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Begin Again: A Billionaire Second-Chance Divorce Romance
Is it unforgivable to ask your husband for love—or for a child? And what, then, of the woman carrying the child he refuses me?
Talia
For three years, I played the perfect cooking the meals he liked, curating my wardrobe to fit his world, decorating our home to project flawless perfection, and smiling through glittering social events. I poured every ounce of myself into maintaining the illusion of a life he could flaunt effortlessly. But I was lonely. I wanted a child. That night, calm shattered—he called me disgusting, accused me of trying to control him. I asked the one thing every woman has the right to ask—divorce. But he refused to sign the papers. No. I would no longer tolerate his disrespect—not even if it cost me my life.
Ronan
I had given her everything a convenient wife could a mansion, jewelry and couture, a life under the Sterling name, protection and prestige at every turn. All of it came effortlessly—she had a world I could conjure without a second thought. But love, the kind that makes you vulnerable, was the one thing I had never given. And yet, when Talia walked away, leaving my carefully ordered life in ruins, I finally saw her—not as a possession, but as a woman who stirred feelings I had denied myself. Suddenly, giving her everything else wasn’t enough. I had to learn what it meant to fight for love.
For readers who Billionaire romanceSecond Chance Romance With Twists And TurnsMarriage in CrisisStrong FMC & Possessive HeroCheating and betrayalDivorce and second chanceMarriage of convenienceLater In LifeOther Woman Drama
Talia
For three years, I played the perfect cooking the meals he liked, curating my wardrobe to fit his world, decorating our home to project flawless perfection, and smiling through glittering social events. I poured every ounce of myself into maintaining the illusion of a life he could flaunt effortlessly. But I was lonely. I wanted a child. That night, calm shattered—he called me disgusting, accused me of trying to control him. I asked the one thing every woman has the right to ask—divorce. But he refused to sign the papers. No. I would no longer tolerate his disrespect—not even if it cost me my life.
Ronan
I had given her everything a convenient wife could a mansion, jewelry and couture, a life under the Sterling name, protection and prestige at every turn. All of it came effortlessly—she had a world I could conjure without a second thought. But love, the kind that makes you vulnerable, was the one thing I had never given. And yet, when Talia walked away, leaving my carefully ordered life in ruins, I finally saw her—not as a possession, but as a woman who stirred feelings I had denied myself. Suddenly, giving her everything else wasn’t enough. I had to learn what it meant to fight for love.
For readers who Billionaire romanceSecond Chance Romance With Twists And TurnsMarriage in CrisisStrong FMC & Possessive HeroCheating and betrayalDivorce and second chanceMarriage of convenienceLater In LifeOther Woman Drama
318 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 24, 2025
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April 23, 2026
Reading Rainbow recommends this for romancers with ADHD.
I don't know what I read other than a rough draft with potential. One minute the heroine is selling an Hermes platinum crocodile bag for $600,000 (yes that is a thing and turns out the most plausible thing in the book) the next her accounts are frozen. She's married to such a billionaire that she asks for a billion in the divorce. No biggie. Maybe the very boring and very mean H can help with the deficit if he can agree to a billion just like that.
Anyhoo, very confusing. I liked the heroine, but I never felt she was in love with the H. She was more irritated than anything and don't really blame her.
The second star is for her and learning that purses CAN actually cost upwards of $300,000.
I don't know what I read other than a rough draft with potential. One minute the heroine is selling an Hermes platinum crocodile bag for $600,000 (yes that is a thing and turns out the most plausible thing in the book) the next her accounts are frozen. She's married to such a billionaire that she asks for a billion in the divorce. No biggie. Maybe the very boring and very mean H can help with the deficit if he can agree to a billion just like that.
Anyhoo, very confusing. I liked the heroine, but I never felt she was in love with the H. She was more irritated than anything and don't really blame her.
The second star is for her and learning that purses CAN actually cost upwards of $300,000.
January 25, 2026
Wasn't expecting this
It was better than I thought it was going to be. Did it end abruptly? Kind of but I was getting a little bored by the end. It had too many characters almost and I had to keep reminding myself about them. Plus storylines did just disappear. But I did feel emotion reading the story. It even made me cry a little at one point, and I ultimately liked it. There was assumed cheating but reading the thoughts of the character assured me there really wasn't physical cheating. Maybe emotional but he was such a stone cold jerk, I didn't feel like he loved the OW either. I didn't like him much but I could see he loved her at times. When he was so childish over the socks it almost made me laugh. You'll know what I'm talking about if you read the book. The opening scene really got me because he was just so cruel to her. I hated him but by the end I started to kind of tolerate him. There will be more books I think from the afterword and so maybe some storylines will come together. I'd like to see his Stepmother get her comeuppance too. She should be arrested. and so should his ex lover. But I am glad he saw her true colors. I loved Violet the Grandmother! I look forward to reading this author again. It may be choppy but I think that she has potential! She just needs a better editor. A live one. Not spell or grammar checker.
