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The Yoga Teacher: Her Husband's Affair
Contains on-page cheating.
What does it feel like to walk in on your husband and the yoga teacher?
Hannah built a life rooted in trust, love, and loyalty—until Daniel shattered it with one devastating betrayal.
Now, she’s rebuilding from the ground up—and determined never to settle for less than she deserves.
Wracked with guilt and stripped of ego, Daniel is no longer the man who hurt her. He’s willing to grovel, crawl, and sacrifice if it means earning a second chance with the woman he loves.
The Yoga Her Husband’s Affair is a deeply emotional story of wreckage and reckoning, of love torn apart and rebuilt from the soil up.
What does it feel like to walk in on your husband and the yoga teacher?
Hannah built a life rooted in trust, love, and loyalty—until Daniel shattered it with one devastating betrayal.
Now, she’s rebuilding from the ground up—and determined never to settle for less than she deserves.
Wracked with guilt and stripped of ego, Daniel is no longer the man who hurt her. He’s willing to grovel, crawl, and sacrifice if it means earning a second chance with the woman he loves.
The Yoga Her Husband’s Affair is a deeply emotional story of wreckage and reckoning, of love torn apart and rebuilt from the soil up.
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Published April 4, 2025
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May 2, 2025
30. 30. 30. 3o.
Give me a break, this guy is going to commit suicide when he hits 50.
Guy cheats because, guess, he's turning 30 and isn't the young stud in the field. His wife gets him to try yoga and he goes for the cliche ridden and annoying anything-goes, very flexible, very immoral yoga instructor who gets off scot free. Cheating is the responsibility of the cheater, but someone so full of themselves with absolutely no care to cruel consequences needs a comeuppance.
A happy ending would have been the heroine writing a Yelp review:
Loved the class! Great flexibility and accommodating hours, but really not crazy that the bell ringing yoga teacher slept with my husband. Was downward doggie included?
Lots of poor pitiful me groveling.
Give me a break, this guy is going to commit suicide when he hits 50.
Guy cheats because, guess, he's turning 30 and isn't the young stud in the field. His wife gets him to try yoga and he goes for the cliche ridden and annoying anything-goes, very flexible, very immoral yoga instructor who gets off scot free. Cheating is the responsibility of the cheater, but someone so full of themselves with absolutely no care to cruel consequences needs a comeuppance.
A happy ending would have been the heroine writing a Yelp review:
Loved the class! Great flexibility and accommodating hours, but really not crazy that the bell ringing yoga teacher slept with my husband. Was downward doggie included?
Lots of poor pitiful me groveling.
July 3, 2025
Like her other books, I got so bored. I finished the other two but almost quit this one. It's too monologue-y. It's weak grovel. It's got the exact same dialogue as her first two books. Rinse and repeat. Seriously, character names changed, but they're damn near the same books. Same formula without creativeness.
It's disjointed and gives me hints of AI writing without solving some plot points.
Happily married couple. Nauseating happy except husband is turning 30. I think they're together like 12 years? Could be mixing couples up
The reason for his cheating is eye rolling. Like, wahhh, I turned 30!! My life is over. I'm getting old, so I needed a younger woman for an ego boost. I mean c'mon, he turned *THIRTY* and was already freaking out about his age? It even translates into his work, he feels like he's the only "old" guy there. Um when did 30 become a dinosaur?
On his 30th birthday him and his wife went go to a yoga a class *together*. It's his wife's activity and she wants him to enjoy it like she does and is hoping they can do it together to stay healthy.
His wife then buys him a membership so they can do yoga *together.* Instead, he goes to a class alone.
Literally, the first class he goes alone, there are lines crossed. That fast. He starts an affair, just boom. She hits on him, he's on her like stink on poo. He's flattered and turned on. He starts the affair with the same yoga teacher who teaches his wife. In fact he's fucking her and his wife is still attending her classes!!
**She also KNOWS he's married, the first class they attended together remember? **
He lies to his wife about the time of his night classes when they're fucking in the studio. One night his wife walks in and watches them. Only good part of the story. Real gut punch. I mean they are going AT it and you FEEEEEEL for this girl.
Husband chases her down when wife runs out. He tells her it's just sex. VERY minimal guilt. He assumes his wife would never leave him. In fact, he's mad at HER for the first few chapters after she discovers the affair. He tells her they performed oral on each other and slept together at least 7 times. No protection. Very much an ongoing affair. This character is pretty trash.
Wife leaves him. Files for divorce. She does sleep with someone else. Yay! She also joins a gym and gets into lifting and exercising that way because of course the yoga studio is ruined for her.
Then, like 10 chapters of no dialogue, just internalizing whiney thoughts. He goes to therapy. Big whoop. Thinks he must be chasing his youth because his dad does. Huh?
Nothing happens to the weird ass slutty yoga instructor. There's zero resolution there. In fact she's an "influencer" so gets really popular. I hate no karma.
Wife still loves him at the end and just "can't" sign divorce papers when it's time. Takes him back. The end.
They'd be better off divorced because when he turns 40 or finds a grey hair he'll be cheating again.
Am I mad this is a cheating book? NO.
Am I mad this is a second chance book? NO.
Am I mad that this seems to be a copy and paste from her other two books? YES.
Am I annoyed that the character growth didn't seem to follow any logical path? YES.
Do I believe in these characters happy ending? NO.
It's disjointed and gives me hints of AI writing without solving some plot points.
Happily married couple. Nauseating happy except husband is turning 30. I think they're together like 12 years? Could be mixing couples up
The reason for his cheating is eye rolling. Like, wahhh, I turned 30!! My life is over. I'm getting old, so I needed a younger woman for an ego boost. I mean c'mon, he turned *THIRTY* and was already freaking out about his age? It even translates into his work, he feels like he's the only "old" guy there. Um when did 30 become a dinosaur?
On his 30th birthday him and his wife went go to a yoga a class *together*. It's his wife's activity and she wants him to enjoy it like she does and is hoping they can do it together to stay healthy.
His wife then buys him a membership so they can do yoga *together.* Instead, he goes to a class alone.
Literally, the first class he goes alone, there are lines crossed. That fast. He starts an affair, just boom. She hits on him, he's on her like stink on poo. He's flattered and turned on. He starts the affair with the same yoga teacher who teaches his wife. In fact he's fucking her and his wife is still attending her classes!!
**She also KNOWS he's married, the first class they attended together remember? **
He lies to his wife about the time of his night classes when they're fucking in the studio. One night his wife walks in and watches them. Only good part of the story. Real gut punch. I mean they are going AT it and you FEEEEEEL for this girl.
Husband chases her down when wife runs out. He tells her it's just sex. VERY minimal guilt. He assumes his wife would never leave him. In fact, he's mad at HER for the first few chapters after she discovers the affair. He tells her they performed oral on each other and slept together at least 7 times. No protection. Very much an ongoing affair. This character is pretty trash.
