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Divorcing Ethan Cross by arz7099
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When Claire Bennett says she wants a divorce, no one takes her seriously. To Ethan Cross and the people around him, Claire is the quiet wife who should be grateful for the life his money provides. His friends laugh at her, his family circle treats her like a servant, and even her own parents tell her to stop making trouble and go back to her husband. After years of swallowing humiliation, Claire is finally done. What starts as a demand for a clean break quickly turns into a battle of pride, money, and control. Ethan refuses to believe the woman who stood behind him for so long would really walk away. His friends call it a joke. Her parents call it a mistake. But Claire knows exactly what staying will cost her: her dignity, her freedom, and the last pieces of herself she has left. As the marriage falls apart in public, Claire stops begging to be understood and starts fighting for what is hers. A fair settlement is only the beginning. For the first time in years, she is building a life that does not depend on Ethan's approval. But leaving a man like Ethan is never simple-and the moment Claire starts choosing herself, everyone around her realizes she was never as powerless as they believed.
Broken Parts by littlemama30
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Renee Fischer has had nothing but bad experiences with men. She moved to a new town, started therapy, and is trying to become a much better version of herself. Then she meets a man who makes her feels special, important, valued. Until he doesn't. He's just like all the other men in her past. She should have known better. Renee had never been able to find the right man. Will she ever have a happily ever after, even if it's not the typical kind? Lucifer "Flynn" Ramirez had been raised around toxic women for years. His mother, his wife, the bunnies at his club. Nothing but heartbreak and broken pieces. He won't let one in again, not after his wife left him for someone else. She had been chaos. Then he met her: the soft looking, soft feeling little waif-woman. She slid her way into his life, his arms, his bed,.....even his daughter's heart. But he couldn't have that. No woman would ever have that much power over him again. So, he makes a choice that breaks everything. And he's left realizing that was the one woman he didn't want to leave his life. Can he change enough to be who Renee needs him to be? The follow-up story Moving Forward. **MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. Check the triggers and tropes on the Author Note. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!**
The Art Of Loving You Quietly by AisharyaMukherjee
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Maya fell for Ethan the moment he walked into her bookshop. Ethan was kind, loyal, and completely in love with someone else. When a marriage of convenience forces them together, Maya decides to win his heart-with warmth, laughter, and a thousand small kindnesses he never notices. She makes his coffee, learns his mother's recipes, and fills their glass house by the sea with hope. But Ethan's eyes are fixed elsewhere. Day by day, her light dims. Until one day, he finally looks up-and the woman who tried so hard is already gone. Now, winning her back will take more than a grand gesture. It will take a fight. A slow-burn romance about unrequited love, quiet heartbreak, and the long road to redemption.
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!!
Wild Again by melissalynn88
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I only meant to hide. One hour in a bar. One drink. One tattooed bartender who decided I had terrible taste in wine. Now there's a cocktail that isn't on the menu, a nickname that's only his, and a man who looks at me like he's waiting for me to stop pretending. I keep telling myself Jack is a bad idea. He keeps looking at me like bad ideas are his favourite kind. The worst part? Every time I walk away... I come back.
Married To My First Rejection by pensnprose
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Hailey Norwood had a plan: choose a groom, have him arrested, escape marriage. It worked. Until her father replaced him with Noah Kingston, the man who rejected her when she was Sarah Jones. Now she's married to her first heartbreak. He wants her love. She can't stand him.
I cannot lose you again by RustySoul30
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Aria Callahan already survived the worst day of her life. Three years ago, the Army knocked on her door and told her her husband was gone and that he had been killed in action. The love of her life was reduced to a folded flag and condolences that never felt real. Everyone told her to move on. She didn't. Instead, she built a career as a nurse. She learned how to save strangers while quietly carrying a grief no one could touch. Chase was more than her husband. He was the boy who chose her when the world didn't. The man who promised forever before war stole him away. Then the impossible happens. Chase is found alive in New Zealand. But he isn't the man who left. Now he's Will. He has no memory of Aria. No memory of their life. And he's married to the woman who helped him heal after escaping unspeakable captivity. As pieces of his past begin to surface, three hearts are caught in a battle between memory and love, loyalty and choice. Aria must decide if she can survive watching her husband love someone else. Will must face the truth of who he was... and who he has become. Because sometimes love doesn't die. It waits. And this time, losing him again might destroy her for good.
His Rebound Girl by SloaneFranklin
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Collin is a heartbroken man on a journey to find self healing. He meets a sweet woman with battles of her own. Just when he's ready to explore the life he and and Nancy could share, his ex fiancée, the woman that shattered his heart comes running back.
False Harmony (A short Novel) by NovelsbyDalia
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For 6 years, music and marriage were Melodia Sanchez's greatest loves. She and her high school sweetheart built a life together, one she thought was unshakable until she returned home from tour to find the signs.... A wardrobe that wasn't quite the same....A jar of jam he'd never eat and a feeling in her gut she couldn't ignore. Betrayed and heartbroken, Melodia walks away from the only love she's ever known and pours herself into the one thing that has never failed her-music. Two years later, she's a star, her songs topping the charts, her name shining in lights. And just when she thinks she's moved on, the past comes knocking. Her ex-husband wants her back only because of her fame, but this time, Melodia isn't singing the same old tune. Especially not when a charming, sharp-witted lawyer steps into her life, proving that real love isn't just a melody-it's a symphony. Will she rewrite her love story with a new ending, or will the past try to steal the spotlight?
Left on the Shore by NeishaBooPinder
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After being cruelly abandoned by her wealthy family during an Italian vacation, "invisible" wallflower Elara Vance is rescued by Julian Vane, her college's popular star quarterback. As they hide away in a luxury Ravello villa, Julian reveals he has secretly loved her for years, helping her find the strength to disown her toxic past and finally embrace her own worth.