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The Secret My Husband Sent Another Woman: A Marriage in Crisis Romance
She found her husband secretly talking to another woman on the day they said their vows.
He used to looked at his wife like she was the only woman in the room.
Every time. For four years.
He never gave her a reason to doubt it.
But then she picked up his iPad one Saturday morning.
$15,000 a month. Same name. Same account. Going back to the day he said his vows.
Every time he told her I’m not going anywhere.
Every night she nursed his son while he kept a secret he decided she couldn’t handle -
all of it was built on an account she’d never seen.
She doesn’t flinch or confront him.
She puts on the green silk dress. She kisses him at their anniversary party in front of two hundred people. She dances when he asks her to dance.
And she doesn’t say a word.
Not until the last guest leaves. Not until he loosens his tie and turns his back.
By the time he realizes what he’s lost, the woman he married is gone.
She's choosing herself.
And the one who’s left isn’t waiting for him to decide what she’s worth.
A later in life, marriage-in-crisis romance with a groveling hero, no cheating, and HEA.
He used to looked at his wife like she was the only woman in the room.
Every time. For four years.
He never gave her a reason to doubt it.
But then she picked up his iPad one Saturday morning.
$15,000 a month. Same name. Same account. Going back to the day he said his vows.
Every time he told her I’m not going anywhere.
Every night she nursed his son while he kept a secret he decided she couldn’t handle -
all of it was built on an account she’d never seen.
She doesn’t flinch or confront him.
She puts on the green silk dress. She kisses him at their anniversary party in front of two hundred people. She dances when he asks her to dance.
And she doesn’t say a word.
Not until the last guest leaves. Not until he loosens his tie and turns his back.
By the time he realizes what he’s lost, the woman he married is gone.
She's choosing herself.
And the one who’s left isn’t waiting for him to decide what she’s worth.
A later in life, marriage-in-crisis romance with a groveling hero, no cheating, and HEA.
- GenresSecond ChanceFamily
287 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 31, 2026
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April 9, 2026
2.5 Rounding up. This one is a weird betrayal.
Spoilery thoughts…
No physical cheating, but I would consider this emotional cheating. Even though there weren’t romantic feelings he still gave his time, attention, and resources to another woman. All while keeping it purposefully secret from his wife. I mean if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck….
I still don’t understand his thought process at all. Most of the book was the FMC being pissed. They didn’t talk it out in a way that made me truly understand where he was coming from. Given his history with his parents and his ‘great love’ for his wife, it just made no sense to me. Things I would have needed answers to (the picture of them in bed, the half written letter he wrote on their wedding day, the extent and length of his previous relationship with the OW) is never addressed and that was annoying. They pretty much just banged it out.
This couple reminded me of John F Kennedy and Caroline Bassett with all their public Manhattan fights. I really did not like either of them very much.
Towards the end he does a few surprises for her. On the surface, it’s sweet. But seriously, my dude…With these surprises he had to keep secrets. This idiot should never keep a secret again! Even happy secrets! What was supposed to be sweet rubbed me the wrong way. Did he learn nothing?
They both should have gotten therapy. Extensive therapy.
Spoilery thoughts…
No physical cheating, but I would consider this emotional cheating. Even though there weren’t romantic feelings he still gave his time, attention, and resources to another woman. All while keeping it purposefully secret from his wife. I mean if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck….
I still don’t understand his thought process at all. Most of the book was the FMC being pissed. They didn’t talk it out in a way that made me truly understand where he was coming from. Given his history with his parents and his ‘great love’ for his wife, it just made no sense to me. Things I would have needed answers to (the picture of them in bed, the half written letter he wrote on their wedding day, the extent and length of his previous relationship with the OW) is never addressed and that was annoying. They pretty much just banged it out.
This couple reminded me of John F Kennedy and Caroline Bassett with all their public Manhattan fights. I really did not like either of them very much.
Towards the end he does a few surprises for her. On the surface, it’s sweet. But seriously, my dude…With these surprises he had to keep secrets. This idiot should never keep a secret again! Even happy secrets! What was supposed to be sweet rubbed me the wrong way. Did he learn nothing?
They both should have gotten therapy. Extensive therapy.
April 25, 2026
The Secret My Husband Sent Another Woman, part of Her Marriage in Crisis series, was about Audrey Callahan-Reid, an interior designer, and Nathan "Nate" Reid, the CEO of Reid Capital. (Their ages were never given.)
Trigger Warnings by the Author: Cancer/medical trauma (NOT either of the main characters), parental separation/custody concerns, public humiliation, emotional manipulation/gaslighting, grief and loss (NOT either of the main characters, but once you read it, you'll see what the author meant, even though I didn't see it in the story).