Wife leaves him. Files for divorce. She does sleep with someone else. Yay! She also joins a gym and gets into lifting and exercising that way because of course the yoga studio is ruined for her.
Then, like 10 chapters of no dialogue, just internalizing whiney thoughts. He goes to therapy. Big whoop. Thinks he must be chasing his youth because his dad does. Huh?
Nothing happens to the weird ass slutty yoga instructor. There's zero resolution there. In fact she's an "influencer" so gets really popular. I hate no karma.
Wife still loves him at the end and just "can't" sign divorce papers when it's time. Takes him back. The end.
They'd be better off divorced because when he turns 40 or finds a grey hair he'll be cheating again.
Am I mad this is a cheating book? NO.
Am I mad this is a second chance book? NO.
Am I mad that this seems to be a copy and paste from her other two books? YES.
Am I annoyed that the character growth didn't seem to follow any logical path? YES.
Do I believe in these characters happy ending? NO.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 21, 2025
This is only the 2nd or 3rd read I’ve encountered that contains cheating where the H the other woman. Surprisingly published recently and within months of each other, too.
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The words crawled out of him like rot. “I went down on her.”
That shattered something. Hannah recoiled. Not dramatically. But fully. She flinched like she’d been slapped. Her face twisted, not in anger—but in grief, in humiliation, in something he didn’t even have a name for. Her hands came up, shaking now, clutching the sleeves of her sweater. Her breathing was shallow and fast, like she couldn’t take in air.
And later:
That had been the worst part. The image she couldn’t unsee. His mouth where it didn’t belong. His reverence wasted on someone else.
(Added to that ⬆️similarity, the book reminds me of GroveltoHEA’s wattpad story: Padon and Adira in some other ways too:
Iirc, didn’t Padon also cheat with the deep rooted belief that he and Adira were permanent? That she wouldn’t leave him over it; that she would forgive him??? I must double check Padon’s story to confirm that…
Both were more than platonic with one particular ow and on more than one occasion over a period of: Daniel: sex and oral / 6 months? Double check this, Beeg. Padon: oral only / 3 months?
I can’t recall the 3rd cheating book with this trope in it right now.
Aaanyway…
So complacent have I become with the cheating genre that I went into this book without spoilers.
I was blindsided by this new-to-me trope and it’s not even on-page like the rest of the cheating. Still, the gut-to-heart punch was on par with that of the actual cheating.
It’s later, when he confessed what he’d shared with the ow. Oh, it was no love match between them, no. Only explosive sex - nothing like the lovemaking with Hannah. The cheating is about ego, pride and arrogance.
Still, he was focused on the ow’s pleasure and seeing it in his POV made me rage read from then on out:
Kept them locked on Sienna, on her pleasure, on the proof that he could still be alive, still be new, still be something other than the man afraid of turning thirty, of losing pieces of himself he couldn’t name.
Aaanyway…
Daniel and Hannah adore each other. Almost 7 years now. Happily married and comfortably loving. Hannah is the giver and while Daniel also gives and cannot live without her, she’s the one who goes over and above in the caring department. He…indulges her.
Then he cheats with her yoga instructor:
Not because they were broken. Not because she’d failed him. But because he wanted to feel young. Desired. Irreplaceable. And somewhere in that warped hunger, she had become collateral damage.
Best cheating scene
Best gut punch
Kudus.
Now she’s broken.
She freezes him out.
Totally.
She is her only focus.
Her coping mechanism is weight training. It replaces the special place yoga had in her life. It’s also a big part of how she finally finds it within herself to move on from his tryst with the ow. After-all, her new body is the opposite of the yoga teacher’s and she now feels beautiful and strong and knows she’s powerful.
She takes time to heal. Much much time LOL.
Her career takes off. She picks herself up and rocks her new life.
She has a connection with other man, has hot sex with him. Nothing OTT that she would like to repeat but she most certainly enjoyed their time together. I was so damn happy for her.
There’s a fun surprise regarding the om that just notched up my enjoyment. That scene is gold. I loved it as much as the hero hated it.
Eventually:
She loves Daniel and when he proves he might be worthy and when she’s ready, she gives him a chance.
I like it very very much.
I was especially pleased that he’s forthcoming about the actual cheating. The where, when, how.
His grovel and character development is almost perfect. His suffering is almost on par with hers. The man is almost childlike in his bewilderment at the situation.
Initially he’s a whiny little twit but after a vicious come-to-Jesus moment all hell breaks loose. I actually felt sorry for him at one stage. Even his soul is lost and broken. He finally sees her worth and realises how much she used to loved him. But he gets help and works on himself - daddy issues, of course - and becomes a better man.
He probably won’t cheat again but if he does she’ll be just fine.
See ***NTS*** above Future Beeg, on why this new-to-me phenomenon upset you so much. Hopefully it’s a mere blip on your trigger radar and you’ll have overcome it by the time you see this review in future…maybe you’ll be all: “it hurts so good.”
But, know that in 2025 I’m like: “it hurts like a bitch.”
More NTS:
Neaten review esp tenses and grammar
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POSSIBLE SPOILERS
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The words crawled out of him like rot. “I went down on her.”
That shattered something. Hannah recoiled. Not dramatically. But fully. She flinched like she’d been slapped. Her face twisted, not in anger—but in grief, in humiliation, in something he didn’t even have a name for. Her hands came up, shaking now, clutching the sleeves of her sweater. Her breathing was shallow and fast, like she couldn’t take in air.
And later:
That had been the worst part. The image she couldn’t unsee. His mouth where it didn’t belong. His reverence wasted on someone else.
(Added to that ⬆️similarity, the book reminds me of GroveltoHEA’s wattpad story: Padon and Adira in some other ways too:
Iirc, didn’t Padon also cheat with the deep rooted belief that he and Adira were permanent? That she wouldn’t leave him over it; that she would forgive him??? I must double check Padon’s story to confirm that…
Both were more than platonic with one particular ow and on more than one occasion over a period of: Daniel: sex and oral / 6 months? Double check this, Beeg. Padon: oral only / 3 months?
I can’t recall the 3rd cheating book with this trope in it right now.
Aaanyway…
So complacent have I become with the cheating genre that I went into this book without spoilers.
I was blindsided by this new-to-me trope and it’s not even on-page like the rest of the cheating. Still, the gut-to-heart punch was on par with that of the actual cheating.
It’s later, when he confessed what he’d shared with the ow. Oh, it was no love match between them, no. Only explosive sex - nothing like the lovemaking with Hannah. The cheating is about ego, pride and arrogance.
Still, he was focused on the ow’s pleasure and seeing it in his POV made me rage read from then on out:
Kept them locked on Sienna, on her pleasure, on the proof that he could still be alive, still be new, still be something other than the man afraid of turning thirty, of losing pieces of himself he couldn’t name.
