement and a week of a destination wedding. People are ready to cheat and find it pleasurable for some messed up, sickening reason. What no one is ready for are the After-Effects.
The Caretaker by Mindful_Imaginist
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He didn't understand love. She never believed she deserved it. Ronan Brennan has made his choice: build a life that's honest, build a business with meaning, and build a family he can protect-with everything he has. Love? That's off the table. He doesn't need it. He just needs someone to walk beside him. Meera Pandey has spent her life fading into the background-until the day she became the only safe space for a little girl who stopped trusting the world. Now, all Meera wants is to hold on to the one person who feels like home... even if the world doesn't make it easy. He sees strength in her silence. She sees gentleness in his storm. A quiet friendship. An unexpected offer. And a chance to build something real-from the ruins. Set in the world of The Placeholder, The Caretaker is a heart-achingly tender story of fragile beginnings, found family, and a love that doesn't come loud-but stays for good.
House of Verena by Munroeoffiction
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I was never supposed to be on his radar. I do my job, keep my head down, and know better than to stare too long at men like him. But one look turned into a warning. One warning turned into a promise. Now he's everywhere, and suddenly I'm part of a story I never asked to be in. He calls it destiny. I call it my undoing. And in Liberty City, everything's for sale- Except the girl who won't kneel. (House of Verena is a dark cartel-syndicate romance featuring obsession, moral corruption, and power games. This story contains adult themes, graphic content, and morally gray characters.)
Wildflower - Sophie's discovery pt. 2 by aureliartic
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A poignant and powerful tale of Sophie, a woman whose past is a battlefield of lost love and self-doubt. After a painful divorce, Sophie has locked her heart away, afraid to love again and even more afraid to lose herself in the process. But when she reconnects with Ryan, someone who's patient, understanding, and willing to wait for her to heal, Sophie starts to question everything she thought she knew about love and trust. The road to healing is anything but smooth. Sophie grapples with fear, loneliness, and the haunting memories of betrayal that threaten to undo her progress. As she faces her deepest insecurities, she learns to navigate the complexities of independence and intimacy, unsure if she can ever truly open up again. Wildflower is Sophie's journey of reclaiming her own strength, learning to love with no guarantees, and discovering that healing takes time, patience, and the courage to take a leap of faith. It's about growing through the pain, embracing vulnerability, and finally letting yourself bloom again, no matter the scars.
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.
AWAKENING (Sequel to Unfaithful) by leighjona8
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Cole lost the love of his life to his own betrayal. He fought to redeem himself, but time had already sealed his fate. Now, he is left to reckon with the harsh reality that his wife Sara has moved on, her heart now held by another man. Not just any man, but Archie-his best friend-the one who stood by her, mending the wounds Cole had inflicted. And so, he must move on too. He must learn to exist without her, to piece together a life where love is a distant memory, where the one who once meant everything is no longer his to hold. But is there still a path to happiness for a man who has lost everything? Can he rise from the ashes of his mistakes, prove himself worthy, even when no one believes he can? And more importantly... can he still find love? This story is Cole's awakening, a journey of reckoning and renewal, as he sheds the weight of his past and rises into the man he was meant to be. *This story is the sequel to Unfaithful and should be read in order to understand the full narrative*