It was better than I thought it was going to be. Did it end abruptly? Kind of but I was getting a little bored by the end. It had too many characters almost and I had to keep reminding myself about them. Plus storylines did just disappear. But I did feel emotion reading the story. It even made me cry a little at one point, and I ultimately liked it. There was assumed cheating but reading the thoughts of the character assured me there really wasn't physical cheating. Maybe emotional but he was such a stone cold jerk, I didn't feel like he loved the OW either. I didn't like him much but I could see he loved her at times. When he was so childish over the socks it almost made me laugh. You'll know what I'm talking about if you read the book. The opening scene really got me because he was just so cruel to her. I hated him but by the end I started to kind of tolerate him. There will be more books I think from the afterword and so maybe some storylines will come together. I'd like to see his Stepmother get her comeuppance too. She should be arrested. and so should his ex lover. But I am glad he saw her true colors. I loved Violet the Grandmother! I look forward to reading this author again. It may be choppy but I think that she has potential! She just needs a better editor. A live one. Not spell or grammar checker.
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February 7, 2026
This is worse than the stories I made up with my barbie dolls as a child. It's clearly written with the ''help'' of AI, and still was the worst shit I've ever read. Doesn't even deserve 1 star but unfortunately I can't give -10.
April 3, 2026
I have no idea where I found this, but I’m sorry I did.
Ridiculously bad, I kept going, thinking maybe it would get better. Nope, it’s filled with redundancies and mistakes and then just ends, not even a real cliffhanger.
How bad could it be? Bad, really bad.
Ridiculously bad, I kept going, thinking maybe it would get better. Nope, it’s filled with redundancies and mistakes and then just ends, not even a real cliffhanger.
How bad could it be? Bad, really bad.
April 2, 2026
Begin Again (Book 1) was about 25-year-old Talia Royce Sterling, a voice actor-turned "trophy wife", and 30-year-old Ronan Sterling, the CEO and heir of Sterling Group.
Three years earlier, Talia and Ronan had gone through an arranged political wedding. There was no love from him, even though they were occasionally intimate on every level but emotional. But after three years of only sex between them, Talia was lonely. They rarely spoke to one another outside of the bedroom. When her friend told her she should try for a baby, thinking that might save the marriage, Talia decided to bring the subject up to her husband. When they were in the middle of intimacy, he asked her if she'd taken her birth control that day. She said no, and that she was ready to start a family. Ronan went cold, asked her what right she thought she had to control his life, and then he told her that she was nothing more than a convenience, a formality, and that sex was simply part of the arrangement. He told her he wasn't planning on spending a lifetime with her. After he walked away, her phone received a text... a pregnancy test and a photo of Ronan and another woman at the hospital... it was his first love, Ava. Something in her broke. She contacted an attorney and got the divorce papers started.
There was a LOT to unpack in this book...and not all of it was pretty. Almost from the starting gate, the angst was floodwater-level high, and it didn't stop until the final page. The drama and emotional rollercoaster were just as bad, with more twists and turns than one would expect from such a story. The push/pull between the two main characters was also quite...volatile. Not violent, but verbally wild. The conflict came from many directions, and (as another reviewer pointed out) there were more secondary characters than the reader could keep up with.
The timeline of this book sucked majorly. Talia had been in an accident in Chapter 3, and the story progressed on from there, but Chapter 6 reverted to the scene at the hospital like it was just happening...except this time it was from Ronan's POV. This went on for most of the book. Honestly, I'd prefer an author to do full chapters on flashbacks than to insert chaos like this. It was too distracting and confusing, taking a moment to come to the realization that the other main character had talked about this scene before, and now we were witnessing it from the other character's POV.
There were too many inconsistencies in the story as well. One chapter stated the "house manager" (not housekeeper, mind you) was the one who handed him the divorce papers she'd found. In another chapter, the MMC stated that the FMC was the one who had handed them to him, with "fire in her eyes" no less.
The storyline and the plot twists were overflowing, and not in a good way. There were way too many, to the point that they soon became confusing, before some of them petered out without a resolution. The number of unresolved issues was mind-blowing, and that had nothing to do with the fact that this book was a cliffhanger. The things this author put the FMC through would have leveled a real person, so you can imagine what it did to an imaginary character. Still, she grew a backbone, stood her ground, and fought her way out of the situation she had found herself in. I only gave this a three-star rating.
The author really needs to do some major tweaking and rewriting to improve it. Now, on to the second portion of the story. Hopefully, it has a better run.
Three years earlier, Talia and Ronan had gone through an arranged political wedding. There was no love from him, even though they were occasionally intimate on every level but emotional. But after three years of only sex between them, Talia was lonely. They rarely spoke to one another outside of the bedroom. When her friend told her she should try for a baby, thinking that might save the marriage, Talia decided to bring the subject up to her husband. When they were in the middle of intimacy, he asked her if she'd taken her birth control that day. She said no, and that she was ready to start a family. Ronan went cold, asked her what right she thought she had to control his life, and then he told her that she was nothing more than a convenience, a formality, and that sex was simply part of the arrangement. He told her he wasn't planning on spending a lifetime with her. After he walked away, her phone received a text... a pregnancy test and a photo of Ronan and another woman at the hospital... it was his first love, Ava. Something in her broke. She contacted an attorney and got the divorce papers started.