Aaanyway…
Daniel and Hannah adore each other. Almost 7 years now. Happily married and comfortably loving. Hannah is the giver and while Daniel also gives and cannot live without her, she’s the one who goes over and above in the caring department. He…indulges her.
Then he cheats with her yoga instructor:
Not because they were broken. Not because she’d failed him. But because he wanted to feel young. Desired. Irreplaceable. And somewhere in that warped hunger, she had become collateral damage.
Best cheating scene
Best gut punch
Kudus.
Now she’s broken.
She freezes him out.
Totally.
She is her only focus.
Her coping mechanism is weight training. It replaces the special place yoga had in her life. It’s also a big part of how she finally finds it within herself to move on from his tryst with the ow. After-all, her new body is the opposite of the yoga teacher’s and she now feels beautiful and strong and knows she’s powerful.
She takes time to heal. Much much time LOL.
Her career takes off. She picks herself up and rocks her new life.
She has a connection with other man, has hot sex with him. Nothing OTT that she would like to repeat but she most certainly enjoyed their time together. I was so damn happy for her.
There’s a fun surprise regarding the om that just notched up my enjoyment. That scene is gold. I loved it as much as the hero hated it.
Eventually:
She loves Daniel and when he proves he might be worthy and when she’s ready, she gives him a chance.
I like it very very much.
I was especially pleased that he’s forthcoming about the actual cheating. The where, when, how.
His grovel and character development is almost perfect. His suffering is almost on par with hers. The man is almost childlike in his bewilderment at the situation.
Initially he’s a whiny little twit but after a vicious come-to-Jesus moment all hell breaks loose. I actually felt sorry for him at one stage. Even his soul is lost and broken. He finally sees her worth and realises how much she used to loved him. But he gets help and works on himself - daddy issues, of course - and becomes a better man.
He probably won’t cheat again but if he does she’ll be just fine.
See ***NTS*** above Future Beeg, on why this new-to-me phenomenon upset you so much. Hopefully it’s a mere blip on your trigger radar and you’ll have overcome it by the time you see this review in future…maybe you’ll be all: “it hurts so good.”
But, know that in 2025 I’m like: “it hurts like a bitch.”
More NTS:
Neaten review esp tenses and grammar
April 13, 2025
Wow! I didn’t like this one at all. When I feel bad for the cheater, it’s missed the mark.
April 13, 2025
Third Time and Charmless
I have read all three of this author’s cheating books. And this book, to me, has my most favorite FMC. But, I am disappointed with the “whole my parents made me do it”that has been used in all three books. Although; I know our environment can be a predictor of our future choices, but sometimes good decisions come from that environment and experiences.
It’s just so untrue that if a person cheats it’s because a parent told you to do.
This book probably deserves a higher rating, but this is the same book I read the other two times with different names .
I have read all three of this author’s cheating books. And this book, to me, has my most favorite FMC. But, I am disappointed with the “whole my parents made me do it”that has been used in all three books. Although; I know our environment can be a predictor of our future choices, but sometimes good decisions come from that environment and experiences.
It’s just so untrue that if a person cheats it’s because a parent told you to do.
This book probably deserves a higher rating, but this is the same book I read the other two times with different names .
May 3, 2025
It would’ve been better if the heroine didn’t take back her low-life, ageist husband!
May 1, 2025
Spoilers Didn't like it, skimmed
I tried to like this book. 1. It was too long. I get the author wanted a deep story about the process it was repetitive. Could have cut a lot of the thought life out. 2. I absolutely hate that authors seem to think that for a woman who has been cheated on, in order to heal, they have to sleep with other people. Not a fan of stories who have to have a tit for tat in the story. He gets to sleep around so it's only fair she gets to. They aren't even separated for long before that is part of her healing and taking back her "power". Sorry. She's complaining and hurt that he gave something away that was meant to be hers. It would have been alright for her to find her self worth...well in herself. Not having to validate it by being with other men. And to pick his coworker... come on. Not needed. It would have been ok for her to process the pain, knowing her love hadn't stopped, by saying she wasn't the kind of person to just give herself away to someone for no meaning. The author focused on her "power" over and over. He never got to heal from his mistake. To own it, to change, to know he would always feel bad about it but he never got to forgive himself and come to finding his "power" in knowing he was a good person who did a horrible thing but could see worth in himself. I just ended up not liking Hannah. Sorry but sleeping around isn't the answer especially when such a short time has only gone by. It would be nice to see a strong woman to know she is valued as she is. It wasn't like she had been years without sleeping with a guy. Sorry women should be stronger than that.
I tried to like this book. 1. It was too long. I get the author wanted a deep story about the process it was repetitive. Could have cut a lot of the thought life out. 2. I absolutely hate that authors seem to think that for a woman who has been cheated on, in order to heal, they have to sleep with other people. Not a fan of stories who have to have a tit for tat in the story. He gets to sleep around so it's only fair she gets to. They aren't even separated for long before that is part of her healing and taking back her "power". Sorry. She's complaining and hurt that he gave something away that was meant to be hers. It would have been alright for her to find her self worth...well in herself. Not having to validate it by being with other men. And to pick his coworker... come on. Not needed. It would have been ok for her to process the pain, knowing her love hadn't stopped, by saying she wasn't the kind of person to just give herself away to someone for no meaning. The author focused on her "power" over and over. He never got to heal from his mistake. To own it, to change, to know he would always feel bad about it but he never got to forgive himself and come to finding his "power" in knowing he was a good person who did a horrible thing but could see worth in himself. I just ended up not liking Hannah. Sorry but sleeping around isn't the answer especially when such a short time has only gone by. It would be nice to see a strong woman to know she is valued as she is. It wasn't like she had been years without sleeping with a guy. Sorry women should be stronger than that.
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October 27, 2025Surprisingly enough, Katie Landry's (highly entertaining) books have given me a taste for the kind of cheating grovelling romances which are very hard to find - where the heroine makes the hero crawl for her (sometimes literally) and, crucially IMO, she also sleeps with another guy in the interim. This book has that feature, which I appreciated.
Unfortunately, the writing style feels FAR too derivative of AI for me. I have no idea if that's because it genuinely is AI-assisted, or Camden just has an unfortunate taste for em-dashes, short sentences, and multiple overdramatic paragraph breaks, but it was too hard to get through and I doubt I'll read any of her other works. A shame, because I liked the premise.
Unfortunately, the writing style feels FAR too derivative of AI for me. I have no idea if that's because it genuinely is AI-assisted, or Camden just has an unfortunate taste for em-dashes, short sentences, and multiple overdramatic paragraph breaks, but it was too hard to get through and I doubt I'll read any of her other works. A shame, because I liked the premise.
June 30, 2025
TL/DR: Trash heroine, spineless hero, mediocre writing: 1 star.
