Letting Go

Infidelity #1

by T.B. Violet

I thought quitting my job would be the biggest thing today. When I walked out instead of taking the fall for a misogynistic, ego-on-stilts boss, home felt like a dream.
I should’ve felt free. Empowered. Maybe even proud. Instead, I came home to a scene that dragged up every old wound I’d buried under deadlines and exhaustion. With no job left to hide behind, the silence was deafening.
So yeah, I set a trap. I’m not proud of it, but I’m also not sorry. What I found? It wasn’t just infidelity; no, it was a full-body betrayal that sucker-punched every part of me I thought was tough. And just like that, everything I thought I could fix shattered.
Now I’m standing in the ruins of the life I built, trying to figure out who the hell I am without the labels, wife, employee, good girl. There’s grief, there’s rage, and somewhere in the middle of it all... there’s someone unexpected. He’s steady where I’m chaos, warm where I’m burning, and he looks at me like I’m still whole even when I’m pretty sure I’m not.
This isn’t a love story. Not yet. This is me, dragging myself through the heartbreak, the mess, the uncomfortable truth that I might have to let go of everything I thought I wanted to figure out what I actually need.
And maybe, just maybe I’ll find someone who sees me in the wreckage and doesn’t flinch.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary Romance, Amazon, Divorce, Second Chance, Family Drama, Drama

292 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 16, 2025

Reviews

[Sewster · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good tension build up to the caught in the act scene. It was downhill for me after that. The “revenge” amounts to one meeting with a lawyer. The FMC decided to infantilize her sister and decides to forgive her and… become her mom? She has her cheating sister move in with her. Like, no. A 19yo is not an infant. The new hero comes out of nowhere and obsesses over the FMC for no apparent reason. The story just didn’t work for me, though I do appreciate the cheating drama.

[Soph · Rating 4 out of 5]

★★★★. A cheating book where the fmc gets her revenge and gets with her hot, rich, emotionally available boss who sees her for her? A win for me.

She got her revenge and did it so well. She went to her badass lawyer best friend and took the house that was worth millions. Made his father hate him. And ended up with the hottest man ever while he’s doomed for life. The sickest part of this whole book was the author giving us a full chapter in the husband’s point of view and giving FULL detail of the cheating. I was violently ill reading him banging her sister and saying all the stuff that we read with our mmcs who are loyal to the fmcs.

Caden was perfect. No, notes.

The reason for it not being a full 5 stars was because of the forgiveness towards the sister. While i do understand, she was in a controlling home all her life and her daddy issues were insane. She had a problem with male authority figures. She looked up to the husband and known him since birth. She still knew that banging her sister’s husband wasn’t right and continued for TWO MONTHS. I just can’t get over how when the sister and fmc first spoke ALL THE BLAME was put on the fmc from both. I think if it was me, I couldn’t forgive anyone. The image would be burned into my brain and I’d always think my sister is trying to sleep with any man i date next.

For my safety people; safe sorta? The fmcs husband has an affair with the sister. He is NOT the mmc. The mmc comes in a little later and is VERY VERY LOYAL. There is a chapter in the husband’s pov as mentioned above. Both aren’t virgins, obviously.

[Tmstprc · Rating 2 out of 5]

He’s cheating with her 19 year old sister. There’s no saving this marriage and she doesn’t, but she does save her relationship with her sister. That would have made an interesting story. This would have worked better as woman’s fiction. The overarching family dynamics are completely over the top, but could have been fleshed out more, particularly her and the sister’s therapy.

She finds a new love and gets her HEA. It’s nice.

[Tessa · Rating 3 out of 5]

h forgave her sister way too easily, IMO especially since she made the first move...I couldn't help but feel a little bad for the cheater he literally lost everything his family included..I thought the added bit of finding out he was a product of rape was a little over the top

[Miki’s⚠️ Safety Reviews & Rants⚠️ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars for the new romance and how sweet and perfect Caden was.

Could have been so much better. I love this trope.. wife finds husband cheating and leaves w a backbone and gets a new better man and life….but this one just missed the mark for me.

