Bitter Deception

Deception #2

by Akwaah K.

Forgiveness never came easy.
This is the aftermath of a sweet deception.
When your own husband leaves you with tears in your eyes and a bitter taste of the sweet deception he once promised.
Love left me heartbroken to pick myself back up.
My husband wants me back and he will do anything to achieve that, not knowing that we may have to pay the price of loving another.

Genres: Dark Romance, Romance, Billionaire Romance, Marriage Of Convenience, Enemies To Lovers, Dark

323 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 13, 2024

About the author

Akwaah K is a bestselling author living somewhere in the UK while trying to finish a degree and write all the same. From bookstore trips when any inconvenience happens, to writing about soft morally grey characters just to see them fall in love. When not writing, an iced drink and a shopping trip heals it all for her.

Reviews

[annie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars

I liked how direct this book is in delivering the scenes rather than exaggerating them. The groveling came quickly, this book starting right off from the ending of Book 1. The efforts Remo put in for Aurora were seriously cute, and Aurora's concerns didn't make her difficult or annoying. She was right, and I was 100% with her on her feelings for Remo. what Remo doesn't know is that he's seriously a green carpet 🤭

It's literally "Touch her and you die," and it was satisfying! No one can mess with MY WIFE guy 😌 This book stayed true to its micro-tropes and delivered everything. The stalker thing kind of came as predictable tho. It would've been more interesting if it turned out to be the person I least expected. I overall enjoyed it, it was a quick and nice read, not too dark.

I'm waiting for Helia's story tho. He definitely has a beef with Ambrose 😭 and I'll sell my kidneys because their scenes SCREEAAMMEEEDDD ANGST. ✋🏻 But I guess they'll get their book later, and Kamari will get her book first.

• Sweet Deception – 4 stars

[Ally · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was boring for most of the book because she was mad at him and he just kept giving her gifts to wear her down enough and nothing was really explained until he got in a car accident. She still had a stalker and he still was trying to find his sister.

Part of why it was boring was because of the paving because it wasn’t until the last 20% where they finally figured out who the villain was (which I totally called from the first book) and she finally starts going to therapy and they talk to each other.

Blah blah blah happy ending where they have a baby and they name drop the title of the first book as one of the last sentences.

Also, these two books could have been one. On top of the slow beginning, half this book was filled with the same metaphors about him watering the flowers she bloomed while in love or something like that. Hung the moon, shined her car, swept the attic idk it was just long winded and didn’t add anything so it was not enjoyable for most of the book until the end.

[Deepthi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much hurt, deception, revenge and too much Love confessions.

But The well deserved ending for the duet.

Loved Remo even more. But I am intrigued and excited for Helia if he has a book too!

I hope Kamari & Roel gets book 💕

[˚₊‧꒰ა vruxreads ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ · Rating 1 out of 5]

Painfully boring! I was just sleepy the whole time while reading this book. Nothing was happening and then everything happened in the last 20%

[Khushi Gala · Rating 4 out of 5]

So it's a wrap on "Bitter Deception" by Akwaah K.

Ratings: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book had one of the most unique plots I had ever read. It was big of a slow read in the beginning but it catches up quickly. Remo and Aurora definitely had a roller coaster ride.

There were points where I wanted Aurora to leave Remo for good and there were points where I was specifically rooting for Remo to win Aurora back. I was indecisive until the very end. Akwaah definitely kept me on my toes.

I was excited to reach the end of this book. If you are in a reading slump I would highly recommend this duet. I can guarantee it will get you back to reading again.

All in all it was a very good read. Thanks for the ARC Akwaah!

Stay tuned for more such update!

[readerofbooks]

Ooof this was choppy. I wish it were better edited. Sometimes I truly didn’t realize when the scene changed or time passed due to the writing. There’s potential. But still the issues were glaring. Sadly I will not be thinking of this. But I’ll read books by this author, I really believe it’ll get better!!

[Teodora · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want that unconditional love.. 💭💜

Also before you read this review, there might be some spoilers from the first book "Sweetest Deception" (the other review is also on my account)
I can't believe what happened in this short book.

Seriously I'm always a little skeptical when I pick up a thin book because I don't expect that much plot or character development but WOW this book proved me wrong! Sooooo much happened in this book and I simply could not put it down.
The first book's ending did not only shock my girl Aurora but also me because what on gods green earth did Remo do?! The cliffhanger and the betrayal genuinely shoved the story into the right direction and I'm so happy with the plot I got from the second book.

I'm also so HAPPY to say that 'Bitter Deception' is the good and healthy type of dark romance that l've missed so much. I have a really hard time enjoying dark romance (for obvious reasons..) and I'm glad that _akwaah_ managed to write it with the perfect amount of morally grey that isn't over the top.

If you're new to dark romance or currently looking for a 'healthy' & genuinely good dark romance book, then I highly recommend reading the 'deception series' 💜

I'm a huge fan of groveling and MY GOODNESS REMO FREAKING CAINN! 😫 can you imagine a grumpy big buff man LITERALLY on his knees for his sweet little sunshine wife? Trust me, you'll love this!