Oh look, another book in which a woman finds herself by riding a dick because her husband cheated.
Yeah we are this shallow it seems, we have no self worth by ourselves, we need a magic dick to feel worthy (in the mind of some dumbass who obviously hates women).
What's worse in this "book" sex is factually meaningless so the betrayal wasn't that bad, it was just sex anyway right? A way to feel better. Thanks for cheapening the angst.
Jeez. People are really fucked up if they think like this.
I loathe that sex now is a number game, the heroine is weak if she hasn't whored out at least as much as the man.
Read this piece of crap only if you can stomach a "perfect" heroine who does worthy work for the community, but is so shallow that she thinks that power is to go to the gym to get fit (and fuck the instructor - how cheap can one bitch be?) and fuck around to get un-broken by the awful man who didn't deserve her.
In short if you are an insecure woman who thinks that a better body, a bitchy attitude and spreading legs for the fun of it makes you powerful this book will be a 5.
Some call it aiming at the lowest common denominator, what I call it is: trash.
Oh look, another book in which a woman finds herself by riding a dick because her husband cheated.
Yeah we are this shallow it seems, we have no self worth by ourselves, we need a magic dick to feel worthy (in the mind of some dumbass who obviously hates women).
What's worse in this "book" sex is factually meaningless so the betrayal wasn't that bad, it was just sex anyway right? A way to feel better. Thanks for cheapening the angst.
Jeez. People are really fucked up if they think like this.
I loathe that sex now is a number game, the heroine is weak if she hasn't whored out at least as much as the man.
Read this piece of crap only if you can stomach a "perfect" heroine who does worthy work for the community, but is so shallow that she thinks that power is to go to the gym to get fit (and fuck the instructor - how cheap can one bitch be?) and fuck around to get un-broken by the awful man who didn't deserve her.
In short if you are an insecure woman who thinks that a better body, a bitchy attitude and spreading legs for the fun of it makes you powerful this book will be a 5.
Some call it aiming at the lowest common denominator, what I call it is: trash.
April 20, 2025
This book follows Hannah and Daniel, who have been together for seven years and married for three. On Daniel’s 30th birthday, Hannah gifts them a couples yoga class, from the studio she attends, which leads to them attending a session together.
What follows is heartbreaking: Daniel begins an affair with the yoga instructor. It’s not an emotional relationship — they don’t go on dates or have any connection outside the studio. It’s purely physical, a way for him to feel young and wanted again. When Hannah finishes work early one day and decides to surprise Daniel at the studio, she walks in and finds them together — not in a class, but having sex.
From that moment, Hannah completely cuts him off. No calls. No texts. No conversation. She walks away from their marriage without looking back. From her point of view, you can feel how devastated she is — how much she loved him and how deeply this betrayal crushed her. Up until that point, you genuinely believe they were madly in love, and in a way, they were.
We learn Daniel’s perspective too. He’s initially dismissive, thinking what he did was “just sex,” something separate from the love he feels for Hannah. But reality hits hard when Hannah moves out, leaves her wedding ring behind, hires a lawyer, and files for divorce. That’s when he realizes the true weight of his actions. He spirals at first but eventually seeks therapy and genuinely works on himself. He doesn’t make excuses; he owns it.
The rest of the book is a slow, painful journey of redemption. Daniel isn’t chasing her expecting forgiveness — he simply wants her to be happy, even if that happiness isn’t with him. Meanwhile, Hannah focuses on herself. She flourishes at work, starts going to the gym, and even casually dates a couple of other men, has sex. She doesn’t let heartbreak define her. She proves to herself — and to him — that she doesn’t need him to live a full, beautiful life.
Eventually, after a lot of healing, she realizes that she still loves him. They begin dating slowly, attending therapy together, rebuilding from scratch. In the end, she decides not to sign the divorce papers — instead, she burns them in a really powerful, emotional scene. They choose to start over, together.
There’s also a bonus scene at the end that’s very symbolic — Daniel giving Hannah oral sex — reclaiming a deep intimacy that had once been so badly broken, making it solely theirs again.
Final thoughts:
I genuinely loved this book so much more than I expected to. At first, I was frustrated with Daniel’s attitude, but the more the story unfolded, the more I felt the depth of his regret and pain. I loved that Hannah didn’t sit around crying; she lived. She proved she could thrive without him. And when they did find their way back to each other, it felt earned.
I definitely recommend this book. It was emotional, raw, and beautifully healing. No regrets reading it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 21, 2025
She should have killed them with a gun I am so serious
September 2, 2025
I have read a few Elise Camden books and most follow the same format but different characters and plot line. Cheating husband, caught in the act by his wife who had no clue why he cheated. He often has no idea why he cheated because he was driven to cheat because of a surface issue, like this mmc and his fear of getting older, at 30.
I thought that the book was well written, the reconciliation process and the grovel was really deep. I liked that the fmc took time to explore her options.
I did think this book was longer then necessary. Some parts repeated themselves and didnt seem necessary.
I didnt like the mmc, I realize he grew internally and evenyually did show regret and rrmorse but unlike some of the other books, this mmc at first didnt feel guilty or have much of any remorse for his actions. He saw sex as just a physical act with someone else and it wasnt a one time choice.and to me that's a huge red flag that he may do that again even with therapy amd learning that actions have consequences.
I understood the thought process of the fmc though and why chose to do what she didbso all in all I enjoyed the story.
I thought that the book was well written, the reconciliation process and the grovel was really deep. I liked that the fmc took time to explore her options.
I did think this book was longer then necessary. Some parts repeated themselves and didnt seem necessary.
I didnt like the mmc, I realize he grew internally and evenyually did show regret and rrmorse but unlike some of the other books, this mmc at first didnt feel guilty or have much of any remorse for his actions. He saw sex as just a physical act with someone else and it wasnt a one time choice.and to me that's a huge red flag that he may do that again even with therapy amd learning that actions have consequences.
I understood the thought process of the fmc though and why chose to do what she didbso all in all I enjoyed the story.
June 4, 2025
love it!
This has a lot of peoples number 1 trope nope and it’s cheating but honestly I loved it.
I think the story is so raw and true and emotional that I loved everything about it.
This has a lot of peoples number 1 trope nope and it’s cheating but honestly I loved it.
I think the story is so raw and true and emotional that I loved everything about it.
April 6, 2025
looooomg
Too many words. A lot of inner monologue in the main characters minds. I did a lot skimming. To long.
Too many words. A lot of inner monologue in the main characters minds. I did a lot skimming. To long.
May 18, 2025
Multiple reviewers mentioned the possibility of these books being written by AI and I have to agree – the repetition is obvious.
a. “She had given him everything – her loyalty, her softness, her mess. And he’d tossed it aside.”
