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Twenty-Five Years : Betrayal Uncovered in Texts
For twenty-five years, Sera Simmons believed her marriage was unshakable—until one forgotten phone on the kitchen counter exposed the truth. The text messages weren’t just betrayal. They were a blueprint of lies that shattered her family and cracked open every bond they thought was unbreakable.
Marc Simmons, husband and father, isn’t just caught in an affair—he’s entangled with Chloe, their daughter Emoni’s best friend. The fallout ricochets through every corner of their Sera fights to maintain control while drowning in rage, Emoni faces humiliation and heartbreak as her best friend becomes her father’s mistress, and Marc finds himself clinging to the ruins of a family he swore to protect.
But Chloe isn’t content to fade quietly into the shadows. Obsessed and unrelenting, she spins her version of the truth, sowing doubt, weaponizing secrets, and threatening to pull Julian—Emoni’s boyfriend—into the wreckage. Each revelation cuts deeper, forcing Sera and Emoni to decide whether love, loyalty, or survival matters most.
Set in Las Vegas against the polished backdrop of architecture, design, and corporate ambition, Twenty-Five Years is a gripping family drama about betrayal, obsession, and the fragile line between redemption and ruin.
Fans of Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher, and Taylor Jenkins Reid will be hooked by this story of fractured trust, explosive secrets, and the resilience it takes to rebuild—or walk away.
Marc Simmons, husband and father, isn’t just caught in an affair—he’s entangled with Chloe, their daughter Emoni’s best friend. The fallout ricochets through every corner of their Sera fights to maintain control while drowning in rage, Emoni faces humiliation and heartbreak as her best friend becomes her father’s mistress, and Marc finds himself clinging to the ruins of a family he swore to protect.
But Chloe isn’t content to fade quietly into the shadows. Obsessed and unrelenting, she spins her version of the truth, sowing doubt, weaponizing secrets, and threatening to pull Julian—Emoni’s boyfriend—into the wreckage. Each revelation cuts deeper, forcing Sera and Emoni to decide whether love, loyalty, or survival matters most.
Set in Las Vegas against the polished backdrop of architecture, design, and corporate ambition, Twenty-Five Years is a gripping family drama about betrayal, obsession, and the fragile line between redemption and ruin.
Fans of Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher, and Taylor Jenkins Reid will be hooked by this story of fractured trust, explosive secrets, and the resilience it takes to rebuild—or walk away.
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Published September 4, 2025
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September 21, 2025I really need to get out of this rabbit hole. Another FB PPC found on Amazon.
Cliffhanger… hubby cheats with daughter’s BFF. It’s ugly and dramatic and leaves the reader hanging waiting for book 2.
Cliffhanger… hubby cheats with daughter’s BFF. It’s ugly and dramatic and leaves the reader hanging waiting for book 2.
October 26, 2025
He cheats with his daughter's best friend, a girl he's known since she was a child. You'd think this is spicy, but it's not. All hook-ups & sex are off page. His wife of 25 years confronts him, but again no heat or anger, except when she throws his cell phone & hits him in the face. That's the only honest emotional scene in the book. The story consists of
repetitive conversations that are intended to be deep & philosophical, but come acoss as souless & boring. Other than that nothing much happens. You can skim this in 45 minutes or less & not miss anything. There's no characterization & the only explanation for the affair is the husband felt ignored & unseen. No mention of him being a predator & sexually manipulating a young girl that calls him Papa Marc. The exact ages of the daughter & her friend aren't mentioned, but they've been married 25 years and the MFC refers to her daughter as an adult. The daughter's room contains textbooks & the mom invites her out to a night club with her friends, so they're probably college age; about 21 to 22. The MMC is weak & while the author is setting up the other woman as a crazy bunny boiler, there's a part of you that feels for her. She thought the affair was real & he loved her, but he admitted he lied, and then her first love, Julian, another weak man, admits his parents tore them apart because she didn't have the proper pedigree & upbringing.
It took longer to write the review than to read the book.
repetitive conversations that are intended to be deep & philosophical, but come acoss as souless & boring. Other than that nothing much happens. You can skim this in 45 minutes or less & not miss anything. There's no characterization & the only explanation for the affair is the husband felt ignored & unseen. No mention of him being a predator & sexually manipulating a young girl that calls him Papa Marc. The exact ages of the daughter & her friend aren't mentioned, but they've been married 25 years and the MFC refers to her daughter as an adult. The daughter's room contains textbooks & the mom invites her out to a night club with her friends, so they're probably college age; about 21 to 22. The MMC is weak & while the author is setting up the other woman as a crazy bunny boiler, there's a part of you that feels for her. She thought the affair was real & he loved her, but he admitted he lied, and then her first love, Julian, another weak man, admits his parents tore them apart because she didn't have the proper pedigree & upbringing.