‼️Wife cathes 31 yr old husband cheating the her 19 yr old sister!!! For 2 month

‼️Wife kicks them out and decides she wants revenge… but then doesn’t actually do anything to get revenge.

‼️Wife gets divorced

‼️Husband doesn’t fight her for it

‼️wife meets new H and gets new job

‼️wife forgives sister!!!!!!! And takes her in and acts as her mother!!!!😡 SEE MY RANT BELOW.

‼️Wife moves fast w new romance and its ends w her married w kids.

K that’s a quick summery…..

What I liked…

‼️The romance and new Hero Caden was the best part about this book. Although alit was yada yada through their getting to know you phase. I still liked him.

‼️the beginning had good angst and I like her little sarcastic comments

What I didn’t like….

‼️After the discovery of the affair in the first few chapters it the angst was gone and it lost steam. There was no drama w her ex after and that is why we read this stuff lol. Like I want his misery! We get nothing.

‼️No revenge. Welp she didn’t do anything. Everything she did was just normal shit like file for divorce and talk to your in-laws.

‼️ The “GROOMING” bullshit. I’m sorry but that didn’t fly with me. There was zero evidence to his grooming the sister for this. Both characters definitely knew what they were doing.
😡And then to throw in his REAL dad being a serial rapists and it all makes sense cause it must be in his genes!? Like what the fuck really? That’s a stretch and FUCKING BULLSHIT. all just shit the author threw out hoping it would stick so we would forgive the spoiled brat sister.

😡FORGIVING THE SISTER😡
I’m sorry but what? Everything is blamed for this girls actions…..she was groomed by the husband 🙄. Her parents spoiled her and expected to much🙄. The h didn’t jump in earlier to save her sister from having pressures of life….shit like that.
So many excuse… NONE of which equaled this little bitch fucking her sister’s husband for TWO FUCKING MONTHS W ZERO REMORSE! Until they were caught of course. Well you know how many people had fucked up childhoods and didn’t choose to fuck their sister’s husband?? I’m sure millions.
🙄It was excuse after excuse but this little bitch KNEW what she was doing. She did! She wanted attention and she got it.
She was the one who made the first move!!!!
She knew it was wrong! And she absolutely was old enough and in college. She knew. So fuck this BS about forgiving her. I mean she became a doctor for heavens sake!!! She’s smart

😡Then… the h moves the sister in w her! Like weeks after she discovered the affair. The h puts her in counseling… fine even good. But now she takes her in like orphan not an adult who is in college and then proceeds to mother this girl all the while fostering a new relationship!? Wow that’s some trust! Or stupidity! Fucking hell man.

‼️The horrid epilogues
Ugh at this point I was at least wanting some juice on the husbands misery and the wife’s happy life but…..

Epi 1 - ONE YEAR LATER
the H proposes to the h… AND SHE SAYS NO!!! Crushing his soul😡😡😡 then she calls HER FUCKING SISTER and says.. I can’t marry him I’m taking care of you. And the sister (for once) shows her smarts and says ARE YOU STUPID IM A ADULT MOVING OUT… gah i swear 🤦🏼‍♀️ you can’t make this shit up… so then she chases after the H and all is good they get engaged. 😳😳😳😳😳😳

Epi 2- 2 years later they have their first kid. This was cute

Epi 3- TROUBLE IN PARADISE 🤯 they have been under stress from trying for another baby and they both feel they are loosing the other. Stupid h has lunch w her ex cause he is all upset his dad is a rapist and maybe that’s why he fucked the 19 yr old cause he just has bad genes 😳🙄 gosh people I swear… anyways, h goes home to find her husband drunk they fight and then make up saying they love each other and won’t let this break them then they fuck.
WHO ON EARTH WANTS THIS IN A EPILOGUE!? We want sugar and candy and super sweetness not fuckin marital troubles. 🤦🏼‍♀️😭😳

Epi 4- 3 years after that.
They are finally living their HEA w 3 kids and friends… but after epilogue 3 I’m not so sure lol like it could all happen again.

‼️So ultimately I was left NOT feeling kinda super great about this couple. I mean a lot was yada yada through so there wasn’t a deep connection and it was just ALOT of sex anyways.
I also didn’t like where the author chose to focus her time in this book.
There could have been some juicy drama but it fell flat.
And so much focus on the sister was hugely disappointing.