“She had given him everything – her trust, her softness, her fears. The cracked, unvarnished version of herself that no one else had ever been allowed to hold. And he’d thrown it away.”
“…when she thought about how much she had given him – her body, her trust, her most vulnerable, raw self. And for what? For him to throw it away?”
b. “Not because she needed him. But because she didn’t.”
“Not because she wanted him broken. But because he wasn’t pretending anymore.”
“Not in relief. Not in triumph. But in reverence.”
“Not with anger. Not with shame. Not even with longing. With certainty.”
“Not because of him. Not because she trusted him. But because this house - this place they’d built together - was still hers.”
a. “She had given him everything – her loyalty, her softness, her mess. And he’d tossed it aside.”
“She had given him everything – her trust, her softness, her fears. The cracked, unvarnished version of herself that no one else had ever been allowed to hold. And he’d thrown it away.”
“…when she thought about how much she had given him – her body, her trust, her most vulnerable, raw self. And for what? For him to throw it away?”
b. “Not because she needed him. But because she didn’t.”
“Not because she wanted him broken. But because he wasn’t pretending anymore.”
“Not in relief. Not in triumph. But in reverence.”
“Not with anger. Not with shame. Not even with longing. With certainty.”
“Not because of him. Not because she trusted him. But because this house - this place they’d built together - was still hers.”
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January 29, 2026
Sienna getting him pushed aside at work... hannah fucking tristan...hannah not getting the job by herself... these things were so stupid... this is the third book from this author that was almost good... they need help with satisfying conclusions... consequences for shitty people
April 28, 2025
This was my second book by this author but it’s major AI vibes just like the first one and I don’t support that! This will be the last book of hers for me.
May 5, 2025
I skimmed a lot, but it's not bad. I like that the husband owned his actions, did the work, and grew as a person.
May 31, 2025
seven times is crazy
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April 26, 2025
4.5
I am so impressed by this book. I read it in less 8 hours. I could not put it down. I was engrossed in this story. It was very fast paced, but told the story so well. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS HERE.
Usually I absolutely NEVER want the FMC to take the cheater back. I prefer books where the FMC kicks the cheater to the curb and never looks back. I think cheating is something you can’t come back from. Especially in this book. Hannah is incredible. Daniel cheats on her so easily, it’s hard to believe he hadn’t been cheating the whole time. (Sienna was the first and only). Anyway, the cheating scene that Hannah walks in on was disgusting. There is no way I would ever have gotten that out of my head.
Hannah immediately leaves him and won’t even speak to him for weeks (I think). At first Daniel can’t believe she’s going to leave him over this. It was just sex. His father was also a serial cheater. Anyway, once the gravity of what Daniel did sinks in, he is utterly disgusted with himself. He immediately seeks therapy, but his whole life falls apart when Hannah files for divorce.
Hannah is utterly devastated, but she channels her devastation into triumph. She puts all her pain into her career and into herself. Her heart is broken, but she does everything she can to make her life better. She sleeps with two other men. (One of them inadvertently is a coworker of Daniel).
Daniel, literally falls into the pits of despair and it was so satisfying to watch him suffer. The therapy helps, and he realizes what a self absorbed, selfish husband he was. He devotes his time to helping Hannah behind the scenes. He silently helps her get a promotion and dedicates his time volunteering for her causes (her job is community outreach). He decides he’s just going to spend his life loving Hannah from a distance, even if he’s not in her life.
This book was just SO emotional. I cried for Hannah and I can’t believe I actually cried for Daniel towards the end. They go through so much in this book and I can’t believe I was so happy for them when they got back together at end. I still can’t stop thinking about it.
My only criticisms of this book are that I wish we got a glimpse of them in the future. I felt cheated that we didn’t. There’s an extended epilogue which I was so excited to read, but it’s just a sex scene. It was disappointing. Also, you have no idea what the timeline is in this book. It’s never mentioned if the events happened over days, weeks or months. By the end of this, I’m thinking maybe two years had gone by, but it was only like 8 months because it’s starts on Daniel’s 30th birthday and ends on Hanna’s 30th birthday and she’s 4 month older than him.
I am so impressed by this book. I read it in less 8 hours. I could not put it down. I was engrossed in this story. It was very fast paced, but told the story so well. THERE WILL BE SPOILERS HERE.
Usually I absolutely NEVER want the FMC to take the cheater back. I prefer books where the FMC kicks the cheater to the curb and never looks back. I think cheating is something you can’t come back from. Especially in this book. Hannah is incredible. Daniel cheats on her so easily, it’s hard to believe he hadn’t been cheating the whole time. (Sienna was the first and only). Anyway, the cheating scene that Hannah walks in on was disgusting. There is no way I would ever have gotten that out of my head.
Hannah immediately leaves him and won’t even speak to him for weeks (I think). At first Daniel can’t believe she’s going to leave him over this. It was just sex. His father was also a serial cheater. Anyway, once the gravity of what Daniel did sinks in, he is utterly disgusted with himself. He immediately seeks therapy, but his whole life falls apart when Hannah files for divorce.
Hannah is utterly devastated, but she channels her devastation into triumph. She puts all her pain into her career and into herself. Her heart is broken, but she does everything she can to make her life better. She sleeps with two other men. (One of them inadvertently is a coworker of Daniel).
Daniel, literally falls into the pits of despair and it was so satisfying to watch him suffer. The therapy helps, and he realizes what a self absorbed, selfish husband he was. He devotes his time to helping Hannah behind the scenes. He silently helps her get a promotion and dedicates his time volunteering for her causes (her job is community outreach). He decides he’s just going to spend his life loving Hannah from a distance, even if he’s not in her life.
This book was just SO emotional. I cried for Hannah and I can’t believe I actually cried for Daniel towards the end. They go through so much in this book and I can’t believe I was so happy for them when they got back together at end. I still can’t stop thinking about it.
My only criticisms of this book are that I wish we got a glimpse of them in the future. I felt cheated that we didn’t. There’s an extended epilogue which I was so excited to read, but it’s just a sex scene. It was disappointing. Also, you have no idea what the timeline is in this book. It’s never mentioned if the events happened over days, weeks or months. By the end of this, I’m thinking maybe two years had gone by, but it was only like 8 months because it’s starts on Daniel’s 30th birthday and ends on Hanna’s 30th birthday and she’s 4 month older than him.
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December 31, 2025
This is the second book I read by this author and I’m slightly convinced that all these books are literally the exact same. From start to finish. I noticed grammar errors in the first book and more this time as well so I think that must be an on-going issue.
I almost gave one star, but I didn’t because I did want to finish the book and it wasn’t completely terrible. If you’re not a fan of cheating tropes you won’t enjoy this. There’s on paper cheating and detailed retellings of the cheating throughout the entire book. I did like how Hannah moved on and wasn’t celibate during their separation. I’m glad she got out there during that time.
