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No Seat at The Table by lilp29
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The affair broke his heart. Thanksgiving broke his family. Family is supposed to be where you go after betrayal. What happens when family is the betrayal?
Fear of becoming her  by VickyAdams
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At Eleven Maya made a promise to God: She would never become her mother. She would never be the woman crying behind thin walls. Never be the wife abandoned in her own marriage. Never raise a child alone. Never become a single mother like her So when Darius slipped a ring on her finger under the Atlanta lights, she believed she had escaped that fate. But love can rot slowly. What begins with late nights and small lies grows into humiliation, betrayal, and a husband bold enough to bring another woman into their home - while their son watches. Terrified of becoming a single mother, Maya stays longer than she should. She endures. She hopes. She waits for the "good days" to return. They never do. When she finally leaves, silence follows. Until the man who once replaced her suddenly remembers he has a wife - after his reckless lifestyle leaves him sick and alone. Now his mother is begging her to return to the house she once fled. But Maya isn't the same woman who walked out. This time, she's not coming back to save her marriage. She's coming back to end it. A gripping story of betrayal, endurance, and the painful strength it takes to choose yourself - even when it means becoming the very woman you once feared see
In The Fallout by SatansPrincess666
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Bear with me 🐻 this story is under construction 🚧 🌃 Sarah Bennett finds her husband on a dating app. She doesn't confront him. She follows him. Right to the other woman's front door. But the man who answers isn't who she expected in the slightest- Michael Carter had no idea his wife was cheating. Until Sarah shows up and destroys everything. Now bound by betrayal, they strike an uneasy alliance - to uncover the truth, to catch them in the act... to survive the fallout. But grief is a dangerous thing to share. And the line between revenge and desire? It doesn't stay uncrossed for long.
Safe in His Arms by Elli0tt_r0se
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After fleeing her abusive ex in the middle of the night, Chloe Dawson arrives in a small coastal town with nothing but a duffel bag, a crying six-month-old baby, and the last of her savings. She rents a tiny apartment where the walls are paper-thin. Next door lives Sergeant Mason Kane, disciplined, exhausted, emotionally closed off, and currently on leave between military assignments. After years in the army, silence is the only thing that helps him sleep. Then the baby starts crying every night. At first, Mason is irritated. Chloe is terrified of him. Every knock on the door reminds her of the man she escaped.
"My Mother Stole My Groom" by VickyAdams
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I was three days away from marrying the man of my dreams. Then I caught my own mother in bed with him. Seraphina Voss the woman who raised me alone, the one I trusted with my life had been sleeping with my fiancé behind my back. Instead of canceling the wedding, I smiled through the rehearsals, wore my ivory gown, and prepared the ultimate revenge. On our wedding day, the entire venue, our family, and the internet watched as I exposed their dirty secret. Blood means nothing when betrayal runs this deep. Now they're ruined... and I'm finally free.
Sugarcoat by midnightbluewriting
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Blossom Brooks expects a proposal from her boyfriend of three years, Henry Harrington, any day now. They've talked about it for a year. He kisses her and tells her "soon." He smirks and calls her Mrs. Harrington. And then one night, on a romantic date, Henry drops the ball. He tells her he never wants to get married. Never. 🍭 Second Chance Romance 🍭 HEA Original Couple 🍭 Betrayal and Grovel 🍭 Sweet FMC x Sour MMC 🍭 Miscommunication
Claimed by the Scalpel  by BenjaminVelvet
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Dr. Sloane Reid had it all-a thriving surgical career, a respected husband, and a life built on precision and trust. Until she walked in on him with a nurse in his office. Divorce should be clean. But Dr. Vaughn Reid refuses to sign the papers and will burn her world down to keep her. Enter Dr. Kieran Ashford, Chief of Surgery and Vaughn's ruthless rival. Powerful, dangerous, and undeniably magnetic, Kieran sees Sloane as more than a prize he wants her soul. As the war between the two men escalates, Sloane discovers she's not just surviving the fallout. She's rewriting the rules. Revenge never felt this sharp... or this intoxicating.
His mistress by white-scar
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Loving him was the cruelest kind of torment-a love that lived in the shadows, one that could never bask in the warmth of the sun. I was nothing more than a stolen moment, a whispered name in the dark, a secret he tucked away between the life he had built and the one he wished he could have. I knew, deep down, that I was a fracture in his story, a fleeting escape from the weight of his reality. And yet, I still clung to him, to the illusion that for a few precious hours, he was mine. But the truth was relentless-it came in the form of unanswered texts, in the way he dressed hurriedly after loving me, in the way he said her name with the same tenderness he once gave me. I had given him my heart, knowing he would never be able to keep it, and yet, I loved him still. Loved him as I watched him walk away, loved him as he returned to the arms of the woman he truly belonged to, loved him as I drowned in the loneliness he left behind. Because no matter how much I wished it to be different, I was not his home-I was just a place he visited before going back to where his heart truly lived.
The price of Copies, Now Available On Amazon And KU! by Storytime86
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By N.S. Brown ​In the high-stakes world of Manhattan finance, Julian Brown can balance any ledger-except the one that matters most. ​For two years, Julian has been running a dangerous deficit in his marriage. He has quietly diverted the financial resources, time, and emotional security of his wife, Clara, to prop up the manufactured crises of Chloe, his toxic childhood friend. To Julian, it's the ultimate ego trip: playing the noble protector to a fragile bird while treating his wife as a low-maintenance asset who can survive on the freezing scraps of his neglect. ​Clara is a brilliant independent designer built on quiet dignity. She doesn't complain when Julian forgets her birthday, or when the cheap convenience-store necklace he buys her turns her skin green. She assumes they are a team saving for a future upstate. She has no idea her resilience is being used as a slush fund to buy another woman's applause. ​But cheap materials can't withstand the friction of reality. ​When a sudden, devastating overdraft exposes Julian's systemic deception, his elaborate fortress of excuses crumbles. Clara doesn't scream. With cold, absolute clarity, she cuts the mutual liabilities, packs her sketches, and walks out the door-leaving Julian with a perfectly balanced, entirely bankrupt life. ​Now, the arbitrage is over. To win back the only woman who ever loved him unconditionally, Julian must face the brutal valuation of his own cowardice. But when a foundation is left in the dark for too long, some cracks are too deep for a ledger to fix. ​A deeply emotional, high-angst contemporary marriage-in-crisis romance featuring heavy betrayal and intense emotional reconciliation.
Once was a mistake, Twice was a lesson ( Available on Selar and Kobo) by VickyAdams
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He said it was a mistake. The first time, she believed him. The second time... she learned. Amara thought she had the perfect marriage a loving husband, a beautiful child, and a life many would envy. Until one discovery shattered everything she thought she knew about love, trust, and loyalty. Betrayed. Lied to. Broken. And yet... she forgave him. Because love is patient, right? But when the truth comes crashing down again deeper, darker, and more painful than before Amara is forced to face a reality she can no longer ignore: Some men don't change. They just get better at hiding. Now, she must choose Stay in a love that keeps breaking her... Or walk away and choose herself for the first time. Because this time, it's not just about forgiveness. It's about self-worth. It's about respect. It's about knowing when enough is enough. And when karma finally comes knocking... It won't be loud. But it will be undeniable. "Once was a mistake... Twice was a lesson."