I just wish these books were longer because I wanted to get attached to the characters more and everything happened pretty fast. But nonetheless I'm glad I picked up this duet and I'm onto the third book 'Darkest Deception' which is about Aurora's mean big sister and Remo's Hacker friend 👀💚 this gon be good~

[Mahsa · Rating 4 out of 5]

4⭐️| I had the great opportunity to continue reading RemoxAurora‘s story and I wasn’t disappointed. This book fulfilled all my previous expectations and needs.

🚨*SPOILER AHEAD**🚨

I loved this book so much and am so sad that RemoxAurora‘s story is over but nonetheless I am so excited for the 3rd book in this series!!

@akwaah did such an amazing job and ended their story so beautifully ( epilogue 🥲). This book literally had everything that she promised us. The groveling,emotions,betrayal and the heartbreak. I was so excited reading this book and finished reading it in less than 48 hours with nothing but happy tears because Aurora deserves a happy ending.

I feel like in this book we got to experience how Aurora and Remo, especially him, dealt with and faced their emotions and the trials and tribulations that developed throughout book one and this. As I said, especially reading more from Remo’s POV made me understand him more as a character since we didn’t get much of him and his thoughts in book one. And let me tell you, Remo had a HUGE character development 🤌. What I absolutely loved is reading Remo fight and win Aurora back and everything being reversed!!! This man was shamelessly in love with Aurora and calling her a apart of his soul, how did he go from ignoring her to being deeply in love ( I told you character development was on top).

“It’s fucking scary at how I feel, and these emotions suddenly feel too much.”

“I lost a part of my soul to Aurora, and I can’t do a damn thing about it.”

“A smile touches my lips.My life.My empress.My very own goddess.”

“I know she is the woman of my fucking dreams.”


This book was more focused on their relationship than the plot but is still enjoyed reading it and the storyline was still amazingly written!!
Now we come to HELIA. I know he did some things wrong and so on but guys I just can’t hate him… I would love to read more about him. So please @akwaah give this man a book 😪🫵

- all in all this book was written beautifully and I’m going to miss RemoxAurora so much. Again a huge thank you to @akwaah for the ARC and I’m looking forward to read the rest of the series !! 🫶🤍

[★CAT · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐

not gonna lie... it was a very basic read. I'm pretty much satisfied with the groveling though things were predictable, it wasn't a bad read but not a binge read for me.

some of my favourite quotes/parts,

★ "You're right. I don't like you. In fact, I hate you. I hate your smile, your laugh, your touch. I hate that it makes me want to fuck you for hours, letting my ruthless side conquer you so you are only mine. I hate the ribbons in your hair, which I want to use to tie your hands up while I fuck you into oblivion. I hate the heels you wear that make me want to run my hands over your legs until I've reached heaven on earth."

★ "Te amo abbastanza da morire per te." I love you enough to die for you 🥹

★ "Lie back, Aurora, let me make promises to you."
—SCREAMING WITHOUT THE S

★ "You grow and shine while I water the very soil you are planted in. You glow and sparkle, and I guard you from the shadows. You smile and laugh, and I cherish it. You love me, and I will give it right back to you. Because if you don't exist, neither will I. If you aren't with me, there is no use of me. You live, and I'll protect you, Aurora."
—I LOVE THIS SM

★ "My beautiful, beautiful Aurora. My wife, my woman."
—andddd this line made me swoon like a snail going back into it's shell ><

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while helia was a pain in the arse, i would love love love to read his book 'cause he's psychopathic and unhinged and I have special place in my kidneys for the likes of it. so I'm hoping the next book's gonna be helia's <3

[Meilin · Rating 4 out of 5]

arc review

Akwaah K was not kidding, this really was an epic ending to Aurora’s and Remo’s love story.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️|🌶️🌶️

The way the plot went from 📈 to 📉 basically every chapter, gave me emotional whiplash. One second everything was great or getting better, something would happen and everything went downhill. The misunderstandings on Remo’s part were also a bit annoying. All he had to do was talk to her. I honestly don’t know how Aurora didn’t have a heart attack with the way he was stressing her heart so much. One second she’s forgiving him and the next she finds out something upsetting that’s heartbreaking or that he’s keeping things from her again. She’s honestly so strong for that.

That ending was perfect. Aurora deserves her happily ever after especially with everything that she’s been through and she got it! Remo was also so sweet in this one. He knows he messed up, lost her trust and did everything he could to try to win that trust back. He also became such a wordsmith and so romantic.

[♡ayesha♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

i loved the first book more then the second but all along the ride was fun the story was good

[ForeverBooked · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the angst so freaking much much!!! The feelings of regret after you’ve hurt the woman you’ve unwillingly fallen in love with during your quest for revenge, aaah. Also my dude sure can grovel. Also it was so intense with her stalker storyline going simultaneously.