I probably won’t indulge in any more of these books, because they seem to all be the same. And they are very repetitive. Not just slightly repetitive, but the same words and sentences over and over in these super long monologues. If you are in the mood for a betrayal/cheating and regret/groveling you would might enjoy this book, or any of her others.
I almost gave one star, but I didn’t because I did want to finish the book and it wasn’t completely terrible. If you’re not a fan of cheating tropes you won’t enjoy this. There’s on paper cheating and detailed retellings of the cheating throughout the entire book. I did like how Hannah moved on and wasn’t celibate during their separation. I’m glad she got out there during that time.
I probably won’t indulge in any more of these books, because they seem to all be the same. And they are very repetitive. Not just slightly repetitive, but the same words and sentences over and over in these super long monologues. If you are in the mood for a betrayal/cheating and regret/groveling you would might enjoy this book, or any of her others.
April 24, 2025
this author always delivers on the gut punch and this book is no exception! if thats what you look for. Its here in spades. Overall her archs usually work for me for the most part. They are not perfect but cover all the bases.
however, I think one particularly
INTIMATE (iykyk) detail of his affair with the yoga girl just did not work for me - especially with the reasoning and explanation used for the affair. I think If that part of the story was removed this may have been an A+ for me as far as cheating redemtions go. but it just left me feeling way to icky still by the end. and nothing explained it away imo
however, I think one particularly
INTIMATE (iykyk) detail of his affair with the yoga girl just did not work for me - especially with the reasoning and explanation used for the affair. I think If that part of the story was removed this may have been an A+ for me as far as cheating redemtions go. but it just left me feeling way to icky still by the end. and nothing explained it away imo
March 25, 2026
I like the authors continued description on the cheating that occurred & the flashbacks bc it really explains & reminds the reader about the hurt the character is going through & it’s just this raw feeling.
I liked this book the best bc it really shows Daniel’s work in changing himself for the better. Yes I get that he only changed after the fact but this book was written better. I can’t explain it.
I liked this book the best bc it really shows Daniel’s work in changing himself for the better. Yes I get that he only changed after the fact but this book was written better. I can’t explain it.
September 22, 2025
Need more
See I feel this Author writes as telling the story more than letting us feel the heartbreak and healing. The same goes in all her book, the betrayal and talking over and over the same thing about what happened and feelings which we are told. Then at around 85% boom she takes him back in some way then we are made to believe they have a HEA, but I just don't feel it.
See I feel this Author writes as telling the story more than letting us feel the heartbreak and healing. The same goes in all her book, the betrayal and talking over and over the same thing about what happened and feelings which we are told. Then at around 85% boom she takes him back in some way then we are made to believe they have a HEA, but I just don't feel it.
April 25, 2025
could have been a 5 star
It was just very repetitious. Every chapter felt so much of the last and so little of it progressing. I like the authors writing otherwise, she does invoke emotion. It just gets stilted with the repetition.
It was just very repetitious. Every chapter felt so much of the last and so little of it progressing. I like the authors writing otherwise, she does invoke emotion. It just gets stilted with the repetition.
December 22, 2025
Hannah and Daniel
A bit silly of a reason to cheat. Daniel just turned 30 and he is already freaking out because he is getting old 🙄😳
Threw away his marriage to have an affair when a yoga teacher. Pitiful
I liked Hannah. Very strong despite the heartbreak
A bit silly of a reason to cheat. Daniel just turned 30 and he is already freaking out because he is getting old 🙄😳
Threw away his marriage to have an affair when a yoga teacher. Pitiful
I liked Hannah. Very strong despite the heartbreak
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June 3, 2025I read this due to the interesting takes people had on it. It was an interesting take on forgiveness after betrayal. Definitely won't rate it due to its tropes but interesting nonetheless.
June 21, 2025
I mean, I appreciate the therapy (?) and his growth. I think that they were better without each other. Man cheated 7 times with the same person. He messed up, started therapy, whatever he was doing it was for her instead of his growth and the vibe was “I will love her from afar and be the man I should have been”
Was super empathetic about the FMC until she fckd his team member at the house they were living for years and that he paid and gave to her :)
Now, I’m all about revenge etc etc but because the couple ended up together again, I found this super messed up especially cause she didn’t feel guilty at all.
I don’t generally sympathise with a cheater, especially when the reason for cheating is that he is 30 and felt old and needed validation.. but I felt bad for him. He had 0 support system, he put himself to therapy, he had very bad examples growing up from his father, he was a mess.. and then he became a doormat and he was doing whatever she wanted.
Was super empathetic about the FMC until she fckd his team member at the house they were living for years and that he paid and gave to her :)
Now, I’m all about revenge etc etc but because the couple ended up together again, I found this super messed up especially cause she didn’t feel guilty at all.
I don’t generally sympathise with a cheater, especially when the reason for cheating is that he is 30 and felt old and needed validation.. but I felt bad for him. He had 0 support system, he put himself to therapy, he had very bad examples growing up from his father, he was a mess.. and then he became a doormat and he was doing whatever she wanted.
March 16, 2026
Why?!? 8 month… it was barely 8 months until she forgave this douche nozzle. And once she started to consider it, it was like a free fall. Maybe he won’t cheat again, but he’s also kind of annoying now
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April 8, 2025
The yoga teacher
So, this is Elise Camden’s fourth book. It is the 4th book I have read. Now, if I were reading this for the first time I would guarantee that I would have given this 4 stars. Did I enjoy this last outing?(yes, with some criticisms to come later in the review) Would I read this again?No!Would I read another EC book knowing that it will most likely follow the same trajectory? Yes, because she does deliver a gut punch, and angst. That is something I crave even if the book is similar to the others. I will say there were some things added to this one that I have not seen done in the other stories, and it was a welcome change. Don’t let the 400 page count scare you, most of it is double spaced. Yet, it still should have been cut as there was a lot of repetitive thinky thinks. It is somewhat easy to skim that after awhile.
The story starts with the h Hannah and the H Daniel in what appears to be a happy marriage, honestly it is a happy marriage.
I know, yes this is a cheating story, so there must be something wrong. Yes there was something wrong and it was with the hero. He was facing his 30th birthday. He was going through a mid-life crisis which was spurred on by his thrice married father. Comments from others about being old, past his prime were jokingly said to him. He was struggling. His wife, dragged him to yoga(her happy place), and then gifted him with 6 months worth of classes. I guess based on the title you know what happens next….
And here begins my spoilers….🛑NOW SPOILERS ARE COMING UP NEXT🛑🛑🛑
So, feeling a little old at his advertising job where the up and comers with their finger on the pulse seem to be running circles around him, he books his first yoga appointment. I am not sure if it was that appointment or shortly after, but he and the yoga teacher Sienna start engaging in sex. Nitty gritty details: There is mention of a condom, they have quick energy driven sex, scratching all those itches. He also goes down on her, we find out later they each gave each other oral. After the first time, he goes home freshly showered and gloms onto his wife, telling her he loves her. They end up having sex. So FF a few weeks(not more than that) and the h is at work she checks the time and realizes that Daniel must be finishing up his “yoga”…so she decides to meet him there. She shows up and the parking lot is empty. She looks at the time of class, and it is not the time he told her. Then she hears it…the moaning, the thrusting…then she sees it.
