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Stitched Hearts #1
Pretty Broken Butterfly
How do you rebuild a life when the person you trusted most is the one who burned it to the ground?
Charlie Henderson thought she had forever mapped out. From childhood best friends to first kisses, she and Keaton Carr were supposed to be untouchable with the kind of love that survived every storm.
But betrayal doesn’t just bruise, it carves deep.
Charlie learns that when she catches the boy who swore she was his everything sleeping with another girl he promised was “just a friend.”
The betrayal isn’t just physical. It’s the unraveling of a lifetime. Every memory, every whispered vow is tainted by the sting of infidelity.
Now, Charlie’s left with more questions than answers. Who is she when she isn’t half of Keaton and Charlie? How do you let go when your heart refuses to stop bleeding for the one who broke it?
Keaton may be ready to beg, to fight, to prove that one catastrophic choice doesn’t define him.
But some betrayals demand more than apologies. Some demand blood, tears, and groveling so deep it leaves scars.
Because love can be reborn from ashes…or it can stay pretty, broken, and gone forever.
This book contains subjects that some readers may find upsetting. You can view the trigger warnings by checking out the 'Trigger Warning' page on my website. If you are susceptible to any of the triggers listed, please do not read. Recommended for 18+ due to sexual content and adult situations. Please be sure to read responsibly.
Charlie Henderson thought she had forever mapped out. From childhood best friends to first kisses, she and Keaton Carr were supposed to be untouchable with the kind of love that survived every storm.
But betrayal doesn’t just bruise, it carves deep.
Charlie learns that when she catches the boy who swore she was his everything sleeping with another girl he promised was “just a friend.”
The betrayal isn’t just physical. It’s the unraveling of a lifetime. Every memory, every whispered vow is tainted by the sting of infidelity.
Now, Charlie’s left with more questions than answers. Who is she when she isn’t half of Keaton and Charlie? How do you let go when your heart refuses to stop bleeding for the one who broke it?
Keaton may be ready to beg, to fight, to prove that one catastrophic choice doesn’t define him.
But some betrayals demand more than apologies. Some demand blood, tears, and groveling so deep it leaves scars.
Because love can be reborn from ashes…or it can stay pretty, broken, and gone forever.
This book contains subjects that some readers may find upsetting. You can view the trigger warnings by checking out the 'Trigger Warning' page on my website. If you are susceptible to any of the triggers listed, please do not read. Recommended for 18+ due to sexual content and adult situations. Please be sure to read responsibly.
401 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 12, 2025
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Lynne Leslie
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Lynne lives in the quiet country with a bossy mister and two little divas. If you don’t catch her with her nose in a book or her fingers scribbling on paper, she’s usually right in front of the television with her family. She loves anything that glitters and has a weird habit of collecting pens. She thinks seafood is disgusting, beach sand is the devil, and Tom Hardy is life.
Lynne lives in the quiet country with a bossy mister and two little divas. If you don’t catch her with her nose in a book or her fingers scribbling on paper, she’s usually right in front of the television with her family. She loves anything that glitters and has a weird habit of collecting pens. She thinks seafood is disgusting, beach sand is the devil, and Tom Hardy is life.
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December 15, 2025
This book was not for me. Charlie was a terrible “Mary Sue”, absolutely perfect in every way; she was so sweet and kind that she couldn’t bring herself to hate the man that cheated on her. She still worried about him and how he was handling things after they were apart; it was terribly unrealistic and completely unbelievable.
DNF
DNF
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December 13, 2025
Not a fan
Not a fan of having inner circle friends who sleep together. Found the second book first and saw the previous "friend" relationship and it turned me off. Why do authors always lower women down to using their body to get over someone or payback. Why can't authors have women who want to be true to themselves and deal with their pain, know that their heart and body can't be passed around until they heal? And I hate when series connect people who all sleep together.
Not a fan of having inner circle friends who sleep together. Found the second book first and saw the previous "friend" relationship and it turned me off. Why do authors always lower women down to using their body to get over someone or payback. Why can't authors have women who want to be true to themselves and deal with their pain, know that their heart and body can't be passed around until they heal? And I hate when series connect people who all sleep together.