Audrey and Nate had been married for four years and had two children, three-year-old Lily and eight-month-old James. They spent every Saturday together as a family. One in particular, while baby James was sleeping, and Nate had taken Lily to the park, Audrey needed to use his iPad because her phone had been dead for several days. However, there was an unusual bank notice open on the screen. It was an account she didn't recognize, depicting a transfer alert for $15,000 to an S. Park... and it was a monthly transfer that went back an entire year... on the day of their third anniversary.
She confided in her best friend, Margot, about everything she had found, including the pictures that were in the text messages. She decided to wait until after their anniversary celebration was over to confront him. When she did, he told her the other woman was not only a colleague but also a former girlfriend from college who was sick, had no insurance, and no one else to turn to but him. So he was "helping her" without his wife's knowledge. Audrey left him to go stay at her mother's (who had the kids for the party), then she went to Margot's with the kids to stay there for a while. During her first night there, she received a message...from Sienna Park...that said they needed to talk and that "it's not what it looks like".
This was a story that didn't make sense as it played out. The MMC reacted to the FMC
discovering things about him that made it appear that he was having an affair in a way that...well, in a way that said he WAS having an affair...when he wasn't. Not even an emotional affair, although...he apparently had deep feelings for the other woman. It was extremely confusing for its entirety. What the MMC did was, IMHO, unforgivable. Not an affair per se, but in his disrespect for his wife, the way he treated her as if she were a mental basket-case who couldn't be trusted to handle the truth. The way he treated the other woman was more like the way he should have treated his wife. It was all such a jumble of emotions that this reader could tell that he felt more than just friendship with the other woman.
There wasn't any real character growth for either of the main characters. It felt as if the FMC just fell in line with whatever the MMC did just to keep her family from being broken. The MMC never really changed his ways, and the author let the reader know this every time he screwed up.
I didn't enjoy reading this story. At all. In my opinion, it wasn't an HEA...or even an HFN, honestly. It was more of "be happy she's happy", . This didn't feel like a romantic story. It was more like a lesson in what not to do when your husband treats you like an unworthy, jealous, immature twat who wouldn't be able to handle the truth if it slapped you in the face and demanded you pay attention.
I couldn't give this more than a one-star rating. It didn't earn it, and it was very disheartening to see that the author expected the reader to turn a blind eye to what she was really stating: that the MMC was falling in love with the other woman and wanted to keep his family intact at the same time. This was a major red flag (towards the author), and a huge NO towards the book itself.
Trigger Warnings by the Author: Cancer/medical trauma (NOT either of the main characters), parental separation/custody concerns, public humiliation, emotional manipulation/gaslighting, grief and loss (NOT either of the main characters, but once you read it, you'll see what the author meant, even though I didn't see it in the story).
Audrey and Nate had been married for four years and had two children, three-year-old Lily and eight-month-old James. They spent every Saturday together as a family. One in particular, while baby James was sleeping, and Nate had taken Lily to the park, Audrey needed to use his iPad because her phone had been dead for several days. However, there was an unusual bank notice open on the screen. It was an account she didn't recognize, depicting a transfer alert for $15,000 to an S. Park... and it was a monthly transfer that went back an entire year... on the day of their third anniversary.
She confided in her best friend, Margot, about everything she had found, including the pictures that were in the text messages. She decided to wait until after their anniversary celebration was over to confront him. When she did, he told her the other woman was not only a colleague but also a former girlfriend from college who was sick, had no insurance, and no one else to turn to but him. So he was "helping her" without his wife's knowledge. Audrey left him to go stay at her mother's (who had the kids for the party), then she went to Margot's with the kids to stay there for a while. During her first night there, she received a message...from Sienna Park...that said they needed to talk and that "it's not what it looks like".
This was a story that didn't make sense as it played out. The MMC reacted to the FMC
discovering things about him that made it appear that he was having an affair in a way that...well, in a way that said he WAS having an affair...when he wasn't. Not even an emotional affair, although...he apparently had deep feelings for the other woman. It was extremely confusing for its entirety. What the MMC did was, IMHO, unforgivable. Not an affair per se, but in his disrespect for his wife, the way he treated her as if she were a mental basket-case who couldn't be trusted to handle the truth. The way he treated the other woman was more like the way he should have treated his wife. It was all such a jumble of emotions that this reader could tell that he felt more than just friendship with the other woman.
There wasn't any real character growth for either of the main characters. It felt as if the FMC just fell in line with whatever the MMC did just to keep her family from being broken. The MMC never really changed his ways, and the author let the reader know this every time he screwed up.
