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Ashes of Betrayal (Now Available on Amazon and KU) by BenjaminVelvet
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What do you do when the man who promised forever keeps breaking you in private? When every "I love you" is a lie? When you find proof of not one affair but three? I stayed silent for six years. Then I left in the loudest silence he'd ever heard. One suitcase. All the evidence. My wedding ring is on top. Gone. This is the story of how I rebuilt myself-and how he watched me rise from the ashes of his betrayal.
They All Said Yes (Now available on Kobo and Selar) by Adams26
Adams26
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I thought six years of love, laughter, and building a family meant forever. Jason promised me the world. We had dreams, two beautiful kids, and a home filled with memories. Then he came home one night and said the words that shattered everything: he wanted my little sister as his second wife. And my own family my parents, my siblings said yes. They all said yes. I endured the pain for my children. I watched him marry her. I cried alone while they celebrated. But when tragedy struck and he begged me to come back, broken and pleading, I had to decide: forgive the unforgivable for the kids... or finally choose myself? This is my story of betrayal, heartbreak, and the quiet strength it takes to walk away and never look back the same way. ❤️‍🔥💔💎
If Ever by BernieCross
BernieCross
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Kylie left me days after I slid the ring onto her finger. A year later, her sister Mylie called and placed a baby named Addie in my arms. And just like that, I became a dad. My fiancée? Gone. No explanation. No goodbye. Just... gone. So I raised Addie with Mylie's help-learning parenthood in fragments of sleep and quiet panic-while I poured everything I had into my bar. It became my sanctuary. My second family. The only thing I could still control. Somewhere along the way, something between Mylie and me shifted. Not loudly. Not dramatically. Just quietly. Like a door you forgot existed finally clicking open. It wasn't love at first sight. It was something more dangerous than that. It was comfort. It was safety. It was the kind of connection that made me want to keep showing up even when I didn't think I deserved it.
If Only by BernieCross
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The man I married broke me. Not because he didn't love me- but because he couldn't stay when grief moved in. Three pregnancies. Three losses. One marriage that shattered under the weight of everything we couldn't fix. And somewhere in the silence, in the distance I didn't know how to cross, he made a choice that broke what little I had left. If only I had known how fragile love could be. This is a story about loss that doesn't heal cleanly. About love tested in the quiet. About betrayal that doesn't come from hate-but from weakness. Sometimes heartbreak doesn't arrive all at once. Sometimes it happens slowly, while you're still trying to hold everything together.
Second in His Memory by Emalin123
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They were once deeply in love. Until an accident took his memory and erased their marriage. When Grayson wakes from a coma, he remembers the world as it was five years ago. His family is familiar. His past makes sense. But his wife is missing from his memory entirely. For Calla, loving him becomes a quiet kind of pain. She must learn how to be patient with a man who no longer knows her, while holding onto the hope that their love was strong enough to survive even this. Because sometimes, the hardest part of love is not losing someone... but watching them forget you.
WORK IN PROGRESS: Sam and Tallulah by GroveltoHEA
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Sam needed a wife. I needed a stable for my horses. We agreed to a marriage of convenience, but it seemed to be more. For a while. Until my distant cousin, who was Sam's ex, showed up on our doorstep. And I was no longer convenient.
How to forgive a cheater by Jadiinvine
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A young woman who battles deep-rooted insecurities, faces the ultimate test of love and friendship when she discovers the people she trusted the most betrayed her. _______________________________________ Missa has always been a little insecure around her best friend Nina. So when she finds out her husband Samuel had an affair with the said best friend, her world crumbles. She thinks she will never heal from the wound the two persons she trusted the most in this world inflicted on her. A decision is not easy to take, when taking into account her one year old baby, her family conception of divorce, her own financial situation, and a heart that kept beating for the one who broke it. Will it be possible to repair a broken bond? However, she soon understands that the first thing to repair is her self-perception and self-confidence. 💐💐💐Open Novella Contest - Ambassadors pick 💐💐💐Open Novella Contest - Shortlist 💐💐💐Open Novella Contest - Honourable Mention 💐💐💐 💐💐💐ChikcLit profile - featured in Self-discovery 💐💐💐 ContemporaryLit profile - featured in Contemporary
Allow Me by lilafairchild
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Theodore Bancroft is intelligent, despite what some may think, but he has never had the respectability that an investor needs. He needs a wife to bolster his rakish image. A perfect wife. Adelaide Kingsley is perfect. Her one imperfection - getting caught in the Haversham gardens with Theodore Bancroft - is entirely by design. Not only does it get her out of her impending engagement to the odious Lord Greeling, but it also wins her the only thing she has never known: freedom. Her marriage to Theodore is more than convenient. It is a space for her to find herself for the first time in her life. Somewhere along the way, she starts to wonder if convenience has turned into love. Then, she finds her husband in a passionate embrace with another woman. NOTE: HEA between OG couple. Trigger Warnings: Dark themes surrounding sexuality, cheating, revenge cheating, questions of sexuality during an oppressive era, some domestic violence, and scenes of BDSM/control in a sexual context, depictions of disordered eating.
Completed: Fated Bond: Noelle and Renzo by storms_to_rainbows
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Ellie spent years rebuilding her life after public humiliation, loss, and betrayal at the hands of Renzo Bellavere - the golden boy who destroyed her family and never looked back. Now fate has bound them together. In a world where mates are sacred and refusal is taboo, Ellie must navigate a bond she never consented to, a society that demands compliance, and a man who believes destiny absolves everything he's done. This is not a story about instant forgiveness. It's about autonomy. About survival. And about what it takes to reclaim yourself when even fate is against you. FYI: this story explores mating bonds in an everyday world very similar to ours. They are not werewolves or vampires. Just humans with mating bonds!
After Him, There Was You by Viviloves92
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A wedding. A secret. A reckoning. When Meredith King' perfect world begins to crack, she doesn't break - she orchestrates. Behind every vow and every smile lies a truth waiting to be revealed. And when the veil finally lifts, no one will be left untouched. Damon Robles is a man that knows what he wants but will the walls he has up crumble when he meets Meredith. Will two broken hearts become one?