December 14, 2025
I waited MONTHS for this book to come out and now I'm not sure how I feel about it. There was a lot of blah blah blah about healing and triggers and needing space. It seemed that very little actually happened in the book.
The first and last quarters had action and the rest was filler about crying and therapy and unfulfilled dreams.
I'm glad Alek is getting his own book.
The first and last quarters had action and the rest was filler about crying and therapy and unfulfilled dreams.
I'm glad Alek is getting his own book.
December 18, 2025
Well written but…
Keaton is the MMC and Charlie is the FMC. They are still in college, but they have been together forever. And then she goes to a party where she’s supposed to meet up with him, and she finds him balls deep, no protection, in the girl that he swore was just a friend.
I usually enjoy cheating stories, but this one really ticked me off. The wannabe is a psycho and is stalking her. Keaton doesn’t want the wannabe, and isn’t really sure why he banged her. I found that whole thing ridiculous.
It’s a me thing. I was hoping she’d find a better guy. If it was me, I’d never have taken him back. The second he stuck himself into that diseased wh0re, that would have been it for me.
In spite of my viewpoint, this was written really well. But I’ve never run into a guy that would talk like this guy. So I found that to be unrealistic. Anyway, this was good.
Keaton is the MMC and Charlie is the FMC. They are still in college, but they have been together forever. And then she goes to a party where she’s supposed to meet up with him, and she finds him balls deep, no protection, in the girl that he swore was just a friend.
I usually enjoy cheating stories, but this one really ticked me off. The wannabe is a psycho and is stalking her. Keaton doesn’t want the wannabe, and isn’t really sure why he banged her. I found that whole thing ridiculous.
It’s a me thing. I was hoping she’d find a better guy. If it was me, I’d never have taken him back. The second he stuck himself into that diseased wh0re, that would have been it for me.
In spite of my viewpoint, this was written really well. But I’ve never run into a guy that would talk like this guy. So I found that to be unrealistic. Anyway, this was good.
December 12, 2025
Lost interest pretty quickly. MMC couldn’t explain why he cheated. DNF @ 18%.
December 14, 2025
I had been so excited for this book for months, been wanting to read a childhood friends to lovers cheating romance based in college forever, but unfortunately I just didn’t like this book very much.
The author is a good writer and but the storytelling wasn’t great. 400+ pages but the betrayal happens in the first 2 chapters? That’s too much plot wasted on nothing. I would have loved if it started with the past, showing us their friendship/relationship from the start. Then showing us college years and how Keaton met Rianna, it would have built up so much angst for the betrayal. But you’re just told in a few paragraphs what happen in the past and that’s just not enough to get readers emotionally invested, we need to see it, experience it along with the h to really get engrossed in the book. Skimming over really important plots of the story and wasting so much on other parts was not a good choice.
I felt nothing during the betrayal because I didn’t know the characters or their story to be invested at all. Such a missed opportunity here for a really great cheating book but it’s just not well executed.
The problem with having the betrayal right off from the start is you lose interest in the book, it just got a bit boring after that because who wants to read hundreds of pages worth of grovelling? The angst and lead up to the betrayal are the interesting part.
I also felt the characters were very OTT in some aspects. I hate when the OW is portrayed at this evil caricature it takes away from the H betrayal and puts too much focus on “oh she’s so evil so let’s focus on that” I’d rather the focus just be on the H and what he done and not the part the OW played.
I’d love if authors could actually sit and picture how some scenes would play out in real life, cos that would save a lot of second hand embarrassment I got from this book. There is no way that a whole class of senior college students would give two fucks about one boy cheating on his girlfriend. The chapters from the party and how everyone shunned the H and OW, that just would not happen outside of the friend group they have and it didn’t even seem the h had more than one friend, so why is everyone on her side? I get that she’s suppose to be well liked but come on, college kids would not care that much to be throwing coffee in the OW face months after the betrayal happened.