“Don’t cry over a monster like me,” I say. My voice low.
“You’re right. You are so right. But you know what hurts the most?” She leans down, her nose brushing against mine as she shuts her eyes, as if not even wanting to look at me. “I felt safe with you,” she whispers against my lips.
My breathing picks up. All the roses in my garden have been lit on fire, and I am the one holding the match.
Felt.As in past tense.
Not anymore.

-> A whole book on groveling
-> She loves talking, he loves listening
-> He unalives for her
-> He goes against everything for her
-> She loves calling him 'handsome' and he loves it
-> She likes ribbons, so does he

Book Highlights:


“Oh, we are making use of our time very well. Don’t you worry about that, James,” Aurora’s answer leaves me surprised. Then she winks at me, making my cheeks lift ever so slightly.
This woman could kill someone, then smile at me, and I will bury the body without questioning her.

She nods, then swallows as I take us outside towards my office building. She sits on the sofa in my office, and soon she lies down and falls asleep.
Eventually, I carry her to our home. She feels so small and precious in my arms.
It feels like my whole world is within my arms, like my own beating heart is walking outside my body, and it could walk away from me at any moment, leaving me as nothing but a madman on this earth.

“I really like you, husband,” I whisper, bringing my face closer to him, my eyes stuck on his inky black ones.
Remo doesn’t move, and I forget there’s a person sitting across from me.
All I can think of is Remo. Nothing else, nothing more.
Remo’s lips quirk up into a small smile, and a rush of happiness flows through me.
His small smile feels like a major accomplishment for me.
Remo leans forward, his lips brush against the corner of mine. I stop breathing that second as my hands fist at the skirt I am wearing, my eyes fluttering shut.
“I like you, too, wife,” he finally whispers, his voice deep, yet the whisper digs deep into my bleeding heart. Flowers bloom in the broken gaps of my heart, and Remo’s words water them. Remo is tending to them, bringing the rain with him, a storm wrecking my fields, the dry soil finally getting the nutrients it desperately needed.
My eyes snap open as my smile widens as Remo grabs hold of the back of my neck and kisses me.

What is it? Do they not look good?” I ask, looking up at him.
He shakes his head. “Nothing, you just don’t wear trainers often.”
When what he said settles in, my heart feels like it’s about to burst open and bleed at his feet.
“I went to meet Kamari and Ruel on the field, that’s why I wore them,” I murmur, my eyes on my feet as I try to contain a smile.
He noticed.
He notices that I wear heels to the office.
“Right

The car feels stuffy all of a sudden, so I roll down the window, trying to breathe properly, but I am met with the rain, so I quickly close it back up.
A hand on the back of my neck pulls me to the side, and a fast, feverish kiss steals my breath away. It’s quick—teeth nipping and mouths crashing—then it’s over.
“What…” I blink, focusing on Remo.
He’s watching me with hooded eyes filled with lust. “I missed you,” he murmurs in the crook of my neck before his lips rake over my skin, kissing my throat. A weak spot for me

My heart throbs. Remo is here. Sitting at the kitchen island, keeping me company. I have to turn around, so he doesn’t see the tears in my eyes.
They are happy, I tell myself. Happy tears.
He is trying. In his own way, he is.
“No need to sit here and disturb me like that,” I joke, my voice slightly strained.
Wiping a lone tear that escaped, I stand straighter and turn around to see Remo’s smirk present on his face as he keeps tilts his head, amusement flashing on his face.
“How else would I keep my wife company? The one who clearly wanted to make me jealous.” He raises a brow.

I walk stiffly out of the bathroom, trying not to move too much. I spot Remo in front of the big mirror, putting on a tie I randomly purchased one day and placed next to the vanity.

Why does it hurt so much?
Would it kill it not to come on a day I am busy?
“It’s okay.” Remo’s voice is deep and soothing. He gently brushes my hair away from my sweaty face.
If I weren’t in this much goddamn agony, I would have smiled, laughed, and told him that he cares about me, maybe even give him a hug for worrying for me, but I can’t.
Remo’s hand slowly starts to run up and down my back. Up and down, slowly circling on my back. The warmth from his palm helps me to slowly relax. An arm slides under my knees and behind my shoulders. He lifts me and places me softly on the bed.
Lifting the comforter over me, his hand leaves me. I snap my eyes open and grab Remo’s wrist.
“Just five minutes. Give me five minutes, and I will be up. Please keep rubbing my back,”

I suddenly bend over, a loud screech of noise escaping me as my breath gets knocked out of me because of the cramp. Fuck.
I fall to my knees, hitting the carpet on the floor, and my eyes squeeze shut tight.
“Aurora!” Remo’s panicked voice makes me want to smile through this.
“Remo…”
The pain slowly recedes, but I stay curled up. I reach out blindly until I feel his bigger, warm hand grasp my smaller one.
Then I feel the other hand rub circles on my back like I asked him to this morning.
You care, Remo. More than you want to admit.
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I hadn’t found the time earlier to look at what Helia had sent me on Aurora, and now I’m realising my mistake. I shouldn’t look. I shouldn’t want to dive into her life and see what she doesn’t want others to see.
It will be an invasion of privacy, but I need to know what caused those times she has frozen next to me, what those panicked eyes mean.