There was a LOT to unpack in this book...and not all of it was pretty. Almost from the starting gate, the angst was floodwater-level high, and it didn't stop until the final page. The drama and emotional rollercoaster were just as bad, with more twists and turns than one would expect from such a story. The push/pull between the two main characters was also quite...volatile. Not violent, but verbally wild. The conflict came from many directions, and (as another reviewer pointed out) there were more secondary characters than the reader could keep up with.
The timeline of this book sucked majorly. Talia had been in an accident in Chapter 3, and the story progressed on from there, but Chapter 6 reverted to the scene at the hospital like it was just happening...except this time it was from Ronan's POV. This went on for most of the book. Honestly, I'd prefer an author to do full chapters on flashbacks than to insert chaos like this. It was too distracting and confusing, taking a moment to come to the realization that the other main character had talked about this scene before, and now we were witnessing it from the other character's POV.
There were too many inconsistencies in the story as well. One chapter stated the "house manager" (not housekeeper, mind you) was the one who handed him the divorce papers she'd found. In another chapter, the MMC stated that the FMC was the one who had handed them to him, with "fire in her eyes" no less.
The storyline and the plot twists were overflowing, and not in a good way. There were way too many, to the point that they soon became confusing, before some of them petered out without a resolution. The number of unresolved issues was mind-blowing, and that had nothing to do with the fact that this book was a cliffhanger. The things this author put the FMC through would have leveled a real person, so you can imagine what it did to an imaginary character. Still, she grew a backbone, stood her ground, and fought her way out of the situation she had found herself in. I only gave this a three-star rating.
The author really needs to do some major tweaking and rewriting to improve it. Now, on to the second portion of the story. Hopefully, it has a better run.
January 15, 2026
needed one more chapter or one more book
these reviews are not it tbh. before even starting chapter one i checked the reviews and still said whatever and dove in head first. maybe it’s just me but when i rate a book i don’t rate it based off the ending alone. i rate it on the entirety because an ending can be bad or just not what i wanted but if you take the ending out of the equation and the book is good then it’s good. and this was a good read.
that being said the author definitely needs to come out with a follow up story. i’ll be honest the H treated the h like complete shit for almost the entire book until it was literally this 🤏🏽 close to being done. usually there’s a turnaround around the 35 to 45 percent mark where you can start feeling the shift and the feelings developing but i didn’t get that here at all.
the author allowed ronan to treat talia crappily and allowed others to treat her like crap too for almost the whole book. he left her completely hanging during christmas then there was the situation with her mom which was just yikes. by the end i honestly wasn’t even sure if she should have cared whether he was okay or not. that doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing but only if the author follows it up properly and actually shows ronan’s growth and his love for talia while also cleaning up loose ends.
because yes he confronted ava and we found out why he was protecting her and letting the rumor mill run but it still left a bad taste in my mouth. none of that justified letting those rumors circulate just to protect her career. then there’s the mother and the pills, the father and the woman talia saw him with who looked familiar but she couldn’t quite place her, the sister in law. it just felt like a lot of threads were left untied.
talia and her mother were truly the victims in this story and they deserved so much better than what they were given. i think that’s why the ending feels like such a bitter pill to swallow. if ronan had started treating her better halfway through the book that would be one thing but he treated her like trash for almost the entire story. so hearing about his 180 instead of actually seeing it isn’t going to work for most romance readers.
still don’t listen to the reviews below. the book definitely kept me engaged, held my attention, made me tear up for my good sis talia toward the end, made me side eye, made me grin, made me roll my eyes, and made me feel things. i just think the author should have either made this a duet or at least announced a future follow up. ronan’s behavior throughout most of the book was not it.
3.75 stars. if the ending had been handled better or if the blurb had mentioned an unconditional hea, an open ending, or even a cliffhanger it would have been received better and easily would have been a 4 star read for me. mia don’t let the reviews discourage you. i really hope you put out a follow up because i absolutely need ronan’s redemption arc.
these reviews are not it tbh. before even starting chapter one i checked the reviews and still said whatever and dove in head first. maybe it’s just me but when i rate a book i don’t rate it based off the ending alone. i rate it on the entirety because an ending can be bad or just not what i wanted but if you take the ending out of the equation and the book is good then it’s good. and this was a good read.
that being said the author definitely needs to come out with a follow up story. i’ll be honest the H treated the h like complete shit for almost the entire book until it was literally this 🤏🏽 close to being done. usually there’s a turnaround around the 35 to 45 percent mark where you can start feeling the shift and the feelings developing but i didn’t get that here at all.
the author allowed ronan to treat talia crappily and allowed others to treat her like crap too for almost the whole book. he left her completely hanging during christmas then there was the situation with her mom which was just yikes. by the end i honestly wasn’t even sure if she should have cared whether he was okay or not. that doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing but only if the author follows it up properly and actually shows ronan’s growth and his love for talia while also cleaning up loose ends.
because yes he confronted ava and we found out why he was protecting her and letting the rumor mill run but it still left a bad taste in my mouth. none of that justified letting those rumors circulate just to protect her career. then there’s the mother and the pills, the father and the woman talia saw him with who looked familiar but she couldn’t quite place her, the sister in law. it just felt like a lot of threads were left untied.
talia and her mother were truly the victims in this story and they deserved so much better than what they were given. i think that’s why the ending feels like such a bitter pill to swallow. if ronan had started treating her better halfway through the book that would be one thing but he treated her like trash for almost the entire story. so hearing about his 180 instead of actually seeing it isn’t going to work for most romance readers.
still don’t listen to the reviews below. the book definitely kept me engaged, held my attention, made me tear up for my good sis talia toward the end, made me side eye, made me grin, made me roll my eyes, and made me feel things. i just think the author should have either made this a duet or at least announced a future follow up. ronan’s behavior throughout most of the book was not it.
