Beth's Second reading list
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CHAPTER OF MY LIFE by DaniellaOth
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Theodore Sterling had one job when he entered Horizon Media under a fake identity.. find out why the company was failing before he officially became CEO of Sterling Global. Falling for Billie Reed was never part of the plan. To Theodore, Billie was too loud, too colorful, too distracting. She talked too much, smiled too easily and somehow made herself impossible to ignore. But while Theodore was busy hiding his real identity, Billie was slowly becoming the only thing that made his cold world feel alive again. Until one night changed everything. Because some secrets don't just break hearts. They destroy entire lives.
Unspoken Promises  by NeraKeeves
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Havenwood #1 I'm a single mother or it feels so. Because Eren the guy I went on a few dates with, lost my heart to and accidentally got pregnant by. He's been here, but not actually here, not mine. And almost two years later. I realised actions alone can't always be loud. Especially when I see him with a woman he never told me about. Broken Promises do hurt, but Unspoken Promises? They hurt the same or worse.
Borrowed Summer by melissalynn88
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One summer in Drift Cove. One chaotic share house. One guy she absolutely should not want. Lena came for cheap rent and a fresh start, not late-night swims, bar shifts, beer pong, stolen hoodies, and Jesse Hayes. He's easy-going, impossible to ignore, and very much claimed by Zara. Or at least, that's what she keeps saying. But in a house where everyone knows everything, stolen moments don't stay secret for long. Crossing Lines is a hot, messy summer romance about found family, bad decisions, and falling for the one person who was supposed to be off-limits.
The Price Of Admission - Now Available On Kindle Unlimited And Amazon  by ElleRein1234
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You were a great stepping stone, Maya. But look at me, and look at you. You just don't fit into my world anymore." Six years of sacrifice. Two jobs. One law degree. That was Maya's investment in her fiancé, Julian. His return on investment? Walking out the door the second he made partner, leaving her for a woman who has never had to work a day in her life. Julian thinks he's won the game. He thinks Maya is broken. But Maya isn't crying. She's calculating. Because when you owe a debt to the wrong woman, the interest rates are deadly-and Maya is coming to collect
Catch me by RaeganSalander
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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.
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.
Second Family by LushAlly
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I've been married to Jared for 6 years. We have a beautiful life, with two young boys Roscoe and Robin aged 4 and 2. Our life is beautiful, filled with love and happiness. We are that couple everyone is jealous of, the couple that seems to have it all. Still madly inlove and none of it is a performance. Or so I thought..I really believed it was all real. That was until Jared and I got into an accident, an accident that kept us hospitalised for days. It turns out he has an emergency contact I didn't know about. A whole other family I didn't know about. And what makes matters even worse, the secret family was not them, no. It was mine.
A Foolish Infatuation by Canderpdx
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Emily Calloway runs the village surgery of Dr. Hartley and Dr. Hargrove with quiet, unfailing competence and asking for very little in return.'What would I do without you?' Dr. Hargrove says more than once. But when a beautiful blonde arrives at the surgery one afternoon with monogrammed luggage and every appearance of belonging at Dr. Hargrove's side, Emily discovers there are some heartbreaks no amount of discipline can keep neatly contained, and Dr. Hargrove will discover exactly what life without Emily Calloway is like. This is a vintage old school Mills & Boon-style inspired tale, but with a stronger heroine, and a little grovel thrown in.
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
Niece or Daughter (Now available on  Selar and Kobo  by VickyAdams
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For twelve years, I thought I had the perfect life in our quiet Chicago suburb. A loving husband, three beautiful kids, and my childhood best friend who felt more like a sister. Family barbecues, late-night talks, unbreakable trust. Until the day I discovered the truth about sweet little Everly the three -year-old I've always called my niece. She's not my brother-in-law's daughter. She's my husband's. And her mother? My best friend. They hid it for three long years while I shared every secret, every laugh, every tear with the woman who helped create the biggest lie of my life. This is my story of love turned to ashes, betrayal that cuts deeper than anything I've ever known, and the question that haunts me every single day: How do you rebuild when the two people you trusted most stole your entire world?❤️‍🔥❤️