Twice there have been reports of abuse on her body, but they were dismissed and erased, from what Helia has commented on the file. Someone tried to cover up her abuse. There are even pictures.
Burn marks. Circular, like something burning was placed on her skin and it burned into that shape. Cigarette burns. There are two pictures of this similar type of burn mark. One behind her neck, one behind her ear. Hidden places no one would pay attention to.
The others are bruises, purple, yellow, deep maroon.
My hands tighten around the phone, almost making it crack.

Because those tears… Just the sight of them, and knowing I caused them, has me weak in my knees. They are begging me to say this was all for show. But I have been planning to do this since the beginning. Until now. But now it’s too late.
My mind plays what I saw in the document just now on repeat.

My father controls my finances and has been for years since I started my business. I was trying to get away from him, but I couldn’t. I thought you would help me. I thought you would understand, and that you—” Her voice cracks as her eyes narrow at me.
My deception is ripping apart my loving wife.

Two weeks and I am reaching my limit.
I need her to look at me, to just glance at me once, because this silence is maddening.
It’s a craziness that Aurora somehow covertly instilled in me.
A wound left untended and bleeding. A wound I created and one I will need to patch up.

I gasp when his muscular arm snakes around my waist. I glance down at Remo’s hand splayed across my tummy. His other one wraps around my neck. He tugs me, plastering me against him. I feel every hard inch of his body, every muscle.
“Remo,” I breathe, my mind going numb. I don’t know what to say at all.
This is … different.
He pulls me even closer, as if he wants to tuck me in his arms, to shield me away. His hand trembles ever so slightly on my stomach, like he is holding onto one last string of control.
“I’m working, Remo,” I protest weakly.
His dark chuckle hits me deep in my chest. I feel it wrap around my bleeding heart, feel it seep deep into my wounds and taint my heart.
I should step away.
My heart calls out to his every heartbeat, my love and affection for him dancing around us, waiting to dig deep into his chest and rest there, but I cannot forgive him.
I can’t lose myself in him when he hasn’t even tried.
“And I am deciding how exactly I am going to cut off Mace’s hands. I would be shaking with anger if I wasn’t holding you, amore.”

His lips flutter across my bare shoulder, then his teeth graze a certain spot that makes me shiver in his arms. He bites lightly, as if to test if I hate it. I don’t. My heart pounds in my ears. I inhale, taking in his cologne. I shiver. He bites down harder, and I suck in a quick, sharp breath, the pinch of hurt further enhancing my arousal.
“Remo,” I whine.
“Sorry, amore, but men need to know who you belong to.”

So I watch Mace fidget in his seat under the pregnant silence. My eyes find a pen on the table, then I look at his hand. It is wrapped in white plaster, still healing from the injuries I gave him for badmouthing Aurora. It was just a small knife wound delivered when I came to warn him right after that disastrous dinner at his house

“I love the feeling of a life ending under my fingertips. You know I am not a beginner at this,” I growl in his face and throw him to the floor at my feet.
He is gasping, clutching at his hand, and his knees collapse when he tries to stand up.
“You touch her again, Mace, I promise that your life will end in a worse way than this. This is my final fucking warning.”

“Don’t tell me you purchased the building I wanted for my next show.”
I nod.
She turns to me, and the tears in her eyes sparks panic within me. She lowers her hands, and I notice her lips tremble. Did I mess up again? Does she think I want to only throw money at her and expect her to forgive me?
That’s not what I am trying to do.
“How did you know?” she asks in disbelief.
I shrug, watching her carefully as she looks towards the rounded ceiling, a tiny smile curving her lips.
Oxygen re-enters my body.
The smile widens, and she bounces, clapping her hands, as she looks around the place with her eyes wide and mouth open, eyes scanning each and every crevice of this place, running her hands along the glass walls and chairs.
The second I see the smile, it breathes life back into me. Just the sight of her smile has me weak in the heart. I will spend millions more if it means she’ll smile like this.

Each night after that, I made something new. I caught the appreciation shining in her eyes every time she sat down to eat what I’d made her. Apparently, she liked me cooking for her more than me buying her things, exactly as she told me on that day on the yacht.
I kept trying. I walked into her office when it was lunchtime and placed the food I cooked for her on her desk. I saw the surprise and tiny spark of joy on her face every single day.

She looks up, and her eyes collide with mine, and I can’t breathe anymore. Everything stops. A slow smile takes over her face, and my world restarts and spins faster. Like I’m in a storm, and she is the one still thing, my peace.
“You’re home,” she breathes out, and no other words could ever compare to those ones.