Safety-
Cheating- husband sleeps w h sister for 2 months. 1 explicit sex scene which is sickening.
-Her husband never went bareback w her but did with the sister🤮
-New romance is SAFE. H hasn’t been w anyone in a while and the h hasn’t been w her husband since the affair started so like a few months.
-H not a manwhore
-They went bare but has the safe sex talk.

[Dxp · Rating 1 out of 5]

Want the same book but with her not forgiving her sister. 🌸

[Heidi (MinxyD14) · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first glance, the Letting Go blurb might read like just another infidelity story with titillating on-page cheating. And to be fair, it won’t be for everyone. It’s a wee bit rough around the edges and may be triggering for some. However, beneath the surface lies something far more thought-provoking, humorous, and admirable if you sit with it.

This is a layered story about consent, mental health, and the complexity of a woman’s independence and obligations. T.B. Violet’s writing offers sharp, witty social commentary in places, and what emerges is something closer to a blueprint for drawing boundaries around love, loyalty, forgiveness, and self-worth. I would happily read more books just like this one.

[E Williams · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book started out really well but it ended up annoying me so much.

No way would I forgive her sister. She was worse than the husband. I appreciate that the parents were toxic in different ways to both daughters but that's not really an excuse for shagging your sister's husband. Nobody forced her into it, far from it and yet they're acting like it was all his fault even though she actually made the initial move. The FMC infantilises her - he ends up moving her into her apartment, paying for everything for her and nearly destroys her new relationship because she doesn't want to leave her sister on her own. It's ridiculous.

I didn't understand why the FMC kept subsidizing her family. Why didn't her parents have any money did her father never have a job? She was even paying for their food and insurance as well as all their luxuries.

I actually ended up feeling sorry for the husband since basically he lost everything even his father finally dumped him and the plot point about his biological father I thought was just a step way too far.

I'd actually like to read a book about him having learned his lesson and how he moved forward with his life.

[ThEAnGrYrEaDeR55 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m torn between 2 and 3 stars for this book. I didn’t hate it, but it fell flat. The author clearly had a vision, but the story felt more like women’s fiction than anything else—and that’s not really my thing. The first half was stronger than the second.

The main character, Leni, was inconsistent and confusing. She’s a 30-year-old high-powered lawyer who quits her job after dealing with a chauvinistic boss, yet at times seems defined by her relationships rather than her independence. Her complicated childhood—marked by neglect from wealthy, emotionally distant parents—shapes her, but it’s hard to fully connect with her. She funds her parents’ lavish lifestyle despite their neglect, which raises some serious questions. Why is she paying for their luxuries if they can afford it themselves?

Leni’s marriage to Michael is increasingly rocky, and when she suspects he’s cheating, she’s right. He’s sleeping with her 19-year-old sister, Keira. The author makes a really odd choice in giving you Michael's POV for only ONE chapter and it's the chapter of him having sex with his wife's younger sister. I mean he's 31, she's 19. Even better Leni walks in on this gut wrenching betrayal.

After discovering the affair, Leni divorces Michael and is offered a new job by her former company's parent company, where she quickly strikes up a relationship with Caden, the future CEO. The book glosses over her emotional recovery from the betrayal, and we rarely see Michael again after the divorce. It's like there's all this build up, then you almost never see the ex again until the end.

It's also not much of a romance, Leni starts up with Caden like two weeks after she discovers Mike cheating and while Caden is REALLY sweet and a great guy it's so fast paced you kind of miss why it's considered a romance.

Especially when the book heavily leans on women and rising up after betrayal and Leni's relationship with her sister more than anything else.

The book’s portrayal of Keira as a victim—despite actively participating in the affair—didn’t sit well with me. At 19, she’s not a child, yet the story paints her as one, absolving her of responsibility. Leni becomes her savior, moving her in with her, getting her therapy and paying for her college, while placing all the blame on Michael and their parents.

In the end, Leni’s life seems to settle with Caden, but the emotional depth is lacking. The resolution with her sister and parents feels too neat, and Michael’s backstory, including the revelation that he’s a product of rape, seems thrown in unnecessarily.