"Yes. Yes! Harder."
Her ears were ringing.
Daniel-her Daniel, her husband, her person-fisted his hand in Sienna's hair, yanking her head back. He drove into her relentlessly. The sound of their bodies colliding was overwhelming. Obscene.This is a nightmare. Wake up. WAKE UP. But she couldn't wake up. Couldn't escape. Couldn't look away. Daniel groaned, familiar and private— a sound she thought was only for her.
She says his name. He stops. She runs to the car, he follows not even fully dressed. Already coming with the, “it was nothing, just sex” excuse. She drives home packs a bag and heads to her bff’ house, leaving her ring on the counter at home. NOW, here comes the actual rage on my part.
He goes back into the studio. Sienna is all about energy and Chakra’s. She doesn’t understand why Hannah would be upset. For her it was just a mutual release. She isn’t interested in being his gf. As far as she is concerned it is a nonissue. Yeah, she is way too “evolved” He leaves a little disgusted with himself, but and this is where my rage happens, he doesn’t see it as an issue either. For him it was sex, but he LOVES his wife. This was his stance for several chapters. He was pissed that his wife wouldn’t return his calls, or texts. I mean, I realize open marriages are on the rise, but there are rules for that and his wife didn’t sign up for it. Plus, he says it wasn’t an affair. BUT he told his wife the wrong times for the yoga, so he could have crazy unfiltered sex with the yoga instructor. Not once but 7 times. Plus, he put his uncovered lips places it had no business being and then kissed his wife. 🤮
No dude, you were having an affair. Tell yourself what you want, but you planned it over and over. Tristan the young guy at work who Daniel has mentored has no problem regaling Daniel with his exploits at the club. Daniel actually thinks that maybe he should go tie one on so to speak. He is actually angry when he see’s his wife from his car(he is semi stalking her) and she is walking without a care in the world. His life is falling apart since she won’t speak to him yet she looks kick ass and strong. He wants her to look destroyed, like he feels. Since she can’t do yoga anymore, she joined a gym and is working on strength training.
Ok let me see if I can summarize the rest. He finally realizes how wrong he is. Starts therapy, and makes real changes
Meanwhile the h is making a splash in her work world and she is working on herself physically(just because it was a way of embracing a different kind of strength). She is haunted by the images of her husband and the ever so bendy yoga instructor. Yet, she is forging forward. At this point she really doesn’t see herself as ever getting back together with her husband. She started divorce proceedings. The Hero is the one that needs to work on himself. He was the one that was lacking. Because he was lacking and insecure/selfish, he messed up the best thing in his life.
Now, here are some things I liked about this story compared to others.
*h decides to engage in a couple of sexual encounters for herself.
Yeah, you heard me she went there, not with just 1 but with 2 different guys. It wasn’t really revenge sex, it was more of making herself feel wanted . The first guy was Leo from the gym(fade to black) Then there was Tristan, the same Tristan that works under (now over) her husband. SHE did not know that. But it seems Tristan knew exactly who he was bedding….on top of that Daniel happens to go over to the house the morning that Tristan stayed over. So now he knows that his wife got it on with the younger version of himself. He doesn’t let her know he knows and slinks back to the car. Tristan shows up later in the story, as the h and H are starting to reconcile, and seems gleeful that he bagged his mentor’s estranged wife. His reasoning is they were separated. 
I am pretty sure Hannah wanted to vomit at this point. Unlike her husband, she would have never gone there. It is unclear as to how he knew who she was, but she didn’t realize who he was.
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The friends were team Hannah all the way. Her bff’s husband punched Daniel in the stomach. Daniel’s mom and even his stepmom were disappointed by him as well. He had it out with his father. His father wont change but at least he let his father know that he is disgusted by his actions.
He gets demoted at work. First off, he wasn’t really in the best headspace for working. Then his advertising company plans on branding Sienna as the newest influencer for something they are selling. At the party launching the campaign, his boss hears him telling Sienna exactly what he thinks of her and the tongues start wagging. The affair has been exposed. Tristan, who hasn’t slept with Hannah yet tells him he thought their marriage was goal material. But his boss says it best:
"Let me be clear, Daniel," Jenna said, her voice now steel beneath the gloss. "You're talented. You've done good work here. But this situation? It's grubby. It's distracting. And it's embarrassing-for you, and for all of us."
Daniel's ears burned. He nodded again, slower this time. His throat was dry.
"Consider this a cooling-off period,
!," Jenna said. "You'll still be staffed on active accounts, but not forward-
facing for a while."
She stood. The meeting was over.
Daniel rose mechanically, his limbs suddenly too heavy. As he turned toward the door, Jenna spoke again
—so quiet he almost missed it.
"You always talked about your wife like she made you better," she said, her tone flat. "I have to agree."
Ok, so the two end up back together….eventually. The whole time period is less than a year and I feel confident that he won’t ever cheat or take advantage of her again. There is a bonus epilogue you can email for , it is basically a sex scene and I really wish it had been 5 years in the future, because the scene just made me think of what he did with Sienna.
If this is your first book by Elise Camden, and you like cheating stories. You may like this. If like me, this is the 4th book you read, then you may feel a little like been there, done that.
Some have speculated that these stories are AI generated, but I have no idea either way. I am going to trust that this is an actual person. I will read more stories, by her. So far I think I like the Hotel Room best, and that was the only book with children in it. Maybe that added more dimension. I am not sure. I think the author’s gut punch is great. I also like that the h’s are leaving no room for excuses. They either go, or make the hero go. He has to do the work to get her back. I think some of the thoughts we read get a little repetitive and cutting 100 pages would probably not be an issue.
So, this is Elise Camden’s fourth book. It is the 4th book I have read. Now, if I were reading this for the first time I would guarantee that I would have given this 4 stars. Did I enjoy this last outing?(yes, with some criticisms to come later in the review) Would I read this again?No!Would I read another EC book knowing that it will most likely follow the same trajectory? Yes, because she does deliver a gut punch, and angst. That is something I crave even if the book is similar to the others. I will say there were some things added to this one that I have not seen done in the other stories, and it was a welcome change. Don’t let the 400 page count scare you, most of it is double spaced. Yet, it still should have been cut as there was a lot of repetitive thinky thinks. It is somewhat easy to skim that after awhile.
The story starts with the h Hannah and the H Daniel in what appears to be a happy marriage, honestly it is a happy marriage.