How? How did this happen?” I ask, taking a seat next to his bed. His injuries make my heart hurt.
Why couldn’t I tell him? Warn him, at least?
He shouldn’t have to suffer because of me.
Why was I so selfish?
“Are you crying?” Remo asks, frowning.
I look at him through blurry eyes, barely able to hold it in.
I choke out a laugh. “Of course not. You think I’m that weak? I’m strong, Remo. I’m a strong woman.” I jut my chin out, my lips trembling, but I hold myself together.
Remo’s lips twitch into an almost smile. “That’s right. You are my strong wife, aren’t you?”
The tears are back, and I swallow the lump in my throat and nod.
“What happened?” I ask again, slowly leaning my hand closer to his uninjured one. Carefully gathering it closer to me, I wrap my fingers around his hand. My heart jumps when Remo tightens his hold on my hand.

I sit closer to him and grab the spoon. I scoop up some food, then blow gently on it. A lock of hair falls out of my ponytail, but I can’t move it away because of the bowl and spoon in my hands. I nudge it away with my shoulder, but it doesn’t work. Raising the spoon towards Remo, I find my heart throbbing painfully as he lifts a hand, slowly tucking the strand of hair behind my ear.
He loves doing this.
His eyes slowly glide over my hair, then my face.
“Thank you.” I try not to blush, but then I feel his finger skim over my cheek, and blood rushes to my cheeks.

Remo chuckles against my lips, the sound deep and rich with masculine power.
“Hurry up and finish bandaging me. You keeping that hand on my chest is making me want to lower it so you can take care of another problem you’ve created for me.”
I instantly remove my hand from his chest like it burned me.
Remo. My husband. Is a total mystery, and I didn’t even know. I didn’t know he was a boxer.

“This is to tell you that I fucking can’t breathe without you, that this”—he points to the space between us—“is forever. Your smiles are like oxygen for me. Your eyes are the sole reason my heart beats. I would leave this world in a wreck if someone so much as touched a single hair on your head.”
His confession leaves me beaming, my heart in my throat as warmth overflows inside of me.
“Never stop smiling, Aurora.”
With my cheeks flaming hot, I turn around and rush out of the house. His faint chuckle follows me. I drive to work with the biggest smile on my face

He used violence, and now I understand why. It explains how Remo did it.
With experience.
He can well and truly protect me.
He listens to me. He takes care of me in his own weird way. I thought he didn’t pay attention to me, but he does. I see it in the way he always keeps the nightlights on, always uses the bathroom first so I can lie in bed for longer. He uses the odd big mirror I have purchased so I can use the vanity where my products are but changes over when I need to do my hair or take pictures.
He nods at me every time I make breakfast for him in silent thanks.
He drives me to and from the office without questioning why.
He does so many little things that I’ve finally noticed, and that is all I’ve ever needed.
Someone to fulfil my wishes silently

I don’t know what I was thinking or if I was even thinking.
I hear things drop, papers rustle, then he is in front of me.
Remo is looking down at me, his expression broken, eyebrows drawing together. His face is set hard, his jaw ticking as his eyes sweep over my bloodied figure.
Both of his shaky hands cup my cheeks. He forces me to look at him as he scans over my face, my body, the blood. The bag and heels drop out of my hand as my lips quiver, my eyes filling with tears.
Stop it. Stop crying.
Remo seems to be having a hard time finding words. He opens and closes his mouth, swallowing before trying once more.
“Who—” His voice breaks. “Who the fuck did this to you, baby?”

His hands drop to my waist, his eyes doing a sweep of my body, of the bruises on me.
The hands tighten on my waist.
“Who did this to you? I need names, and I do not want to hear lies to protect the fucker, Aurora.”
I gulp, his words piercing through me.
He doesn’t let my eyes waver from him. I can’t look away. His darkness surrounds him like it is his worst enemy, yet the very thing that is keeping him alive. His phantom eyes with the shadows swimming inside show me very clearly why he is in such a powerful position.

“I’m about a second away from destroying everything in this office because of what you told me, Aurora. I know you kept this from me because you didn’t trust me, and I didn’t give you anything to work with, either. I pushed you away, and that’s bad enough. I am ready to take hundreds of lives right now if it means you are going to be safely by my side.”

“You’re right. I don’t like you. In fact, I hate you. I hate your smile, your laugh, your touch. I hate that it makes me want to fuck you for hours, letting my ruthless side conquer you so you are only mine. I hate the ribbons in your hair, which I want to use to tie your hands up while I fuck you into oblivion. I hate the heels you wear that make me want to run my hands over your legs until I’ve reached heaven on earth.”

I wanted red to cover every surface my eyes fell on, and that blood would come from the person who hurt her. I could barely hold myself back when the tears started pooling in her eyes.
When the first one dropped, it felt like my heart was ripped out, every vessel torn out with it. And I felt it. I felt the excruciating pain that came from my heart being cut out of me as those tears fell from her eyes.

They rip from inside my chest, my heart crying with me as I try to hold on to sanity in this place.
His large body forms a big barrier that I know will protect me from the world and its horrors. He is my husband. My protector, and there is nothing but love in my heart for him.

I am not letting the man who touched my wife walk on this earth any longer, because you are too precious for me to not cause mayhem for.”

“To abort the baby.”
I freeze, and my heart drops to my stomach.
That makes me fear what happened when I was unconscious. If what I think happened, I would not be able to live with myself.
I would wish death upon myself. I would wish I had died before I had to see this day where I couldn’t protect Aurora from this.