I liked Leni’s character arc but felt the execution and the author’s choices weren’t as strong as they could have been.

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Coming back from a failed Marriage

The husband cheats on the heroine with her sister. This is a story how she overcomes that deceit and grows stronger with the help of her friend, lawyer and boss.

[Αννα · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you’ve ever wanted to read a book where every ounce of accountability is thrown out the window and bad decisions are hand-waved with the emotional depth of a soap ad, this is the book for you.

The premise had potential: the FMC walks in on her husband and her own sister in the middle of an affair. That should’ve been the launchpad for an emotionally raw, nuanced exploration of betrayal, family, and healing. Instead, what we get is a one-sided blame game where the sister is treated like a helpless toddler and the husband becomes the scapegoat for literally everything.

Let’s be clear: the sister was nineteen. Not a child. Not groomed. Just an adult who made a choice, an ugly, selfish, fully conscious choice. But instead of exploring that moral mess with any depth, the book decides to paint her as the victim. The FMC, for reasons unexplained and emotionally incoherent, forgives her sister almost immediately. She saves all her rage and revenge for the husband, as if her sister tripped and fell into his bed. It’s baffling.

And then, because things weren’t rushed enough, we’re immediately shoved into a new romance that develops at lightning speed. No time to breathe. No space for grief. Just emotional whiplash, bad pacing, and a new love interest who feels like he was written in a hurry to meet a word count. It’s insta-love without even the pretense of build-up.

The writing tries to sell the FMC as strong and empowered, but really, she’s just written inconsistently. She shows no emotional growth, no self-reflection, just reactive behavior disguised as healing. The resolution is hollow, the romantic payoff unearned, and the moral of the story seems to be: “As long as you cry about it, betrayal is fine.”

This book isn’t brave. It’s lazy. And worst of all, it wants praise for being “deep” while refusing to engage with the real weight of the betrayal it built its entire premise on. I’ve read some bad romances. This one stands out for how confidently it bungles what could’ve been a powerful story.

Zero stars if I could.

[Shannon Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly Enjoyable!!

🌶️: 1

Cheating romance, not between main characters but it’s there so be warned. Our FMC is Leni. Very early on she begins to suspect her husband is cheating on her when she comes home from work earlier than expected and things seem weird. I know, very cliche but it works in this story. After drowning her sorrows at a local bar, and spilling the tea to the bartender, he tells her exactly what she needs to do next to catch her husband if he is cheating. And she does what he says and pretends to go on a trip. And you know what they say, when the cat’s away. To make a long story short, she catches him, in their bed and that’s bad enough but it’s who he is with that is the worst.

The rest of the book is the FMC on a journey to not give a single fuck anymore and in doing that she lands her dream job and her new dream man. There’s healing that is done in lots of places which I could appreciate.

There’s some parts that were just very rushed to me which was the only reason I didn’t give 5⭐️ because honestly this was a great book. Well written, no fluff, angst and gut wrenching caught in the act. Sign me up every single time!!!

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh wow. This one here, threw me a doozy I wasn’t quite prepared for. I, of course knew it was about cheating and for some reason my therapist can decipher, I am drawn to that trope. But, and it’s a big butt, I’m picky about who the person the cheater cheats with. I hate when it’s a person known and/or loved by the partner being cheated on. Best friends and family always get me. Small spoiler, it got me. I was livid and nothing the husband does would change my view. Most would agree it’s egregious. And thank god our fmc wasn’t a doormat. She made a plan and executed it perfectly, although I understand her soft spot of it all, I don’t know if I’d get to the place of forgiveness as fast as she did in the end. But her HEA was on point and I loved what it did to her new life.

[I’m a Paula too… Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, this was something else…

This was going to be an average read, until that entire sister plot played out. Frankly, there is no way I’d ever have done what the FMC did, but I can’t actually imagine a sister doing what she did.

The husband was the real villain, along with her parents. The sister was portrayed as a victim. I’m not sure I’d have believed that to be true. But I’m not the author and this is her story, not mine.

KU read, above average in some ways, but honestly the sister thing doesn’t seem realistic.