It took longer to write the review than to read the book.
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October 20, 2025
Amateur Writing-Book ends in midstory
Could have been an interesting plot but there is so much repetition it stalls. Literally same conversations. Author confuses the names of the characters. Characters are not consistent.
Could have been an interesting plot but there is so much repetition it stalls. Literally same conversations. Author confuses the names of the characters. Characters are not consistent.
December 2, 2025
hmm.. 1* for the writing. needs editing, it felt choppy and it was repetitive.
it has cheating. off page. no depth, no feelings of love or guilt but it made my blood boil with rage and sometimes that is a good thing, so I will give it , 2 *.
it ends abruptly.
it has cheating. off page. no depth, no feelings of love or guilt but it made my blood boil with rage and sometimes that is a good thing, so I will give it , 2 *.
it ends abruptly.
October 23, 2025
texts revealed the truth
When will cheaters learn not to leave a digital footprint of their affairs. Good storyline. Kept my attention.
Going to read Book 2.
When will cheaters learn not to leave a digital footprint of their affairs. Good storyline. Kept my attention.
Going to read Book 2.
September 21, 2025
need more.
This had me interested but I need a ending. I will say I am not excited to see her forgive him if that is where this is going. I usually love second chance when they are earned however this time I am hoping that she walks for good. He is not earned her forgiveness, I feel like he is blaming her for his affair with someone who has pretty mush been a second daughter to him for years.. but I need this story to finish so I have closure.
This had me interested but I need a ending. I will say I am not excited to see her forgive him if that is where this is going. I usually love second chance when they are earned however this time I am hoping that she walks for good. He is not earned her forgiveness, I feel like he is blaming her for his affair with someone who has pretty mush been a second daughter to him for years.. but I need this story to finish so I have closure.
November 2, 2025
Decent Bones
I am on a book binge and decided to give this a go. I did finish it and the book has some decent bones.
The story starts right when the wife finds incriminating text messages on the husband’s phone indicating without a shadow of a doubt that he has been sleeping with his adopted daughter’s BFF for months.
That premise is why I wanted to read the story, but this is not a romance. It’s a more a marriage/business in crisis soap opera told in the third person.
The writing is choppy and it could use with a solid edit, but again the bones are good. The real problem is it lacks depth and it’s confusing and repetitive. A lot of conversations happen for the sake of the conversation, but they tend to be wordy monologues and/or lectures. Hence the repetitiveness of many of these scenes.
Overall, it’s a decent start and could develop into a decent soap opera like series.
I am on a book binge and decided to give this a go. I did finish it and the book has some decent bones.
The story starts right when the wife finds incriminating text messages on the husband’s phone indicating without a shadow of a doubt that he has been sleeping with his adopted daughter’s BFF for months.
That premise is why I wanted to read the story, but this is not a romance. It’s a more a marriage/business in crisis soap opera told in the third person.
The writing is choppy and it could use with a solid edit, but again the bones are good. The real problem is it lacks depth and it’s confusing and repetitive. A lot of conversations happen for the sake of the conversation, but they tend to be wordy monologues and/or lectures. Hence the repetitiveness of many of these scenes.
Overall, it’s a decent start and could develop into a decent soap opera like series.
November 5, 2025
This book had more drama than a Jerry Springer episode and I loved it! Impatiently waiting for book 2 and hoping we get more clarity on the affair. Chloe had been a childhood friend and part of the family for years, how does an affair with someone who's practically a second child even begin? Who started it? Also the secret between Julian and Chloe? My spidey-senses think its a baby, either aborted or given up for adoption? So many questions and March is just sooooo far away! I need book 2 now!
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November 7, 2025
Goodness
Ugh a cliffhanger. I need to know what happens. What is Julian keeping hidden? Was it a child? What?
Does Marc finally put Chloe in her place after all do far it's been everyone else doing it.
I love Keira she is a badass.
Ugh a cliffhanger. I need to know what happens. What is Julian keeping hidden? Was it a child? What?
Does Marc finally put Chloe in her place after all do far it's been everyone else doing it.
I love Keira she is a badass.
December 1, 2025
Intense Emotional Upheaval
This book is well written, you can feel the emotions of each character, their hurt, their loss and grief. Sera is a rock, her character is filled with strength, love, loyalty, and undeniable bad ass bitch boss energy. I can't wait for the second book.
This book is well written, you can feel the emotions of each character, their hurt, their loss and grief. Sera is a rock, her character is filled with strength, love, loyalty, and undeniable bad ass bitch boss energy. I can't wait for the second book.
December 19, 2025
This was mind blowing. So much happens in this one book I cannot wait for the second one. There is cheating in this book. There is a psycho stalking girl. I love the FMC and her daughter so much.
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