3.75 stars. if the ending had been handled better or if the blurb had mentioned an unconditional hea, an open ending, or even a cliffhanger it would have been received better and easily would have been a 4 star read for me. mia don’t let the reviews discourage you. i really hope you put out a follow up because i absolutely need ronan’s redemption arc.
January 30, 2026
hmmm
The premise of this was intriguing the idea of and the plot interesting, however, it was not the angst filled story I anticipated. It was almost parody of the betrayal marriage trope. Everything way over the top. There was no HEA or HFN, the book ends after the declaration of their feelings and the last bit is a note from the author I think in lieu of an ending. When the book ends there are so many plot points that don’t get tied, many assumptions we are lead to make neither proved true or false, just left hanging. Parts that were important in the story.
I did not hate the book but because of the paragraph duplication, the ending etc. I was disappointed.
The premise of this was intriguing the idea of and the plot interesting, however, it was not the angst filled story I anticipated. It was almost parody of the betrayal marriage trope. Everything way over the top. There was no HEA or HFN, the book ends after the declaration of their feelings and the last bit is a note from the author I think in lieu of an ending. When the book ends there are so many plot points that don’t get tied, many assumptions we are lead to make neither proved true or false, just left hanging. Parts that were important in the story.
I did not hate the book but because of the paragraph duplication, the ending etc. I was disappointed.
February 26, 2026
Repeated screw-ups
This guy just can't stop himself from hurting this woman over and over and over again. She's dumb enough to go back for more, but I wouldn't recommend reading this if you have standards higher than sea level.
This guy just can't stop himself from hurting this woman over and over and over again. She's dumb enough to go back for more, but I wouldn't recommend reading this if you have standards higher than sea level.
January 4, 2026
unfinished Book
This book is unfinished. The writer didn’t even warned readers that the story is not done. Please don’t waste your time reading this.
This book is unfinished. The writer didn’t even warned readers that the story is not done. Please don’t waste your time reading this.
March 5, 2026
DNF @15%
Not sure if this is a case of AI author or just bad writer, but my goodness, I haven’t read a book this rough in a minute.
There’s almost never any scene setting, and it jumps from one scene to another between sentences. The dialogue sounds like stuff no one says or is so stilted that it’s jarring. Like there’s entire lines of dialogue missing.
There’s a scene where the FMC is driving home and gets in a car accident, which takes up about two sentences, and then she comes to sitting in the hallway chair of a hospital. Turns out it was a huge pileup with 11 deaths, but we spend maybe one page on her being in the hospital. And then a chapter or two later, she says she screwed up her car trying not to hit a chihuahua that was in the road??
There’s also a scene in which the FMC receives a text message with a photo of a pregnancy test and a photo of her husband with his ex. There’s no explanation. There’s no information about who sent it shared with us. And it moves on almost immediately and doesn’t really bring it up again? Even when the FMC is filing for divorce. It’s like the author forgot about it??
The relationships between the characters were insanely confusing too, in a way I don’t even know how to describe.
I cannot recommend this book even for hate reading because it had me so confused every other page, I felt like my brain was broken.
Not sure if this is a case of AI author or just bad writer, but my goodness, I haven’t read a book this rough in a minute.
There’s almost never any scene setting, and it jumps from one scene to another between sentences. The dialogue sounds like stuff no one says or is so stilted that it’s jarring. Like there’s entire lines of dialogue missing.
There’s a scene where the FMC is driving home and gets in a car accident, which takes up about two sentences, and then she comes to sitting in the hallway chair of a hospital. Turns out it was a huge pileup with 11 deaths, but we spend maybe one page on her being in the hospital. And then a chapter or two later, she says she screwed up her car trying not to hit a chihuahua that was in the road??
There’s also a scene in which the FMC receives a text message with a photo of a pregnancy test and a photo of her husband with his ex. There’s no explanation. There’s no information about who sent it shared with us. And it moves on almost immediately and doesn’t really bring it up again? Even when the FMC is filing for divorce. It’s like the author forgot about it??
The relationships between the characters were insanely confusing too, in a way I don’t even know how to describe.
I cannot recommend this book even for hate reading because it had me so confused every other page, I felt like my brain was broken.
January 23, 2026
Ronan and Talia were married in an MOC 3 years ago. He needed the right kind of wife and she needed money for her mother's medical bills. Talia eventually fell in love with him, but he is still cold towards her. After this long, Talia wants a baby, so she propositions Ronan to start a family. He tells her no, he doesn't even intend to spend the rest of his life with her so he has no intention of having children with her.