I know, yes this is a cheating story, so there must be something wrong. Yes there was something wrong and it was with the hero. He was facing his 30th birthday. He was going through a mid-life crisis which was spurred on by his thrice married father. Comments from others about being old, past his prime were jokingly said to him. He was struggling. His wife, dragged him to yoga(her happy place), and then gifted him with 6 months worth of classes. I guess based on the title you know what happens next….
And here begins my spoilers….🛑NOW SPOILERS ARE COMING UP NEXT🛑🛑🛑
So, feeling a little old at his advertising job where the up and comers with their finger on the pulse seem to be running circles around him, he books his first yoga appointment. I am not sure if it was that appointment or shortly after, but he and the yoga teacher Sienna start engaging in sex. Nitty gritty details: There is mention of a condom, they have quick energy driven sex, scratching all those itches. He also goes down on her, we find out later they each gave each other oral. After the first time, he goes home freshly showered and gloms onto his wife, telling her he loves her. They end up having sex. So FF a few weeks(not more than that) and the h is at work she checks the time and realizes that Daniel must be finishing up his “yoga”…so she decides to meet him there. She shows up and the parking lot is empty. She looks at the time of class, and it is not the time he told her. Then she hears it…the moaning, the thrusting…then she sees it.
"Yes. Yes! Harder."
Her ears were ringing.
Daniel-her Daniel, her husband, her person-fisted his hand in Sienna's hair, yanking her head back. He drove into her relentlessly. The sound of their bodies colliding was overwhelming. Obscene.This is a nightmare. Wake up. WAKE UP. But she couldn't wake up. Couldn't escape. Couldn't look away. Daniel groaned, familiar and private— a sound she thought was only for her.
She says his name. He stops. She runs to the car, he follows not even fully dressed. Already coming with the, “it was nothing, just sex” excuse. She drives home packs a bag and heads to her bff’ house, leaving her ring on the counter at home. NOW, here comes the actual rage on my part.
He goes back into the studio. Sienna is all about energy and Chakra’s. She doesn’t understand why Hannah would be upset. For her it was just a mutual release. She isn’t interested in being his gf. As far as she is concerned it is a nonissue. Yeah, she is way too “evolved” He leaves a little disgusted with himself, but and this is where my rage happens, he doesn’t see it as an issue either. For him it was sex, but he LOVES his wife. This was his stance for several chapters. He was pissed that his wife wouldn’t return his calls, or texts. I mean, I realize open marriages are on the rise, but there are rules for that and his wife didn’t sign up for it. Plus, he says it wasn’t an affair. BUT he told his wife the wrong times for the yoga, so he could have crazy unfiltered sex with the yoga instructor. Not once but 7 times. Plus, he put his uncovered lips places it had no business being and then kissed his wife. 🤮
No dude, you were having an affair. Tell yourself what you want, but you planned it over and over. Tristan the young guy at work who Daniel has mentored has no problem regaling Daniel with his exploits at the club. Daniel actually thinks that maybe he should go tie one on so to speak. He is actually angry when he see’s his wife from his car(he is semi stalking her) and she is walking without a care in the world. His life is falling apart since she won’t speak to him yet she looks kick ass and strong. He wants her to look destroyed, like he feels. Since she can’t do yoga anymore, she joined a gym and is working on strength training.
Ok let me see if I can summarize the rest. He finally realizes how wrong he is. Starts therapy, and makes real changes
Meanwhile the h is making a splash in her work world and she is working on herself physically(just because it was a way of embracing a different kind of strength). She is haunted by the images of her husband and the ever so bendy yoga instructor. Yet, she is forging forward. At this point she really doesn’t see herself as ever getting back together with her husband. She started divorce proceedings. The Hero is the one that needs to work on himself. He was the one that was lacking. Because he was lacking and insecure/selfish, he messed up the best thing in his life.
Now, here are some things I liked about this story compared to others.
*h decides to engage in a couple of sexual encounters for herself.
Yeah, you heard me she went there, not with just 1 but with 2 different guys. It wasn’t really revenge sex, it was more of making herself feel wanted . The first guy was Leo from the gym(fade to black) Then there was Tristan, the same Tristan that works under (now over) her husband. SHE did not know that. But it seems Tristan knew exactly who he was bedding….on top of that Daniel happens to go over to the house the morning that Tristan stayed over. So now he knows that his wife got it on with the younger version of himself. He doesn’t let her know he knows and slinks back to the car. Tristan shows up later in the story, as the h and H are starting to reconcile, and seems gleeful that he bagged his mentor’s estranged wife. His reasoning is they were separated. I am pretty sure Hannah wanted to vomit at this point. Unlike her husband, she would have never gone there. It is unclear as to how he knew who she was, but she didn’t realize who he was. -
The friends were team Hannah all the way. Her bff’s husband punched Daniel in the stomach. Daniel’s mom and even his stepmom were disappointed by him as well. He had it out with his father. His father wont change but at least he let his father know that he is disgusted by his actions.He gets demoted at work. First off, he wasn’t really in the best headspace for working. Then his advertising company plans on branding Sienna as the newest influencer for something they are selling. At the party launching the campaign, his boss hears him telling Sienna exactly what he thinks of her and the tongues start wagging. The affair has been exposed. Tristan, who hasn’t slept with Hannah yet tells him he thought their marriage was goal material. But his boss says it best:
"Let me be clear, Daniel," Jenna said, her voice now steel beneath the gloss. "You're talented. You've done good work here. But this situation? It's grubby. It's distracting. And it's embarrassing-for you, and for all of us."
Daniel's ears burned. He nodded again, slower this time. His throat was dry.
"Consider this a cooling-off period,
!," Jenna said. "You'll still be staffed on active accounts, but not forward-
facing for a while."
She stood. The meeting was over.
Daniel rose mechanically, his limbs suddenly too heavy. As he turned toward the door, Jenna spoke again
—so quiet he almost missed it.
"You always talked about your wife like she made you better," she said, her tone flat. "I have to agree."
Ok, so the two end up back together….eventually. The whole time period is less than a year and I feel confident that he won’t ever cheat or take advantage of her again. There is a bonus epilogue you can email for , it is basically a sex scene and I really wish it had been 5 years in the future, because the scene just made me think of what he did with Sienna.
If this is your first book by Elise Camden, and you like cheating stories. You may like this. If like me, this is the 4th book you read, then you may feel a little like been there, done that.
Some have speculated that these stories are AI generated, but I have no idea either way. I am going to trust that this is an actual person. I will read more stories, by her. So far I think I like the Hotel Room best, and that was the only book with children in it. Maybe that added more dimension. I am not sure. I think the author’s gut punch is great. I also like that the h’s are leaving no room for excuses. They either go, or make the hero go. He has to do the work to get her back. I think some of the thoughts we read get a little repetitive and cutting 100 pages would probably not be an issue.
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