The scene where the H is being, again, shunned by friends of the h and she decides to stand up ON A TABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DINING HALL in the college campus and asks everyone to stay out of it? Again wtf 😂 that would never happen. It felt very immature, like high school kids might be this involved in each others life’s cos school is smaller and everyone is nosy asf but seniors in college will not care. Everything was going too smoothly for the h after the cheating scandal, everyone on her side, everyone hating the H and OW and openly mocking OW, throwing beverages at her face, shunning them. Like, is this a small town or something? It’s nice in theory to think you’d have all this support after a major betrayal but when I was reading these scenes it just felt silly and so unlikely to happen I couldn’t get into the story.
The author is a good writer and but the storytelling wasn’t great. 400+ pages but the betrayal happens in the first 2 chapters? That’s too much plot wasted on nothing. I would have loved if it started with the past, showing us their friendship/relationship from the start. Then showing us college years and how Keaton met Rianna, it would have built up so much angst for the betrayal. But you’re just told in a few paragraphs what happen in the past and that’s just not enough to get readers emotionally invested, we need to see it, experience it along with the h to really get engrossed in the book. Skimming over really important plots of the story and wasting so much on other parts was not a good choice.
I felt nothing during the betrayal because I didn’t know the characters or their story to be invested at all. Such a missed opportunity here for a really great cheating book but it’s just not well executed.
The problem with having the betrayal right off from the start is you lose interest in the book, it just got a bit boring after that because who wants to read hundreds of pages worth of grovelling? The angst and lead up to the betrayal are the interesting part.
I also felt the characters were very OTT in some aspects. I hate when the OW is portrayed at this evil caricature it takes away from the H betrayal and puts too much focus on “oh she’s so evil so let’s focus on that” I’d rather the focus just be on the H and what he done and not the part the OW played.
I’d love if authors could actually sit and picture how some scenes would play out in real life, cos that would save a lot of second hand embarrassment I got from this book. There is no way that a whole class of senior college students would give two fucks about one boy cheating on his girlfriend. The chapters from the party and how everyone shunned the H and OW, that just would not happen outside of the friend group they have and it didn’t even seem the h had more than one friend, so why is everyone on her side? I get that she’s suppose to be well liked but come on, college kids would not care that much to be throwing coffee in the OW face months after the betrayal happened.
The scene where the H is being, again, shunned by friends of the h and she decides to stand up ON A TABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DINING HALL in the college campus and asks everyone to stay out of it? Again wtf 😂 that would never happen. It felt very immature, like high school kids might be this involved in each others life’s cos school is smaller and everyone is nosy asf but seniors in college will not care. Everything was going too smoothly for the h after the cheating scandal, everyone on her side, everyone hating the H and OW and openly mocking OW, throwing beverages at her face, shunning them. Like, is this a small town or something? It’s nice in theory to think you’d have all this support after a major betrayal but when I was reading these scenes it just felt silly and so unlikely to happen I couldn’t get into the story.
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I don’t like loose ends.
He can’t figure out WHY he cheated.
Maybe he just can’t face the truth and doesn’t want to tell the h.
He’s willing to communicate with her but he contradicts himself and waffles between:
1.
I’ve figured the biggest underlying reason is complacency.”
2.
I began to doubt us whenever I was around Rianna because she was good at picking apart my insecurities
3.
“The ow’s” attention felt good when I was with her.
I don’t like loose ends.
He can’t figure out WHY he cheated.
Maybe he just can’t face the truth and doesn’t want to tell the h.
He’s willing to communicate with her but he contradicts himself and waffles between:
1.
I’ve figured the biggest underlying reason is complacency.”
2.
I began to doubt us whenever I was around Rianna because she was good at picking apart my insecurities
3.
“The ow’s” attention felt good when I was with her.
December 18, 2025
Really liked this book.