[Hillary]

DNF @ 24%

There aren’t many words in the English lexicon that repel me, but the r-slur is one of them, and using it speaks to a close-minded and uneducated mind - someone whose books I don’t want to be reading.

Prior to that, I was really getting invested in this story. I just can’t keep reading after that.

[Shannon Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

The actual cheating and the moment when he’s caught is great, but there is no way he can be redeemed and I was a little bored. I got to 51%, but that’s enough to mark this as read-DNF.

[_.curiorifica._ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 ☆
Mmm, yo le entré a esta historia por el salseo, peeeeero esto de ser "the bigger person" cuando tú esposo de hace diez años te engaña por dos meses (en tu propia casa, en tu propia cama) con tu hermana de 19 AÑOS (y eso que la conoció cuando ella tenía 10), justificandolo como un error (él) y como traumas y negligencia (ella) porque ambos se sentían solos...no me estaría garpando mucho 👀.
Me gustó lo que la prota le dice a ambos cuando los enfrenta...pero después, qué necesidad hubo de hacerla quedar como "buena persona" al perdonar a su hermana y justificar lo que hizo? Me suena a que no hubo suficiente arrastre por parte de ninguno de los dos implicados en la infidelidad. Aunque coincido en que la inmadurez de su hermana la llevo a cometer esa atrocidad, justificarlo como "manipulación" me parece llevarlo algo lejos. Pero puedo ver cómo se llega a eso, el esposo tiene 31, y se encama con la hermana todavía adolescente de su esposa (sí, 19 años en contraste con 31, sigue siendo una bebé) eso no es coincidencia, gente, y la prota lo sabe.
Después, el romance estuvo...bien? no entiendo por qué la autora hizo la historia tan corta, siento que gracias a eso no sabemos quién es Caden, solo que aparecio enamorado a primera vista de la prota de la nada. Pero al menos las escenas spicys entre ellos no estuvieron nada pero NADA mal 😌🔥
AHORA, the big question de por qué empecé este libro: el dichoso capitulo de 7 PAGS del esposo garchandose a la hermana de la prota en tiempo real 🙃 no entiendo todavía la necesidad, saaaalvo que venga como carnada para lxs morbosxs (aka yop 🙋‍♀️) o venga a suplir cierta kinky 👀 no se, todo puede ser en estás cosas.
En conclusión, la narración no es tan mala, un poco densa con las puntuaciones constantes, la historia está interesante aunque muy muuuuy apresurada, y el romance está ahí...y la venganza también *suena "Vigilante shit" de Taylor Swift*

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cheating = h has suspicion that her husband is cheating and comes up with plan to catch him. h executes the plan perfectly, but the OW she thought her husband was banging turned out to be her sister and not the co-worker she had previously thought. h goes scorched earth on the husband and a little on the sister. h has a great backbone.

h sees "H" with OW = the husband is NOT the H, but h does get to see him mid thrust into h's sister...her TEENAGE sister!!!

OW drama = not too bad, pretty drama lite. The OW/sister is a but self involved, BUT the author does a good job detailing out what the sister's life had been like. The sister was the golden child in the h's eyes, but for the sister, it was a strangling often overwhelming existence. The sister had reached out to the h for a year trying to connect and ask for help to get away from the parents. The husband had know the sister since she was very young and while never explicitly stated, there was some aspects of grooming involved (h often would pawn off the sister on the husband as the h did not want to deal with the sister, which this happened for years and led to the sister looking to the husband often unhealthily for attention). h comes to see that the sister is so young and desperate that she turned to the only person that made h feel "seen" which was the husband. The husband certainly preyed on the sister but it was also a FU to the h by banging the sister. It is complex and convoluted, but by the end the h is such a mature and level headed actual adult who has a come to Jesus moment with the sister that flips both their lives around. Comeuppance? OW/sister completely changes and credits all of her growth and betterment of her life to the h.

h moves on with her life and has a much better and more fulfilling life leaving the husband in the dirt while moving on with a fabulous H.

