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The Same Offer: Later in Life Marriage in Crisis Romance
59 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 28, 2026
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March 22, 2026"I'm telling you that I am not going to be the person in this marriage whose career always bends. I'm building this. It's not negotiable. The question is whether you're going to treat my work the way I've been treating yours. Or whether it's just going to be your career that matters in this house."
Preach, sister. 👏
Preach, sister. 👏
March 10, 2026
Some Good Thoughts For Married Female Autonomy BUT...
Reasonable arguments for the married woman's equitable options within the family. The husband was unintentional in his presumptuous decision making and he owned it quickly and made significant restitutions. However the wife was very off-putting in her heavy handed grudge keeping - withholding any forgiveness. The lack of educated awareness concerning stay at home wives - calling the husband's mother's life as being 'partial' - is insulting. The most influential women on earth are moms raising the next generations. Wives and moms volunteering at countless causes and charities and school events. Moms present daily in their kids lives - involving them and leading by example.
Reasonable arguments for the married woman's equitable options within the family. The husband was unintentional in his presumptuous decision making and he owned it quickly and made significant restitutions. However the wife was very off-putting in her heavy handed grudge keeping - withholding any forgiveness. The lack of educated awareness concerning stay at home wives - calling the husband's mother's life as being 'partial' - is insulting. The most influential women on earth are moms raising the next generations. Wives and moms volunteering at countless causes and charities and school events. Moms present daily in their kids lives - involving them and leading by example.
April 10, 2026
The Same Offer, a part of the Marriage In Crisis series, was about 39-year-old Leigh Callahan, the lead project manager and consulting manager at her company, and Drew Callahan (age not specified, but being as it is a later in life story, the guess is he's in his early 40s), the Vice President of Operations at his place of business.
Three months before the story began, Leigh, the mother of ten-year-old Chloe and seven-year-old Aiden, had been offered a promotion at work. However, her husband, Drew, had talked her out of it by saying, "The timing isn't right" because they had recently moved, they were just settling into the new place, and they all needed a sense of stability. She agreed, but then, three months later, Drew told her HE was not only offered a promotion, but he had already accepted it...without talking it over with her and seeing if the timing was right for HIS promotion. He told her five days after he had been offered the position...and accepted it. He told her that in 3-4 years, he would be the CFO of the company, which told her that HER career would continue to take a back seat to his.
When she decided to push back and reclaim her career, Drew started to notice the changes. He wanted to negotiate the schedule, but she informed him that she hadn't consulted him about taking up her career again, the same way he hadn't consulted her about his promotion. He had no comeback.
The angst was higher in this story, but only a little, with the drama and emotional rollercoaster almost at a standstill. While there was a bit of push/pull, the conflict was minimal. The flow of the story was a bit chaotic and choppy.
The two main characters were well-developed and mature, with plenty of room for growth. The common theme throughout this author's stories is that the husband's past has/had shaped him into making the choices he did that put the marriage in jeopardy. Always, the blame landed on the parents, one or both depending on the plot, and that was the reason the FMCs would forgive them. They don't take full responsibility for their own actions. They say their parents' actions (usually the father) are what shaped their choices.
I gave this story a two-star rating. That's all it earned.
Three months before the story began, Leigh, the mother of ten-year-old Chloe and seven-year-old Aiden, had been offered a promotion at work. However, her husband, Drew, had talked her out of it by saying, "The timing isn't right" because they had recently moved, they were just settling into the new place, and they all needed a sense of stability. She agreed, but then, three months later, Drew told her HE was not only offered a promotion, but he had already accepted it...without talking it over with her and seeing if the timing was right for HIS promotion. He told her five days after he had been offered the position...and accepted it. He told her that in 3-4 years, he would be the CFO of the company, which told her that HER career would continue to take a back seat to his.
When she decided to push back and reclaim her career, Drew started to notice the changes. He wanted to negotiate the schedule, but she informed him that she hadn't consulted him about taking up her career again, the same way he hadn't consulted her about his promotion. He had no comeback.
The angst was higher in this story, but only a little, with the drama and emotional rollercoaster almost at a standstill. While there was a bit of push/pull, the conflict was minimal. The flow of the story was a bit chaotic and choppy.
The two main characters were well-developed and mature, with plenty of room for growth. The common theme throughout this author's stories is that the husband's past has/had shaped him into making the choices he did that put the marriage in jeopardy. Always, the blame landed on the parents, one or both depending on the plot, and that was the reason the FMCs would forgive them. They don't take full responsibility for their own actions. They say their parents' actions (usually the father) are what shaped their choices.
I gave this story a two-star rating. That's all it earned.
March 23, 2026
Something is off
Just read another story almost like this. I ended up not liking the woman and I feel the same with this story. It's like the man is always the bad guy. I get the being taken for granted and all that but story tellers can't keep writing books where the guy is always wrong and has to change. Change...yes but the wife can't turn around and do the same thing he did. Example: working on weekends. The author had no chemistry between these two. I won't say AI wrote this but the constant repeated phrases were suspicious. It would have been nice if there were comments about they and the kids come first. Be cuts back and she doesn't all if a sudden get to work on weekends or in the evenings when that should be family time. Just saying. The author attempted a good start but needs to develop characters a bit more. Thus felt...unfeeling.
Just read another story almost like this. I ended up not liking the woman and I feel the same with this story. It's like the man is always the bad guy. I get the being taken for granted and all that but story tellers can't keep writing books where the guy is always wrong and has to change. Change...yes but the wife can't turn around and do the same thing he did. Example: working on weekends. The author had no chemistry between these two. I won't say AI wrote this but the constant repeated phrases were suspicious. It would have been nice if there were comments about they and the kids come first. Be cuts back and she doesn't all if a sudden get to work on weekends or in the evenings when that should be family time. Just saying. The author attempted a good start but needs to develop characters a bit more. Thus felt...unfeeling.
April 14, 2026
Great
Fast read. Drew prioritizes his career over his wife's. His promotion was accepted without a conversation with his wife Leigha. This would mean longer hours, more time away from his family and he chose this as the route to career success. Leigha decides to choose herself own career goals without discussing it with Drew, just like he did. They'd figure out the kids schedules together. Not just adding to her responsibilities. Both parents balancing career and family. This is a newer to me author who I think gives real depth to her characters and the marriage in trouble trope.
Fast read. Drew prioritizes his career over his wife's. His promotion was accepted without a conversation with his wife Leigha. This would mean longer hours, more time away from his family and he chose this as the route to career success. Leigha decides to choose herself own career goals without discussing it with Drew, just like he did. They'd figure out the kids schedules together. Not just adding to her responsibilities. Both parents balancing career and family. This is a newer to me author who I think gives real depth to her characters and the marriage in trouble trope.
March 27, 2026
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I can say I would have raged if my husband had done this to me. Leigh straight up made her career important. Respect. Drew didn’t have but Drew figured it out. Loved it.
I can say I would have raged if my husband had done this to me. Leigh straight up made her career important. Respect. Drew didn’t have but Drew figured it out. Loved it.
March 29, 2026
Leigh and Drew
Ok read. Good plot but again, the author style of writing is not what I prefer. I get more engeage when there is dialogue between the characters.
Ok read. Good plot but again, the author style of writing is not what I prefer. I get more engeage when there is dialogue between the characters.
April 6, 2026
Conflict and solution
An honest look at what can happen when one spouse inadvertently puts their career above the other and the fallout that follows.
An honest look at what can happen when one spouse inadvertently puts their career above the other and the fallout that follows.
April 27, 2026
Feels like a workbook you’d get in marriage counseling or something.
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