“There is no one after you for me, okay? There was no one before you, either. You are the only woman in my life. The only one. Do you know what that means? You have my unconditional love, you have my obsession all to yourself, and I have never shared any kind of love like this with anyone.”
“I will be here every step of the way, and we will work through our problems together. In the future, we will have kids—as many or as few as you want—and we will trip over their toys and love them together. We will attend any events you want in any matching outfits you find. We’ll even get pets if you want. Anything, everything, you want, I will make it happen.”
Her cheeks lift a fraction, and a tear slides down her pale cheek.

[Apoorva Sharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book picked up right where it left off in book one.

From grovelling to secrets, to planning and plotting and also to make efforts to win her back. This book gave the ending Remo & Aurora deserved.

The twists and turns that came from left and right throughout the books kept me engaged as a reader. The revelations were not expected but everything did piece up properly by the end.


I can read 100 more pages of “my wife” of its Remo who says it.

[Teeto · Rating 1 out of 5]

No.
I.did.not.like.this.book
WHY IS IT SO MESSY AND BORING and its giving wattpad
Its so nostalgic i almost felt like a twelve year old reading her first fanfic

[Anshita]

0.5⭐
This book doesn't make any sense whatsoever. The characters are irritating. It wasn't necessary for there to be two books. The FMC was quick to forgive the MMC, and don't even get me started on the guy omfg whenever he opened his mouth I wanted to punch him.

[Lana's Cherry · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I tell you Aurora is the weakest and dumbest FMC I've read out of 400 books. I mean it.
The only reason I completed this book was because I had started the 1st one and my brain can't handle a story ending by a cliffhanger.
I love love loved her other book "Tangle of Obsession" but couldn't even like this one for the hell of it.

[Danza · Rating 4 out of 5]

Remo and Aurora❤️❤️❤️❤️✨️
spice 🔥🔥/5
Their story here starts with a heartbreak and how they are going to forgive each other and be the one to each other maybe I can say that the first book was better because they're a story was their characters was different a little bit from the direction in this book cuz here it's you know like it turned to just a mafia marriage of convenience like it's not hey handsome in the beautiful Aurora that she's always there for him always good old I don't know she's still good I love the book but not what I expected
Primo found his sister Venezia and in the end of the book they got a little daughter called
✨️Lavinia✨️ actually I loved the name like oh my God
I love how how they get rid of a hair stalker I loved how they forgive each other another time and I loved how Remo tried so much better than I thought he would just for Aurora to know that he loves her and that he's not going to dump her or divorce her after their Arrangement is done I I wish that the book took another you know like Darren a little bit in some scenes but I liked it as it is you know but I thought it would be so much better yeah I guess that their story was so special to me that why I thought that it would be so much better but I like them and bye tell another time

[Gracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I DEVOURED THISS BOOK IN ONE DAY...
• WHEN REMO DECEIVED AURORA I FELT HER PAIN...THE HURT...
• AND HE TRIED TO GET HER BACK AND REALISED HIS MISTAKE...
• HE EVEN KILLED FOR AURORA....🥹🥹🥹❤️‍🩹
• HE KNELLED ON HIS KNEES FOR HER FORGIVENESS...
• I LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK AND IT REACHED MY EXPECTATIONS...
REMO ND AURORA FINALLY GOT THEIR HAPPILY EVER AFTER AFTER GOING THROUGH A LOT OF UP-AND- DOWNS...
THIS BOOK HAD MY FAV TROPES:
• MORALLY GREY VILLAIN X SUNSHINE
• MARRIAGE OF CONVIENCE
• TOUCH HER AND ☠️
• ✨ MY WIFE✨
• LOTS OF GROVELLING❗❗❗
• HEA🥺🥺❤️‍🩹
IT'S A 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟FOR ME....

[Djama · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5★
I expected more grovelling to be honest, and the book was a little confusing sometimes. Some plotholes here
and there. It was not bad but also not so wow

Regardless, excited to see the other characters, I NEED a book for Helia!

"My beautiful, beautiful Aurora. My wife, my woman."i died 💔

[Daisy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved that Remo is a touch her and die and he follows through. Unfortunately didn’t love this book as much as book 1.

[Readbyangels · Rating 1 out of 5]

After finishing the first book, I was at 3 stars. In my personal opinion, the book had potential with a unique plot/ storyline, but the writing and flow of the book massively let it down.

The best way to describe the writing.. it’s like reading a constant synopsis of a book, and then it keeps skipping and moving on to something completely different. It moves way too fast and is unexplained. An example from the first book.. they were eating dinner randomly, the next day they were married. He doesn’t like her.. next thing you know she’s everything to him. The plot was strung along in between but was underdeveloped.

After leaving the book on a cliffhanger I was Intrigued to the second book. However you quickly realise it’s the same. Nothing develops and the characters talk about the same repetitive nonsense. It’s not realistic, and it’s overly dramatic without explaining anything?? Even for fictional characters.