[Jacquelyn Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fresh and original

It was well-written and didn't feel generic or cliche at any point.
My one gripe with it is the way that
SPOILERS
the h excused her sister so quickly. Her sister slept with her husband for months and she was rightfully angry at her... til she realized their parents were mean to her sister in college. Seriously, she immediately decided her sister was a victim instead. I get it. 19 is still young and she was going through mild teenage stuff. But to do a complete 180 and decide that she didn't deserve ANY blame?! It was very weird, the flip from "they both betrayed me" to " he preyed on her when she was vulnerable" and all bc she listened to voicemails of her sister complaining about their parents and decided SHE (the h) was more responsible for what happened bc she 'neglected' her sister. It was..... weird and cringe. The sister is then portrayed as an ANGEL. She was an adult who willingly and knowingly carried on an affair with her sister's husband.... if it had been one instance, I could blame her for 'being vulnerable' but it was months of affair. And she was 'vulnerable' bc her parents were helicopter parenting her, not abusing her.
It just seemed like some characters were judged on their actions and others were judged on their intentions. Including the h, it is mentioned a few times that she was fighting against corruption in her workplace, like people being promoted based on connections not performance, but also she was sleeping with the CEO. But somehow it was OK for her to do.

[Heather Dochylo · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW

I'm on a "marriage in trouble" tear right now, and that's how I discovered T B Violet. I think it's the angst and melodrama of the trope that has me hooked right now, but with this book, I got so much more. I have a real weakness for heroines who are intellectually or artistically gifted, good at what they do, but have the kind of internal dialog that runs in several different directions at once, and because of that their humor is bold, they have no trouble laughing at themselves. Our heroine here is perfect in that way. The humor from her, and between her and her female friends is laugh out loud, but erudite funny. Smart, funny people are my catnip. I really can not praise this book enough. Just beware the marriage in trouble here is really so far beyond trouble that sensitive readers will have problems. I think part of what I love most about this trope is watching the heroine learn how to love herself again once the man who's supposed love her and be loyal to her destroys her sense of self through his selfish actions. Watching women rise from the ashes is addictive.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Changed mid course while reading. What changed? Understanding that the H was essentially a predator and that the sister was so 'groomed' by her parents that any male attention was considered as positive behavior (I felt she was screaming for help and totally controlled by her toxic parents). This dynamic could have been fleshed out further, IMO.

The h was ambivalent, which I can understand given the situation. She went from desiring scorched earth revenge to behaviors which earned my resect (admittedly, I would have been hard pressed to fully reconcile with my sister had this happened). Her parents were simply TSTL and infertility would have been a blessing for their 2 daughter victims (they would have then, perhaps, been born to parents capable of love). That their perfect world crashed when the husband's infidelity and second family was revealed while his wife only desired the perfection she envisioned in every aspect. Karma.

That both daughters earned their happy endings, eliminated their parents from their life and matured is the best revenge.

[Diedre · Rating 3 out of 5]

5 star for the beginning through the divorce. Then 2 star for the rest. It just didn't resonate with me. The heroine was shown to be this intense feminist fighting for her chance to prove herself in a man's world wanna be married to a low worth scumbag who selfishly always blamed her for their marital issues. What came off to me was a woman trying to be tough as nails in an unfair society and then proving it through the collapse of their marriage. True, she married a man who was seriously lacking in self confidence and being threatened by his wife's confidence to conquer. Their marriage wouldn't have lasted anyway. His need for approval wasn't going to come from her. So the second half never really nailed the outcome to a healing HEA. You kind of felt sorry for the husband who married way over his confidence level.

[D C · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ex husband being product of r*PE was unnecessary and the “acts like his father / I’m afraid I have the same disease” etc etc were borderline offensive for all those great people that might have come in this world cause of bad situations.

Guy wasn’t redeemable. We get one pov from him though and he doesn’t really appear to be a predator or calculating his next steps to be intimate with her sister. First times was the sister that made the moves. Sister knew what she was doing despite her problems. Being back in contact and help her out would be cool for me but all this moving in together etc etc was plainly not believable.

Can’t say I understand the great love with the new MC. He kinda appears once and the next time they are intimate and in a relationship (?)

Wasn’t a bad book but didn’t have any depth & was kinda superficial.

