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Beyond Betrayal: A Friends-To-Enemies-To-Lovers, Clean, Small Town Romance
Emmy
I fell in love with my best friend, CJ, long before I knew what love really was. However, on the night of our graduation, he betrayed me in a way so unforgivable that I fled to California in an effort to repair my broken heart. A year later, a family emergency forced me to return to my hometown, but by then, CJ was long gone.
Now, over a decade has gone by, and I haven't seen my former best friend once in all that time, until one day he sweeps back into town as the newest doctor at the medical clinic I work at. And he has the audacity to be upset with me for being upset with him. Now he wants us to go back to the way things used to be, but I don't have time to deal with the man who broke my heart. Between finally finishing my degree and dealing with my dad's battle with cancer, I don't have room in my life for someone who so carelessly tossed me aside before. He may be my new boss, but we'll never be friends again... let alone anything more.
CJ
Never say never, Emmy May. You may have built walls around your heart, but I'm determined to break down every one of them. I miss my best friend. I'm enamored with the grown-up version of you. And there's no way I'm letting either of our past mistakes keep us from having the future together we were always meant to have. I may be your boss, but I'm determined to be so much more than that, so buckle up, sweetheart... It's gonna be a wild ride.
Beyond Betrayal is the first book in the Silver Creek Sweethearts Series. As with all of KJ's stories, this book is a clean romance with emotionally in-depth characters, plenty of laughs, and also difficult situations that the characters navigate with the help of their friends, family, and faith. Each of the Silver Creek Sweethearts books are interconnected standalones and while each book can be enjoyed on its own, for the best reading experience, it is recommended that you read the books in order.
Illness/Death of parent
Reading Order
Silver Creek Sweethearts
Beyond Betrayal
Trimmings & Trappings
The Gratuitous Guardian
Mystery Muse
Silver Creek Standalones
The Bibliophile Bet
Silver Creek Second Generation
The Schoolyard Skirmish
The Covert Crush
The Sweetheart Swap
The Broken Bond
I fell in love with my best friend, CJ, long before I knew what love really was. However, on the night of our graduation, he betrayed me in a way so unforgivable that I fled to California in an effort to repair my broken heart. A year later, a family emergency forced me to return to my hometown, but by then, CJ was long gone.
Now, over a decade has gone by, and I haven't seen my former best friend once in all that time, until one day he sweeps back into town as the newest doctor at the medical clinic I work at. And he has the audacity to be upset with me for being upset with him. Now he wants us to go back to the way things used to be, but I don't have time to deal with the man who broke my heart. Between finally finishing my degree and dealing with my dad's battle with cancer, I don't have room in my life for someone who so carelessly tossed me aside before. He may be my new boss, but we'll never be friends again... let alone anything more.
CJ
Never say never, Emmy May. You may have built walls around your heart, but I'm determined to break down every one of them. I miss my best friend. I'm enamored with the grown-up version of you. And there's no way I'm letting either of our past mistakes keep us from having the future together we were always meant to have. I may be your boss, but I'm determined to be so much more than that, so buckle up, sweetheart... It's gonna be a wild ride.
Beyond Betrayal is the first book in the Silver Creek Sweethearts Series. As with all of KJ's stories, this book is a clean romance with emotionally in-depth characters, plenty of laughs, and also difficult situations that the characters navigate with the help of their friends, family, and faith. Each of the Silver Creek Sweethearts books are interconnected standalones and while each book can be enjoyed on its own, for the best reading experience, it is recommended that you read the books in order.
Illness/Death of parent
Reading Order
Silver Creek Sweethearts
Beyond Betrayal
Trimmings & Trappings
The Gratuitous Guardian
Mystery Muse
Silver Creek Standalones
The Bibliophile Bet
Silver Creek Second Generation
The Schoolyard Skirmish
The Covert Crush
The Sweetheart Swap
The Broken Bond
243 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 10, 2025
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January 29, 2026
2.75 stars
February 3, 2026
i tried to actually read this up until 60% and then the rest was just me skimming every page. the cringest attempt at a “clean” romance novel. this was horrible, end of story.
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