I didn't enjoy reading this story. At all. In my opinion, it wasn't an HEA...or even an HFN, honestly. It was more of "be happy she's happy", . This didn't feel like a romantic story. It was more like a lesson in what not to do when your husband treats you like an unworthy, jealous, immature twat who wouldn't be able to handle the truth if it slapped you in the face and demanded you pay attention.
I couldn't give this more than a one-star rating. It didn't earn it, and it was very disheartening to see that the author expected the reader to turn a blind eye to what she was really stating: that the MMC was falling in love with the other woman and wanted to keep his family intact at the same time. This was a major red flag (towards the author), and a huge NO towards the book itself.
April 12, 2026
Not for me
Sorry for his ex lover but this book was just not for me. His wife was the better person but I would never trust the MMC ever again. Ever. it just is so sordid. I can't understand stories like this and I don't want to. This is.my personal and very biased opinion but it was written okay so I can't give it lower rating. But I definitely didn't like the book. Other people may. It was.just unrealistic.
Sorry for his ex lover but this book was just not for me. His wife was the better person but I would never trust the MMC ever again. Ever. it just is so sordid. I can't understand stories like this and I don't want to. This is.my personal and very biased opinion but it was written okay so I can't give it lower rating. But I definitely didn't like the book. Other people may. It was.just unrealistic.
April 15, 2026
Good bones, weak execution. MMC is not physicially cheating but he is emotionally and financially cheating while keeping secrets from his wife and honoring his ex's preferences. The wife was understandably upset but her anger got old, his apologies were too numerous without changes in behavior. Both need therapy. The ex, to me, was not totally innocent. She knew he was married and still inserted herself into their marriage. Her situation was tragic, but it was HERS.
April 5, 2026
pleasantly surprised
This isn’t a typical book I would go for, but I was intrigued by the description. No cheating, but there’s another woman involved? Color me curious.
The MFC, Audrey, discovers her husband is receiving texts from someone and also paying an obscene amount of money monthly to that same person. She decides that after her engagement party she’s going to take their two kids and leave him. She confronts her husband prior to walking out, but doesn’t give him an opportunity to explain. She’s a woman with a backbone, but her attitude became too much at times. In one scene, she discovers a letter to her husband and drops her coffee mug. It shatters all over the floor as she’s screaming for him to go to her right away and explain the letter to her. He does. She’s upset, rightfully so, but it was her demeanor that I didn’t care for. She tells him, “Clean this up. I’m going to go shower.” She had several moments like that in the book and it almost ruined her character. Don’t give up on her, though, she does heal and become better!
The MMC, Nate, is nice but does have some groveling to do. He’s very devoted to his wife and doesn’t cheat on her physically or emotionally, but I would say he does financially and he’s also keeping secrets from her. He isn’t necessarily trying to be sneaky, but he’s making decisions without her because he thought she had too much on her plate. He fights for her and their marriage, but it takes him a few times to understand where he went wrong.
The “antagonist” of the book (if you can really call her that, is Sienna. She’s the MMC’s ex-girlfriend. She reaches out to him for help as he’s really her only hope and she desperately needs the help. She’s not a horrible person, but I couldn’t bring myself to like her either regardless of her situation. She was compliant in keeping secrets and also messaging him at inappropriate times of the night. He also has to ask her if she’s ok with his wife being a part of the process. She doesn’t come across as a girl’s girl.
There were some details that confused me. For example, there were photos she found of her husband with the other woman. He admits they used to date, but how old are these photos? Did the OW send them to him recently? Or was it something where she scrolled years back in their text thread? It’s never explained why they still exist. Also, the text messages saying ‘I miss you’ and ‘Thursdays don’t seem like enough’ aren’t explained well either. Although the entire situation gets explained, the details do not which makes a lot of it not add up.
All in all it is a really good book. There isn’t any emotional or physical cheating, but he is spending time with the OW helping her through a situation and he’s not telling his wife about it. I feel like that could be interpreted as a form of cheating to a reader. It also contains spice 🥵 (2.5 out of 5).
This isn’t a typical book I would go for, but I was intrigued by the description. No cheating, but there’s another woman involved? Color me curious.
The MFC, Audrey, discovers her husband is receiving texts from someone and also paying an obscene amount of money monthly to that same person. She decides that after her engagement party she’s going to take their two kids and leave him. She confronts her husband prior to walking out, but doesn’t give him an opportunity to explain. She’s a woman with a backbone, but her attitude became too much at times. In one scene, she discovers a letter to her husband and drops her coffee mug. It shatters all over the floor as she’s screaming for him to go to her right away and explain the letter to her. He does. She’s upset, rightfully so, but it was her demeanor that I didn’t care for. She tells him, “Clean this up. I’m going to go shower.” She had several moments like that in the book and it almost ruined her character. Don’t give up on her, though, she does heal and become better!