A very real and raw look at infidelity, how it can creep in to a relationship as an emotional affair long before physical lines are crossed and the pain and insecurities it can cause. The rebuild was slow and genuine. The FMC was strong and fierce without being cruel or spiteful. She was not a pushover or a doormat. She was a genuine character who felt like she could be your best friend. The mmc was genuinely remorseful and worked to better himself and own his bad decisions. He owned his awful. The hea was earned and not rushed into with an “all is forgiven” vibe. This book perfectly shows the work that goes in to reconciliation and the long term repercussions that stem from cheating. With OW drama, good humour, great character dialogue and strong friendships. I recommend this one for sure.
A very real and raw look at infidelity, how it can creep in to a relationship as an emotional affair long before physical lines are crossed and the pain and insecurities it can cause. The rebuild was slow and genuine. The FMC was strong and fierce without being cruel or spiteful. She was not a pushover or a doormat. She was a genuine character who felt like she could be your best friend. The mmc was genuinely remorseful and worked to better himself and own his bad decisions. He owned his awful. The hea was earned and not rushed into with an “all is forgiven” vibe. This book perfectly shows the work that goes in to reconciliation and the long term repercussions that stem from cheating. With OW drama, good humour, great character dialogue and strong friendships. I recommend this one for sure.
December 16, 2025
This book started off strongly enough but it was a struggle to finish. I skimmed the last quarter of the book. The H is a tattoo artist and the h manages a coffee shop. They are childhood sweethearts but when they were in college together the OW transferred in and set her sights on the H. She intentionally inserted herself and her "friendship" as a wedge between the H and h until the h and her bf walk in on the OW and H having sex in the pool house at a party. It turns out that the OW is like a serial OW intentionally sharing her venereal disease with men she has pursued. Heartbreaking fallout from the betrayal. The H gets therapy and treatment for the chlamydia he gets from the OW. Since he has loving parents it's hard to convincingly justify his choices (there's some drinking involved). The redemption is long and drawn out.
December 30, 2025
The h left me a bad taste and the H grovel was too long and he came across as a dummy, it ANNOYED ME
A rant:
His type of groveling would have made more sense if he sneaked around or tried to keep the cheating hidden - or if he was arrogant or entitled in the beginning, but he was portrayed as a golden retriever who LOVED the h SOOOOOO MUCH. It was said that he ignored everyone’s warning about the OW - but in the H internal dialogue he is all-in with the h and deeply in love.
When the cheating occurred, the H had been drinking and the way it read, sounded like he was drugged. It was described as if he was in a dream like state. While reading I thought that it would later be revealed that the deranged OW drugged him because he could not remember much.
Months after the break-up, the h sleeps with her male bff, Alex, which is a recent relationship status for them. They were not freinds beforehand and he was always attracted to her, and the H knew. So not sure how the “bff” status came to be. Their relationship gave me the ick 🤢. She was vulnerable and still in love with the H and the “bff”, Alex, came across as a gigolo and an opportunist😠 … all while there were indications that he too loved someone else. Disgusting!!!!!
The OW video tapes the h at the bff ‘s house through a window and sends it to the H to prove to him that the h has moved on. The h, not knowing about the video , CALLS THE H AFTERWARDS TO TELL HIM THAT SHE SLEPT WITH
ALEX (bff) AND MAY END UP PREGNANT because of a condom malfunction, and the H, although hurt - he saw the video - *tries to comfort* her telling her “it’s ok” and “she would make a great mom and Alex would help her” because she is feeling some type of way about it (WHAT????)
The bff Alex knows she called the H after their encounter, that she is shaken up, and he heard her telling the H “I love you” before hanging up on the H and he takes her back to bed and she is fine with that ???? Again, why is she calling him and why is she with Alex ?
The whole time the H groveling and going to therapy (which she knows) and showing so much remorse and pain. The guy is a lapping golden retriever begging and crying - so I wanted to slap him and say get a backbone, she done with you, get!
At this point, I was hoping that the H found someone else and the h stayed with her new bff (she said they had chemistry 🙂↕️)
Her triggers where annoying after she slept with her bff. You both slept with other people, and you both saw the act, so why is she acting like she is this fragile china doll ?