Talia decides to divorce him. She needs to give grounds for a divorce, so she states in the divorce papers that he has sexual dysfunction and infertility (LMAO!!), and she moves into her best friend's (Riley's) house.
We get a little of Ronan's POV. Ronan thinks Talia is collaborating with his mother to produce an heir. It has nothing to do with his mother, but he doesn't see it that way. He thinks the divorce papers are just some kind of stunt to manipulate him. And there's the issue of needing his money for her parent's bills. He thinks Talia will have to come crawling back eventually.
So anyway, now Ronan thinks Talia is suddenly very interesting, because they keep arguing over the divorce, and she's no longer just an "ornament." So he wants to contest the divorce. He calls the courthouse and tells them not to let her file the divorce. The courthouse agrees to have a "computer malfunction" the next day. This was so stupid I almost stopped reading. But I continued on . . .
But it doesn't matter anyway, because on her way to the courthouse, Talia gets an emergency call that her mother is having a heart attack, so she doesn't even try to file the divorce that day.
Ronin had seen the divorce papers before she actually filed them so she could have him "sign the papers," which is only a thing you need to do in Romancelandia, it is not a real thing. Moving on . . .
So this whole thing ends up being about him finding ways to prolong the marriage by not agreeing to sign the divorce papers and not letting her file the papers. There's also some gift her father buys for his MIL and asks Talia to deliver it. But she doesn't want to deliver it herself because she hates her MIL, so Ronan uses that to prolong things by not delivering the gift for her. It's dumb as shit. DNF
Talia decides to divorce him. She needs to give grounds for a divorce, so she states in the divorce papers that he has sexual dysfunction and infertility (LMAO!!), and she moves into her best friend's (Riley's) house.
We get a little of Ronan's POV. Ronan thinks Talia is collaborating with his mother to produce an heir. It has nothing to do with his mother, but he doesn't see it that way. He thinks the divorce papers are just some kind of stunt to manipulate him. And there's the issue of needing his money for her parent's bills. He thinks Talia will have to come crawling back eventually.
So anyway, now Ronan thinks Talia is suddenly very interesting, because they keep arguing over the divorce, and she's no longer just an "ornament." So he wants to contest the divorce. He calls the courthouse and tells them not to let her file the divorce. The courthouse agrees to have a "computer malfunction" the next day. This was so stupid I almost stopped reading. But I continued on . . .
But it doesn't matter anyway, because on her way to the courthouse, Talia gets an emergency call that her mother is having a heart attack, so she doesn't even try to file the divorce that day.
Ronin had seen the divorce papers before she actually filed them so she could have him "sign the papers," which is only a thing you need to do in Romancelandia, it is not a real thing. Moving on . . .
So this whole thing ends up being about him finding ways to prolong the marriage by not agreeing to sign the divorce papers and not letting her file the papers. There's also some gift her father buys for his MIL and asks Talia to deliver it. But she doesn't want to deliver it herself because she hates her MIL, so Ronan uses that to prolong things by not delivering the gift for her. It's dumb as shit. DNF
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 28, 2026
Lots of mistakes
This was a hard read. I tried to stick with it but had to start skipping. Transitions were awful. Not enough dialogue. At an early point, I had to wonder if AI had anything to do with it. There was one point where your reading then confused because the story went back in time and then quickly present time. That's where the transitions were not good. Details were mixed up. Now, for the storyline, it could have been good but ahe was never able to develop the lead female character. You kept waiting for her to really let them all have it but she'd say these weird things that I think were supposed to be her fighting back. I don't know. This was a mess I ended up skipping most of the story. Then the ending?? That wasn't an ending. Is there a book 2? Not sure it would work because all the drama was wrapped...sort of...up in this one. We didn't get an ending just the author talking to us about what emotions they have to deal with. Where is the editor. A friend to say... here's some areas to work on. Finding more and more of these books with the same issues. Are we getting authentic writing or is AI too much involved and proof reading out the window? I don't know. I don't know if AI is involved here but when reading feels chaotic something is wrong.
This was a hard read. I tried to stick with it but had to start skipping. Transitions were awful. Not enough dialogue. At an early point, I had to wonder if AI had anything to do with it. There was one point where your reading then confused because the story went back in time and then quickly present time. That's where the transitions were not good. Details were mixed up. Now, for the storyline, it could have been good but ahe was never able to develop the lead female character. You kept waiting for her to really let them all have it but she'd say these weird things that I think were supposed to be her fighting back. I don't know. This was a mess I ended up skipping most of the story. Then the ending?? That wasn't an ending. Is there a book 2? Not sure it would work because all the drama was wrapped...sort of...up in this one. We didn't get an ending just the author talking to us about what emotions they have to deal with. Where is the editor. A friend to say... here's some areas to work on. Finding more and more of these books with the same issues. Are we getting authentic writing or is AI too much involved and proof reading out the window? I don't know. I don't know if AI is involved here but when reading feels chaotic something is wrong.
January 19, 2026
Good writing.