After the cliffhanger from the first book you quickly realise doesn’t make sense. The books aren’t that deceptive and it isn’t as juicy as it could be because of the writing style. It’s underdeveloped and massively rushed. Different plots thrown together to make it something bigger than it actually is. The romance doesn’t even make sense, and I started out really liking the characters. They are absolutely cringe, and for Remo supposedly being this scary strong male, he acted like a B*tch all the way through.

The ending was not good and again rushed with a basic generic ending. So much lack of communication I think I need therapy.

BTW I really wanted to like this one despite the writing flaws.

[Huma · Rating 5 out of 5]

💫ARC Book Review💫

📖 BITTER DECEPTION by Akwaah K.
>Book 2 in the Deception Series.(Book 1: Sweetest Deception)

This is book was one of my most anticipated books this year, I've waited months for it and I shrieked with happiness when I came to know that I've been provided with an ARC of this amazing book.

I've absolutely no doubt devoured Sweetest Deception but damn the second book was the end of me!!!!
Everything was just so perfect, the groveling, the regrets, the love, the hate, relationships, slowburn. Everything was just so on point.

Remo  oh Remo!!! He was so in love!! My man♡

Aurora, THE QUEENIE♡ The absolute perfection. Ngl but I loved Aurora more than Remo! (Sorry! Remo daddy hehe!) I can so much relate to the vibes of Aurora, the most beautiful girly in the frictional world. It's been always a fictional man who wins my heart but this time, in this book it was Aurora, who I fell in love with.

I can't wait for you guys to read this amazing book.💗

RATING:
4.5/5⭐


TROPES:

- Marriage of convenience,
- Marriage in trouble,
- Sign the Divorce papers,
- Groveling,
- Touch her and you die,
- London Elite,
- Billionaire Romance.
- Contemporary Romance with a spice of Dark Romance.

So be prepared to feel a lot of emotions, heartbreaks, grovelling, jealousy because damn you're gonna love it,  I'm so sure about this.


Thank you Author for providing me the ARC! I'd love to read more of your future coming books💌

[Ayuzawa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rating -1.8/5
Spice -3/5
HEA
See i waited for this part 2 book
Part 1 was goood i love Grumpy MC so i had highh hopes 😑
But the problem i felt is
Book has too much repetition words and too much repeated Dialogues with same semantics
the use of SWEET DECEPTION word how many times was it ... Author just wanna Add the title to meaningless Lines

I felt bored
I mean REMO once saying i will protect auroroa is enough to give butterflies
But evry alternative paragraph has same Lines same repeationsame stry line i wil protect but he can't same old same old

And Godd Communication barrier and i felt some pale Stry line
Like i thought it wil be very intresting Revenge n all

Just for REM past i didn't feel wow like didnt feel Surprised even with AURORA stalker
All too much predictable
Aurora crying evry other damn line
REM not trying to explain
And Helia stry was pale didnt even understand his prob and Aurora family just vanished

See rem is addicted to his wife yes but there should be some communication it felt forced dialogue just scammed frm all books n dumped into stry line

I had high hopes after book 1
But i just completed sorely becoz i bought it nothing more

Some felt good
Like how aurara had felt has her love and HOW REM does everything for her that's all

I feel author just added a ton of same dialogues same words and some all books mixed
And no surprise elementz to back it

Only gave 2 becoz REM & AURORA LOVE
And his dedication

[Jesi Blanco · Rating 5 out of 5]

★★★★☆

*this review is for both books as a collective whole*

I loved Remo and Aurora's duet. Their dynamic as a couple was great. I'm a sucker for angsty, arranged marriages and these two went through it. Aurora is such an it-girl. She's truly in tune with what she wants out of her profession as an artist and now her marriage with Remo. She's so sweet and her family doesn't deserve her.

Remo is said to be a morally grey person, more towards dark. We do see a bit of that dark cloud in book 1, more so in book 2, since Aurora is dealing with a stalker. Remo will do anything to protect her and we read about that in book 2.

Book 1 is lighter than book 2. The roles of who is fighting to make the marriage work have flipped slightly. Remo fights more for his marriage with Aurora in book 2 (Aurora still is but does so more in book 1). You truly don't know - at some points - if you want them to stay together or divorce. Their relationship is just so complex and the plot twists bring everything into chaos to finally simmer at the end for their HEA.

✨️𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬+𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒔✨️
- age gap, angsty romance, artist romance, arranged marriage, billionaire romance, forced proximity, grumpy x sunshine, he likes to spoil her, marriage of convenience, mutual pining, opposites attract, marriage in trouble, romantic suspense
- praise, mental health rep

[_ifrahreads · Rating 5 out of 5]

💜✨ARC Book Review ✨💜

Bitter Deception words cannot even describe how much I loved this book so much!!!
When I read the first book I had LITERALLY devoured it in one sitting, and so badly couldn’t wait till book 2 came out.