The H groveling sounds more like resignation because he tells her to be happy, even if not with him … does not sound like a guy who wants her for himself. After seeing the video, I would think he understands why the h does not want him to touch her. I would think he would be more inclined to let her go after that. He called the guy (instead of the h so not to hurt her more) to notify him about the video so they can take it to the police. The conversation was weird.
When they get back together the H is ok with Alex staying on as her bff, because he “helped” her during that difficult time … WHATTTTT??? This whole fiasco happened because of “best freinds” … but your ok being around the guy your girl slept with ???? Say it with me: DOORMAT. She even feels it would be disrespectful to stay close and he is like Nooo Waayyy - he cool! EWWWWWWW😳🤯 Hero is TSTL
A rant:
His type of groveling would have made more sense if he sneaked around or tried to keep the cheating hidden - or if he was arrogant or entitled in the beginning, but he was portrayed as a golden retriever who LOVED the h SOOOOOO MUCH. It was said that he ignored everyone’s warning about the OW - but in the H internal dialogue he is all-in with the h and deeply in love.
When the cheating occurred, the H had been drinking and the way it read, sounded like he was drugged. It was described as if he was in a dream like state. While reading I thought that it would later be revealed that the deranged OW drugged him because he could not remember much.
Months after the break-up, the h sleeps with her male bff, Alex, which is a recent relationship status for them. They were not freinds beforehand and he was always attracted to her, and the H knew. So not sure how the “bff” status came to be. Their relationship gave me the ick 🤢. She was vulnerable and still in love with the H and the “bff”, Alex, came across as a gigolo and an opportunist😠 … all while there were indications that he too loved someone else. Disgusting!!!!!
The OW video tapes the h at the bff ‘s house through a window and sends it to the H to prove to him that the h has moved on. The h, not knowing about the video , CALLS THE H AFTERWARDS TO TELL HIM THAT SHE SLEPT WITH
ALEX (bff) AND MAY END UP PREGNANT because of a condom malfunction, and the H, although hurt - he saw the video - *tries to comfort* her telling her “it’s ok” and “she would make a great mom and Alex would help her” because she is feeling some type of way about it (WHAT????)
The bff Alex knows she called the H after their encounter, that she is shaken up, and he heard her telling the H “I love you” before hanging up on the H and he takes her back to bed and she is fine with that ???? Again, why is she calling him and why is she with Alex ?
The whole time the H groveling and going to therapy (which she knows) and showing so much remorse and pain. The guy is a lapping golden retriever begging and crying - so I wanted to slap him and say get a backbone, she done with you, get!
At this point, I was hoping that the H found someone else and the h stayed with her new bff (she said they had chemistry 🙂↕️)
Her triggers where annoying after she slept with her bff. You both slept with other people, and you both saw the act, so why is she acting like she is this fragile china doll ?
The H groveling sounds more like resignation because he tells her to be happy, even if not with him … does not sound like a guy who wants her for himself. After seeing the video, I would think he understands why the h does not want him to touch her. I would think he would be more inclined to let her go after that. He called the guy (instead of the h so not to hurt her more) to notify him about the video so they can take it to the police. The conversation was weird.
When they get back together the H is ok with Alex staying on as her bff, because he “helped” her during that difficult time … WHATTTTT??? This whole fiasco happened because of “best freinds” … but your ok being around the guy your girl slept with ???? Say it with me: DOORMAT. She even feels it would be disrespectful to stay close and he is like Nooo Waayyy - he cool! EWWWWWWW😳🤯 Hero is TSTL
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December 16, 2025
Keaton doesn't remember anything, which indicates that he may have been drugged, but nothing comes of that. Irrespective of the rape, he knew what he was doing with another woman hurt Charlie, yet he didn't stop. He didn't even bother to keep inviting Charlie when he hung out with the other woman, which definitely looks bad. Keaton himself created the circumstances of his infidelity. Like his mother said, exposing yourself to constant temptation is dangerous.