Needs editor.
H's sister's name is Vivienne and at one point Olivia.
H takes over mother's medical care and financing of it, upgrades room and teeatment plan; but h's evil father cuts off funds somehow later in the story.
h's credit cards and bank accounts are frozen. That's never explained. I'm left to assume evil father had them frozen. My problem with this is he's portrayed as more of a hanger on/not really powerful/smart enough to pull this off. H maybe? But why? Who knows?
And a liable lawsuit is is started, but then is never mentioned again.
h's father is seen with mysterious blonde woman. She seems familiar, pics are taken to later identify her and... she's never mentioned again
H is going to find out where FIL is finding 80 million dollars for investment of some kind. We never find out. I assumed would tie in with mysterious blonde mistress? We'll never know.
Evil MIL is never dealt with.
That's the problem when wattpad moves over to Kindle.
Because the chapters are like episodes the final product is disjointed.
Needs a good going over to clean things up.
But, I did really enjoy the read despite these issues
Needs editor.
H's sister's name is Vivienne and at one point Olivia.
H takes over mother's medical care and financing of it, upgrades room and teeatment plan; but h's evil father cuts off funds somehow later in the story.
h's credit cards and bank accounts are frozen. That's never explained. I'm left to assume evil father had them frozen. My problem with this is he's portrayed as more of a hanger on/not really powerful/smart enough to pull this off. H maybe? But why? Who knows?
And a liable lawsuit is is started, but then is never mentioned again.
h's father is seen with mysterious blonde woman. She seems familiar, pics are taken to later identify her and... she's never mentioned again
H is going to find out where FIL is finding 80 million dollars for investment of some kind. We never find out. I assumed would tie in with mysterious blonde mistress? We'll never know.
Evil MIL is never dealt with.
That's the problem when wattpad moves over to Kindle.
Because the chapters are like episodes the final product is disjointed.
Needs a good going over to clean things up.
But, I did really enjoy the read despite these issues
January 26, 2026
Story vs writing
I gave three stars because the STORY is great. But the writing…. I’m pretty sure the writer had a whole bunch of different ideas for how she wanted the story to go and just started writing in tiny little pieces and didn’t remember which ideas she went with each time she did a tiny piece. Just kept writing tiny little pieces without ever going back to read what was written and then never had anybody else read it. Just decided when the last piece was done to throw them out into the world as a finished book.
The reason I say this is because the book is all contradictions. I mean there are contradictions on the same page from paragraph to paragraph. So you have to completely ignore that because while it’s annoying and frustrating, if you just think of the story and ignore all those contradictions, it is a good story.
But I do really wish a good editor would take this book on because I think it could be a truly great book.
Also, the book cover is completely wrong for this book.
I gave three stars because the STORY is great. But the writing…. I’m pretty sure the writer had a whole bunch of different ideas for how she wanted the story to go and just started writing in tiny little pieces and didn’t remember which ideas she went with each time she did a tiny piece. Just kept writing tiny little pieces without ever going back to read what was written and then never had anybody else read it. Just decided when the last piece was done to throw them out into the world as a finished book.
The reason I say this is because the book is all contradictions. I mean there are contradictions on the same page from paragraph to paragraph. So you have to completely ignore that because while it’s annoying and frustrating, if you just think of the story and ignore all those contradictions, it is a good story.
But I do really wish a good editor would take this book on because I think it could be a truly great book.
Also, the book cover is completely wrong for this book.
January 31, 2026
complicated Live story but…*spoilers*
Talia and Ronan have a complicated love story. Misunderstandings, sabotage, and interfering relatives make their love story hard. I was in it for all of Talias disappointments and hurt. So when I read a page that hinted at a resolution, I turned the page excited to read what came next. There were so many unanswered questions- who canceled her charge cards in effect killing her mother? Did Ronan ever confront his mother? Did Owen have a crush on her? What about the online sabotage? Was anyone held accountable for that? So when I turned the page, I was utterly shocked that the story had ended, felt like it ended in mid sentence!! So disappointed! Badly done.
Talia and Ronan have a complicated love story. Misunderstandings, sabotage, and interfering relatives make their love story hard. I was in it for all of Talias disappointments and hurt. So when I read a page that hinted at a resolution, I turned the page excited to read what came next. There were so many unanswered questions- who canceled her charge cards in effect killing her mother? Did Ronan ever confront his mother? Did Owen have a crush on her? What about the online sabotage? Was anyone held accountable for that? So when I turned the page, I was utterly shocked that the story had ended, felt like it ended in mid sentence!! So disappointed! Badly done.
January 31, 2026
Has potential, but needed a proper epilogue/hea.
Needs tightening up, has repetition and some odd time shifts/memories out of place. Felt ai-gen'd, but not the worst I've seen - and the surprise spit take scene actually had me giggling and that earned it an extra star.
Also not much background into why the fmc had feelings for the mmc. There was some insight into why he had feelings for her (whether he admitted it or not).
And tho I read it all, there was not enough grovel.
Needs tightening up, has repetition and some odd time shifts/memories out of place. Felt ai-gen'd, but not the worst I've seen - and the surprise spit take scene actually had me giggling and that earned it an extra star.