Bitter deception has been my most anticipated reads of 2024 so far. When I got that email saying I had been selected for the ARC reader my jaw LITERALLY dropped, I was so happy and excited to read this book 🥹💜

This book was just 10x better than Sweetest Deception, everything was just so beautiful and the characters were so beautifully written. Everything was just perfect, from the grovelling, to the cute scenes, the love and the confessions. Everything was just chefs kiss 🤌🏻✨

Get your tissues ready, because this book will make you go on a rollercoaster of emotions, the love, the heartbreaks and the jealousy, don’t get me started on that, your going to love it so much!!!

This book doesn’t deserve five stars, for me it deserves infinity 💜♾️💜

I cannot wait for everyone else to read this beautiful book. 💕

Some of my favourite quotes:

“You grow and shine while I water the very soil you are planted in. You glow and sparkle, and I guard you from the shadows. You smile and laugh, and I cherish it. You love me, and I will give it right back to you. Because if you don’t exist, neither will I. If you aren’t with me, there is no use of me. You live, and I’ll protect you, Aurora.”


To the lovely author, thank you so much for giving me the ARC❤️ I can’t wait to read more of your books in the future 🥰🥰

[Hiba Hassan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I did the first one, but I did not hate it. I just felt like both Remo & Aurora got a lil irritating but I understand they were two people who had a hard time sharing but still at some point I was like come on when you guys should be telling each other things, they would continuously lose trust or have excuses and im like, wtf kind of excuse just excuses you to not share something especially if it will save you both from getting hurt. But anyways, I am still very much happy with the end result. Remo finding Venezia made me so freaking happy for them both. That was reunion I didn’t know if it would be a good one or not since Venezia had never known she had a brother and with everything she had been through for the last 18 years her accepting him right away and Aurora made me so happy!
Aurora finally finding out who her stalker was and Remo unlived his ass was so satisfying. I legit knew it was that mofo from the start but when it was revealed I was still kinda shocked lol. Like damn you disgusting ass perv, you were going after your nephew’s friend like I can’t even. Anyways Remo & Aurora finally getting their happy ending was all I wanted!!

[Kat King · Rating 4 out of 5]

Akwaah has done it again.

The author has her way with words, an excellent story-teller. From the first page, I was captivated and I'm not embarrassed to admit that I've read it in one sitting.

The first book left me yearning for more, and the sequel definitely delivered what I was looking for. The story of Aurora and Remo was deliciously written, with a lot of angst to keep me squealing like a little girl. Their growth, both individual and as a couple was definitely shown and I'm very happy that I got the chance to see it first-hand.

If she decided to write another eight books about this couple, it wouldn't be enough for me.

Often, I found myself relating to Aurora, while feeling compassion for Remo. Their individual personalities were well explored and I was left satisfied with the outcome. And in the end, their happily ever after brought me so much immense joy.

Can't wait to read the third book in the series.

- arc provided by the author in an exchange for honest review.

[Elif · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did not expect that. It hurt so good that I have a both hate and love relationship with this book. But I have to say the grovelling made up for everything. I absolutely love this authors writing style. The plot was definitely plotting and so flawy that it swipes you off your feet. Literally, no words. It was jaw droopingly good.And I want to see more of Helia so badly! ( I hope I spelt his name correctly, but you know who I’m talking about) 😉

Normal, I’m hesitant to read books by authors who fairly new because they tend to turn out not so good or most of the time the writing doesn’t make sense, but trust me this author deserves the spotlight. I felt like I was reading a book by someone who was an author for a long time, and I can say that I was a little disappointed to know that she only had a couple books.

Anyway, Ms author you have just gained a hard core fan! 😍😍😍🫶🫶🫶 btw absolutely loved your work, keep going! Your fans are proud of you!

[Anushka ☆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

AAAAANd that's a wrap for this duet 🤭

I'll admit, I LOVE the "heroine in danger" trope because we get to see how the hero reacts when he gets to know about it. and Akwaah COMPLETELY outdid herself here.

The story picks up from where it ends in book 1. Remo realizes that what he was about to do was wrong and that he needs to earn Aurora's trust back. And I LOVEDDDD how much she made him work for it. She literally made him grovel for her smiles and damn if that's not my cup of tea. I. ATE. IT. ALL. UP.

I liked how the stalker trope was not merely kept as a side plot but the whole plot twist was based around it. The scenes where we get to see Remo's protective side? IN LOVE.

I enjoyed the duet a LOT and I'm so excited to see where Helia & Ambrose's story goes because I think they MIGHT have a past ;)

[Aleksandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you Akwaah K. for sending me this ARC!

I really enjoyed Sweet Deception, the first book in this duet, but I must say I liked Bitter Deception even more! It starts right where the previous book ended and there is a lot happening since the first page. I love Aurora and Remo, they are amazing together and it was great to see them grow even closer. There was some groveling from Remo which I loved and once they worked out their issues, they had such a beautiful romance. The plot was pretty fast paced with a lot of action and some plot twists, there was not a single boring moment and I liked how some things I hoped for since the first book finally happened. Bitter Deception is a really great sequel to Sweet Deception, I enjoyed it and am excited to read this author’s next books.