Charlie is a strong character. She leaves Keaton when she discovers his infidelity; she tries to move on; she even starts dating again. But I hate that it took her months to tell Keaton he needs to stop contacting her and allow her to heal. Exposure to your ex during the process of healing and moving on slows it down, so you're supposed to end exposure altogether until you've healed.
I also thought the plot would have benefitted from some other situation that was influenced by the infidelity - Charlie beginning to be romantically interested in someone else or her becoming pregnant and having a good relationship with the father of the child, so Keaton realized that she is capable of loving and being loved by someone else and that he has permanent evidence of how completely things could have taken a turn.
I also don't understand why there are so many cheaters in this book. Not everyone cheats.
Charlie is a strong character. She leaves Keaton when she discovers his infidelity; she tries to move on; she even starts dating again. But I hate that it took her months to tell Keaton he needs to stop contacting her and allow her to heal. Exposure to your ex during the process of healing and moving on slows it down, so you're supposed to end exposure altogether until you've healed.
I also thought the plot would have benefitted from some other situation that was influenced by the infidelity - Charlie beginning to be romantically interested in someone else or her becoming pregnant and having a good relationship with the father of the child, so Keaton realized that she is capable of loving and being loved by someone else and that he has permanent evidence of how completely things could have taken a turn.
I also don't understand why there are so many cheaters in this book. Not everyone cheats.
November 19, 2025
I loved this story of heartbreak and redemption. Charlie and Keaton are amazing characters you want to get to know. They have been each other's forever until a new girl turns up at college and Keaton doesn't see her for who she really is. What he thinks of as friends is her way of inserting herself into their lives and relationship, not seeing the traps and games she is playing. Don't get me wrong the betrayal is all his fault and he knows it. The break up is over a sex scene so you need to know this is a cheater redemption story. One time is enough to break Charlie's heart and tears will come to your eyes as she shreds the pieces of memories in her pain.
But, the story is so much more than that. It is Charlie finding her way back to normal including a friends with benefits relationship we don't normally get to see while she is healing. We see Keaton realizing the depth of pain and harm he has caused and slowing building the connection and trust again to find his way home with Charlie. I love how we see this couple in her other books and are reminded that this kind of damage doesn't just go away but has to be lived with when reminders and life reminds us of a betrayal. It feels real and a joy to read.
But, the story is so much more than that. It is Charlie finding her way back to normal including a friends with benefits relationship we don't normally get to see while she is healing. We see Keaton realizing the depth of pain and harm he has caused and slowing building the connection and trust again to find his way home with Charlie. I love how we see this couple in her other books and are reminded that this kind of damage doesn't just go away but has to be lived with when reminders and life reminds us of a betrayal. It feels real and a joy to read.
December 15, 2025
💔 Heartbreak
❤️🩹 Second chance
⭐️ 3,8 star for me
Oh what a ride this book was. It’s such a heartbreaking story that shows the long road to healing and forgiveness.
At the first half of the book I didn’t really connect with anyone, except Charlie’s best friend Amelia she was ride or d!e. And I can understand why some might DNF this book. When I hit that feeling of wanting to DNF I try to push through and usually it pays off. 🌟
I felt that the thoughts and scenery felt a bit immature and too much inner dialogue for my liking. However, at the end of the book I felt that the inner dialogue and their young age validated the whole story. They were young when it happens, they were in the beginning of their twenties and thinking back on my own early twenties.. well it made more sense that the characters were a bit immature and not really made so much sense.
I found the book to be very enjoyable and at the end I felt like they really worked on their relationship. The HEA was believable and I really liked Keaton and all the work he put in, not only for Charlie but for himself. ❤️🩹
❤️🩹 Second chance
⭐️ 3,8 star for me
Oh what a ride this book was. It’s such a heartbreaking story that shows the long road to healing and forgiveness.
At the first half of the book I didn’t really connect with anyone, except Charlie’s best friend Amelia she was ride or d!e. And I can understand why some might DNF this book. When I hit that feeling of wanting to DNF I try to push through and usually it pays off. 🌟
I felt that the thoughts and scenery felt a bit immature and too much inner dialogue for my liking. However, at the end of the book I felt that the inner dialogue and their young age validated the whole story. They were young when it happens, they were in the beginning of their twenties and thinking back on my own early twenties.. well it made more sense that the characters were a bit immature and not really made so much sense.