Also not much background into why the fmc had feelings for the mmc. There was some insight into why he had feelings for her (whether he admitted it or not).
And tho I read it all, there was not enough grovel.
February 16, 2026
Well I’m torn…
So this does have a second book, where I’m guessing that second chance comes into play. It isn’t here…
Very similar to those K-dramas and Chinese series, where the wannabe OW is a scheming monster who causes trouble everywhere. And the MMC is so stupid that he continues to let the OW get away with it, to the obvious detriment of the wife.
This is really not a three star read. I don’t want to be mean but this just went on endlessly. I absolutely detest the OW and I detest the MMC for letting anyone, especially his wife, believe that he’s the father of that woman’s child. It’s disgusting.
KU fortunately. I’ll skim part two but this is not a keeper in any sense.
So this does have a second book, where I’m guessing that second chance comes into play. It isn’t here…
Very similar to those K-dramas and Chinese series, where the wannabe OW is a scheming monster who causes trouble everywhere. And the MMC is so stupid that he continues to let the OW get away with it, to the obvious detriment of the wife.
This is really not a three star read. I don’t want to be mean but this just went on endlessly. I absolutely detest the OW and I detest the MMC for letting anyone, especially his wife, believe that he’s the father of that woman’s child. It’s disgusting.
KU fortunately. I’ll skim part two but this is not a keeper in any sense.
January 21, 2026
I liked it.
Exactly as I said I liked it.. at first. The more I read the more it reminded me of these novels I use to read the plot and everything reminded me of them. It had potential really but I will say this there is no on page cheating, really no cheating at all just assumptions of it. Then when it’s brought up in the end it makes you think where in the book did it show he cheated. Like I said I liked it would I recommend probably not unless I know somebody who’s into these kinds of plots and story I really like cheating arc and the groveling but this isn’t that book if that’s what you’re in to.
Exactly as I said I liked it.. at first. The more I read the more it reminded me of these novels I use to read the plot and everything reminded me of them. It had potential really but I will say this there is no on page cheating, really no cheating at all just assumptions of it. Then when it’s brought up in the end it makes you think where in the book did it show he cheated. Like I said I liked it would I recommend probably not unless I know somebody who’s into these kinds of plots and story I really like cheating arc and the groveling but this isn’t that book if that’s what you’re in to.
January 29, 2026
So many incomplete plot twists
This book started off great. I loved the FMC finally realizing her worth and taking a stand against her husband. She started showing all this strength when it came to her value and what she deserved not only in a partner but in life and her career. Then all of a sudden she’s a pushover. She keeps giving in to her husband’s demands despite her earlier revelations.
The ending while left with a cliffhanger, felt way too rushed. Hardly, if any, consequences were given to the people who hurt her. Meanwhile, there story hints at a second chance for the couple but he hardly showed and growth.
This book started off great. I loved the FMC finally realizing her worth and taking a stand against her husband. She started showing all this strength when it came to her value and what she deserved not only in a partner but in life and her career. Then all of a sudden she’s a pushover. She keeps giving in to her husband’s demands despite her earlier revelations.
The ending while left with a cliffhanger, felt way too rushed. Hardly, if any, consequences were given to the people who hurt her. Meanwhile, there story hints at a second chance for the couple but he hardly showed and growth.
February 12, 2026
abrupt ending
The storyline was good. Main female character was very shallow at many points in the book and made me want to roll my eyes. Neither main character ever learned or showed communication skills. The two got back together after one day like they had worked everything out yet as a reader, it felt like nothing had been worked out. When the last page was turned, it took me a minute to realize that the story actually stopped right where it did. I felt there was no resolution.
The storyline was good. Main female character was very shallow at many points in the book and made me want to roll my eyes. Neither main character ever learned or showed communication skills. The two got back together after one day like they had worked everything out yet as a reader, it felt like nothing had been worked out. When the last page was turned, it took me a minute to realize that the story actually stopped right where it did. I felt there was no resolution.
March 23, 2026
Frustrating
I can’t say this book is terrible, but it had the potential to be brilliant but the writer squandered that potential. There little holes here and there but not significant. His reasons for not wanting a child did not actually excuse the terrible way he treated his wife. He really wasn’t likeable at all!
Instead of writing an ‘Afterword’, why not just complete the story? What’s the point of that? You spend so many hours and days only to be left hanging, and not in a good way.
I totally regret picking up this one.
I can’t say this book is terrible, but it had the potential to be brilliant but the writer squandered that potential. There little holes here and there but not significant. His reasons for not wanting a child did not actually excuse the terrible way he treated his wife. He really wasn’t likeable at all!
Instead of writing an ‘Afterword’, why not just complete the story? What’s the point of that? You spend so many hours and days only to be left hanging, and not in a good way.
I totally regret picking up this one.
May 9, 2026
I started this book and thought oh my what am I reading - it read like one of those ReelShort drama short movies… but I thought it’s going to be entertaining - maybe
And it was. It had a touch of angst, drama, lots of drama, and you know what? it kept me entertained. And I actually think in the end I enjoyed it.