[Tola Odu · Rating 5 out of 5]

a true gem

Divorce is not easy. The reason even less.its the after the facts, the reconstruction, the getting to know oneself, the forgiveness we give to ourselves and to others. That’s the toughest part. This novel highlights it all. The elder daughter vs the younger daughter, the emotionally unavailable parents… Our female lead went through so much but came out the other side. All the supporting characters were there to enhance or highlight the complexity of relationships. I’m glad our female lead was a complex character, our male leads were different from each other but in a more mature way. The forgiveness to her little sister was pure gem. You should be 18+ due to mature content but this is an extremely good story and I definitely recommend it.

[Katherine M · Rating 4 out of 5]

This wasn’t bad and I couldn’t put it down. My thoughts:

- I gave it an extra star solely on the fact of the extended epilogues. Yes, not one, but multiple epilogues of different times in the future. I LOVE getting multiple epilogues and seeing into couples futures at numerous important moments. It gives me closure and satisfaction.

- I could never do what she does for her sister.

- What we find out about her ex-husband’s origin is something that was completely not needed and did not offer any insight into anything. He’s a cheater and you could have left it at that.

- I hated her reaction to her proposal. It totally took away from that special moment. Her sister didn’t deserve that consideration.

- Caden was top notch mmc material.

[Maria Moody · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

I'm quite into these infidelity books atm esp when the husband makes a massive seriously massive terrible decision to play away from home and it's usually just about sex .What I love more is when the wife or partner seeks her revenge and whether she does it does not decides to take them back they went make it easy ,I love it when the cheating spouse grovels and begs forgiveness after they realise what they've lost .I know being with someone for years it loses the spark and it's hard to stay as romantic but theirs never a reason to cheat ,the grass really isn't greener .What I loved about this book was the strong mfc ,she took no time in getting him out of her life the only thing I'm not sure about is her forgiveness ,I would recommend this book

[Tiffany · Rating 2 out of 5]

This story had potential, but it was hard to ignore how AI generated it felt. The pacing, character reactions, and awkward dialogue made it difficult to stay immersed. There were so many minor details that didn’t add up, plot inconsistencies, and emotional beats that felt robotic or unearned.

The overuse of certain phrases and unnatural narrative rhythm, especially the “like” before nearly every action, made it clear that this wasn’t fully fleshed out by a human hand—or if it was, it desperately needed editing. And the characters? Flat. No one made smart choices, and the FMC’s reactions often had me sighing in frustration.

That said…was it fun to read in that "watching a trainwreck" kind of way? Yeah, kind of. I kept turning the pages, but mostly out of morbid curiosity. Definitely not a re-read for me, but if you're into chaotic, soap-opera-style drama, it might scratch that itch.

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were parts I liked (the lead-up to the cheating reveal) but other parts that were implausible to me. She not only forgives her sister for her behavior, she moves her in, mentors her, and financially supports her for years. Why was the sister so forgivable when the person the sister had an affair with was utterly unforgivable even years later? Just completely unbelievable to me at the vast inequality in forgiveness. And the rape reveal side plot seemed unnecessary. The FMC came off as extremely cold and harsh at times, and I’m not sure how someone else fell madly in love with her so easily. But that’s just me. I really appreciated the happy ending for some of the characters.

[Kiki · Rating 4 out of 5]

i liked this story, it was short but sweet.
going on I said I hate when the sibling is part of the betrayal, and forgiveness is given. However after reading the sisters' reasoning I was likeee she might have been conscious what she was doing but the husband literally did took advantage of the situation, he said the sister was leaving him and lay down a sob story to relate to the little sister...so yeah he is the main villain in the story...love the fact that the big sister decided to take the sister to live with her and look for therapy etc.

caiden caiden caiden....what can I say, Leana got her HEA after all

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unexpected

This is a brand new author and with her talent she has a long career ahead of her.

This book was phenomenal. It is marketed as a “cheating” story but that is not the main plot.

This book is about love; real honest love. It’s about forgiveness, about finding yourself when you feel lost and realizing that the only opinion that matters is your own which is very difficult to achieve.

I liked the characters, the twist and turns-the unexpected.

I read this in one sitting and was sad when I was done.