I found the book to be very enjoyable and at the end I felt like they really worked on their relationship. The HEA was believable and I really liked Keaton and all the work he put in, not only for Charlie but for himself. ❤️🩹
December 15, 2025
I appreciate a cheating story, but this was just unbearably juvenile.
The depiction of college was kind of bizarre - it felt more like an 80s High School movie than a university.
She forces him to call both of their parents on speaker phone to tell them what happened?
"85% of the campus loves h" - at what kind of campus does 85% of the student body know someone let alone have an opinion about them.
The OW was way OTT.
h calls H post revenge sex with another person to tell him about it? Because "he is still her person" WHAT?
H & h had been together since they were 14 so like honestly maybe they should see other people. They don't seem that healthy together anway.
All that said, I will try the next one because I love the 'female best friend' issue.
December 13, 2025
Brilliant book that pulls on your heart and brings out the tears!!
Cheating = h comes to party to find H mid-thrust with OW
h sees H with OW = see above
OW drama = OW is "just a friend"of H's that h has had issues with, but gets gas-lit by H. OW instantly inserts herself with the H, makes comments and such to the h that H downplays/ignores/etc. OW was so very kind to gift the H with a STD (what a peach).
Grovel = the h cut the H out of her life. H hit rock bottom and had to watch the h move on. H had to do some very deep introspection and therapy to change his behavior and to recognize why he did what he did. Long term direct and indirect grovel which was well written.
Cheating = h comes to party to find H mid-thrust with OW
h sees H with OW = see above
OW drama = OW is "just a friend"of H's that h has had issues with, but gets gas-lit by H. OW instantly inserts herself with the H, makes comments and such to the h that H downplays/ignores/etc. OW was so very kind to gift the H with a STD (what a peach).
Grovel = the h cut the H out of her life. H hit rock bottom and had to watch the h move on. H had to do some very deep introspection and therapy to change his behavior and to recognize why he did what he did. Long term direct and indirect grovel which was well written.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 19, 2025
4.5⭐️
One of the best cheating/redemption storylines I’ve ever read. I’m picky with my cheating books and have read A LOT of them. It’s one of my favorite tropes. This one? Ugh was so beautiful. Beautifully written.
Perfect caught in the act scene. Great reaction from both MMC and FMC. And all their friends. Great grovel and redemption.
Only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is because I felt the grovel/redemption was just a tiny bit too long. But that’s just my opinion!
One of the best cheating/redemption storylines I’ve ever read. I’m picky with my cheating books and have read A LOT of them. It’s one of my favorite tropes. This one? Ugh was so beautiful. Beautifully written.
Perfect caught in the act scene. Great reaction from both MMC and FMC. And all their friends. Great grovel and redemption.
Only reason I’m not giving it 5 stars is because I felt the grovel/redemption was just a tiny bit too long. But that’s just my opinion!
December 12, 2025
This is a story of heartbreak and redemption. When she walks in on her forever with the girl that he swore was just a friend both hearts break and the world is turned upside down. Can he find his way back through the clouds in his mind and the girl throwing salt in the wound at every turn? Can she heal herself enough to hear and see his growth and love? The past has to meet the present in order to get to the future and this story lays it all out in the best ways possible
December 15, 2025
Way too long
The book started with promise, however it is then a really long and drawn out story. It just goes on and on and truthfully you start to wonder is it ever going to end. I skim read the last few chapters. Realistically the book could have been finished a whole lot sooner.
It really isn’t as dramatic as described sadly I found it quite boring.
So sorry I dislike leaving negative reviews but in all good conscience I have it 3 stars.
The book started with promise, however it is then a really long and drawn out story. It just goes on and on and truthfully you start to wonder is it ever going to end. I skim read the last few chapters. Realistically the book could have been finished a whole lot sooner.