If you go in thinking your getting a HEA romance then you’ll be disappointed - go in thinking I’m in the mood for some unbelievable OTT drama then step right up because it will deliver
And it was. It had a touch of angst, drama, lots of drama, and you know what? it kept me entertained. And I actually think in the end I enjoyed it.
If you go in thinking your getting a HEA romance then you’ll be disappointed - go in thinking I’m in the mood for some unbelievable OTT drama then step right up because it will deliver
May 30, 2026
Too many inconsistencies. Needs to be proofread aka "put through a wringer" 😐; struggled to finish this one. Reminded me of those soap operas my aunt used to watch 🙄!
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January 27, 2026
Cold hearted clueless man
The author did a good job of creating how clueless Ronan really is till almost the end and how sneaky Ava is but then she knew if she said 'jump', he'd say 'how high.' His poor wife with that, his cold attitude and his family she couldn't win for losing.
The characters in this story are all amazing. I was actually rooting for Owen but the good guys never win.
Begin Again is a good read. I think most people would enjoy it.
The author did a good job of creating how clueless Ronan really is till almost the end and how sneaky Ava is but then she knew if she said 'jump', he'd say 'how high.' His poor wife with that, his cold attitude and his family she couldn't win for losing.
The characters in this story are all amazing. I was actually rooting for Owen but the good guys never win.
Begin Again is a good read. I think most people would enjoy it.
February 7, 2026
Unanswered questions
So, this book read like an old Harlequin or Loveswept book from the 80's. I always enjoyed them. But, this story had so many odd timeline jumbled facts that it needed a ton of editing. That being said, it ended abruptly without answering any questions about who caused additional problems for the couple. Who froze the accounts? Who hears they can't have kids and hardly has a reaction? What happened to the father/father-in-law? Yeah, an incomplete story.
So, this book read like an old Harlequin or Loveswept book from the 80's. I always enjoyed them. But, this story had so many odd timeline jumbled facts that it needed a ton of editing. That being said, it ended abruptly without answering any questions about who caused additional problems for the couple. Who froze the accounts? Who hears they can't have kids and hardly has a reaction? What happened to the father/father-in-law? Yeah, an incomplete story.
February 17, 2026
No Good
There wasn’t one person in this book I actually liked. The female lead was such an idiot. She kept doing incredibly stupid things and making a fool out of herself. The male lead was a douche bag and totally not worth it. And of course, you had the prerequisite uptight, snobby family, and the evil ex girlfriend. I only made it halfway through before I quit. So predictable!
There wasn’t one person in this book I actually liked. The female lead was such an idiot. She kept doing incredibly stupid things and making a fool out of herself. The male lead was a douche bag and totally not worth it. And of course, you had the prerequisite uptight, snobby family, and the evil ex girlfriend. I only made it halfway through before I quit. So predictable!
February 22, 2026
Not worth your time
This is either written by AI or the author is unable to follow a single thread. Multiple repeated scenes, meandering plot, genuinely unlikable FMC *and* MMC. Ends on the weirdest cliffhanger. This is a story that can be, and has been, told in 200 pages total. This goes on for 600 if you count the second one, which I assume provides a similar reading experience. (I will not be partaking.)
This is either written by AI or the author is unable to follow a single thread. Multiple repeated scenes, meandering plot, genuinely unlikable FMC *and* MMC. Ends on the weirdest cliffhanger. This is a story that can be, and has been, told in 200 pages total. This goes on for 600 if you count the second one, which I assume provides a similar reading experience. (I will not be partaking.)
April 30, 2026
Disappointed
The novel presented a deeply problematic narrative where the protagonist endured consistent emotional abuse and degradation throughout most of the story. Her character seemed to revolve around financial dependency, sacrificing personal dignity and self-respect. The romantic sudden transformation in the final chapters were boring and rushed, failing to adequately address the extensive mistreatment depicted earlier. I wasted sleep to be disappointed.
The novel presented a deeply problematic narrative where the protagonist endured consistent emotional abuse and degradation throughout most of the story. Her character seemed to revolve around financial dependency, sacrificing personal dignity and self-respect. The romantic sudden transformation in the final chapters were boring and rushed, failing to adequately address the extensive mistreatment depicted earlier. I wasted sleep to be disappointed.
January 16, 2026
Didn't make sense or flow, had no real beginning or end and I do not recommend.
I didn't like this at all. I kept hoping it would somehow come together or make sense but it never did. None of the characters were even slightly likable which made it pointless to want them to have a HEA. I dont get the point to any of this story and wasted time reading it.
I didn't like this at all. I kept hoping it would somehow come together or make sense but it never did. None of the characters were even slightly likable which made it pointless to want them to have a HEA. I dont get the point to any of this story and wasted time reading it.
January 20, 2026
Good read
I really liked this book ,yes it's a theme lots of stories have ,a marriage of convenience but I like Talias character and I thought Ronan wasn't so bad just cold .It held my attention and I read it in a day so for me that's a good read
I really liked this book ,yes it's a theme lots of stories have ,a marriage of convenience but I like Talias character and I thought Ronan wasn't so bad just cold .It held my attention and I read it in a day so for me that's a good read
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