It really isn’t as dramatic as described sadly I found it quite boring.
So sorry I dislike leaving negative reviews but in all good conscience I have it 3 stars.
December 24, 2025
Growth and acceptance
I enjoyed the growth of Keaton and how he did the hard work and created a support system that was healthy. I love the redemption and second chance but Charlie fell a little flat for me. Her growth was minimal and lots of pettiness. While seeing her stand up and not be a weak character, she went to the other end of vindictive and resentful, having friends who were the same. But, with that said, I enjoyed the storyline and the second chance.
I enjoyed the growth of Keaton and how he did the hard work and created a support system that was healthy. I love the redemption and second chance but Charlie fell a little flat for me. Her growth was minimal and lots of pettiness. While seeing her stand up and not be a weak character, she went to the other end of vindictive and resentful, having friends who were the same. But, with that said, I enjoyed the storyline and the second chance.
December 31, 2025
4katydid Donahue did a great review. For me, this book could have been much shorter and that may have made the storyline more interesting. It was, at times, tedious and a slow read. The author is talented and does great character development, for a change both sets of parents were great and the feelings of the main characters were well described. It was great to see the toxic OW get her karma, she really needs a psychiatrist.
December 13, 2025
broken heart
Lynn Leslie is one of my favorite authors. I discovered her on WattPad, follow her on facebook and read ALL of her books.
This book follows a couple grappling with infidelity and trust issues. After much groveling, growth, and therapy they come back to one another. If you love OW drama this is for you.
Still waiting on Ashley and David’s book!!!!
Lynn Leslie is one of my favorite authors. I discovered her on WattPad, follow her on facebook and read ALL of her books.
This book follows a couple grappling with infidelity and trust issues. After much groveling, growth, and therapy they come back to one another. If you love OW drama this is for you.
Still waiting on Ashley and David’s book!!!!
December 22, 2025
Started good
I liked it in the beginning but it just started to get boring ,I had to skip some pages ,I like a fast book without every detail that dsn t need to be written .It was well written but just too long ,and as much as a like a grovelling man that's cheated he went overboard with the sorrys
I liked it in the beginning but it just started to get boring ,I had to skip some pages ,I like a fast book without every detail that dsn t need to be written .It was well written but just too long ,and as much as a like a grovelling man that's cheated he went overboard with the sorrys
December 18, 2025
Coming back from betrayal
How to you recover from the worse betrayal? Watch your world collapse in front of you? What about if you are the one doing the betraying? This story gives you both viewpoints, and how people grow and recover from the worse pain.
How to you recover from the worse betrayal? Watch your world collapse in front of you? What about if you are the one doing the betraying? This story gives you both viewpoints, and how people grow and recover from the worse pain.
May 27, 2025
Keaton and Charlie ripped my heart out and then slowly put it back together. This was SOOOOO good. Their path to reconciliation was long and painful, but it was realistic and satisfying.
December 15, 2025
Love this book!
Loved this book! Could not put it down. Lynne is one of my favorite authors. Can't wait to read book 2!
Loved this book! Could not put it down. Lynne is one of my favorite authors. Can't wait to read book 2!
December 16, 2025
Good
It was a little longer then I'd like but the story was very well written. And I always love a HEA especially with clips of the future.
It was a little longer then I'd like but the story was very well written. And I always love a HEA especially with clips of the future.
December 16, 2025
Heartbreakingly beautiful. I could not put this book down! Great book!
December 19, 2025
i could not wait for this!
I was so excited to get to finally read Keaton and Charlie’s full story. I have read Alex and Haven’s story and now I am wanting Amelia’s story. Please!
I was so excited to get to finally read Keaton and Charlie’s full story. I have read Alex and Haven’s story and now I am wanting Amelia’s story. Please!
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December 19, 2025DNF 21%
December 24, 2025
Tags: catches-him-in-the-act, cheating-hero, college-romance, grovel-remorseful, hero-hurts-heroine, heroine-leaves, over-the-years, ow-drama, read, second-chance
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