The MMC, Nate, is nice but does have some groveling to do. He’s very devoted to his wife and doesn’t cheat on her physically or emotionally, but I would say he does financially and he’s also keeping secrets from her. He isn’t necessarily trying to be sneaky, but he’s making decisions without her because he thought she had too much on her plate. He fights for her and their marriage, but it takes him a few times to understand where he went wrong.
The “antagonist” of the book (if you can really call her that, is Sienna. She’s the MMC’s ex-girlfriend. She reaches out to him for help as he’s really her only hope and she desperately needs the help. She’s not a horrible person, but I couldn’t bring myself to like her either regardless of her situation. She was compliant in keeping secrets and also messaging him at inappropriate times of the night. He also has to ask her if she’s ok with his wife being a part of the process. She doesn’t come across as a girl’s girl.
There were some details that confused me. For example, there were photos she found of her husband with the other woman. He admits they used to date, but how old are these photos? Did the OW send them to him recently? Or was it something where she scrolled years back in their text thread? It’s never explained why they still exist. Also, the text messages saying ‘I miss you’ and ‘Thursdays don’t seem like enough’ aren’t explained well either. Although the entire situation gets explained, the details do not which makes a lot of it not add up.
All in all it is a really good book. There isn’t any emotional or physical cheating, but he is spending time with the OW helping her through a situation and he’s not telling his wife about it. I feel like that could be interpreted as a form of cheating to a reader. It also contains spice 🥵 (2.5 out of 5).
April 13, 2026
This book feels more like a first draft for a writing assignment. It was definitely not ready to be a book. And there 100% was not an editor anywhere. Heck, I'll be shocked if there was any proofreading (including the author).
Can this author not count or something?
3 words = Goodbye Nate
4 words = I wish you were here.
There were only 2 times that a word count was mentioned, and BOTH times, the author got it wrong.
Somehow, the reason she was looking at the ipad (her phone was dead) suddenly disappears because she is taking pictures of the texts and bank transactions.
Our FMC was just pissed the entire time, and all the MMC did was apologize over and over. I don't see that he ever really stopped keeping secrets from her. He's constantly doing it again and again, even for her family day and in the epilogue for the studio. I don't see that he learned anything, and she's still angry. Nothing really changed.
I wanted some actual growth from the characters, and there really wasn't any. I also had some issues becoming emotionally attached to anyone. I just didn't like anyone in here.
His reasoning for keeping things from her is weak, at best. It needs to be fleshed out a little bit more to work.
I am not going to continue reading the series, and I don't recommend this one. There isn't enough there to really be worth the read.
Can this author not count or something?
3 words = Goodbye Nate
4 words = I wish you were here.
There were only 2 times that a word count was mentioned, and BOTH times, the author got it wrong.
Somehow, the reason she was looking at the ipad (her phone was dead) suddenly disappears because she is taking pictures of the texts and bank transactions.
Our FMC was just pissed the entire time, and all the MMC did was apologize over and over. I don't see that he ever really stopped keeping secrets from her. He's constantly doing it again and again, even for her family day and in the epilogue for the studio. I don't see that he learned anything, and she's still angry. Nothing really changed.
I wanted some actual growth from the characters, and there really wasn't any. I also had some issues becoming emotionally attached to anyone. I just didn't like anyone in here.
His reasoning for keeping things from her is weak, at best. It needs to be fleshed out a little bit more to work.
I am not going to continue reading the series, and I don't recommend this one. There isn't enough there to really be worth the read.
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April 14, 2026
Partial story
This turned into a book that just had a man do something hurtful. Ok. However, the author never gives us the root issue of why he did what he did. Why he didn't trust her. What was he protecting her from if he never, ever touched the other woman? Maybe the wife is a real control freak? Maybe she is a snob? I mean, we just don't know because the author just gives us an action but not what drove it. So I skipped a lot because it is just about her saying I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. Could be AI influence? Not sure but I didn't feel the characters anyways. Sorry. I just read a book where you know someone wrote it and went over it again and again. What authors need to do. And I hated it when the author left out where the baby was when Lily was with a grandparent. Who's minding the baby!?
This turned into a book that just had a man do something hurtful. Ok. However, the author never gives us the root issue of why he did what he did. Why he didn't trust her. What was he protecting her from if he never, ever touched the other woman? Maybe the wife is a real control freak? Maybe she is a snob? I mean, we just don't know because the author just gives us an action but not what drove it. So I skipped a lot because it is just about her saying I don't know, I don't know, I don't know. Could be AI influence? Not sure but I didn't feel the characters anyways. Sorry. I just read a book where you know someone wrote it and went over it again and again. What authors need to do. And I hated it when the author left out where the baby was when Lily was with a grandparent. Who's minding the baby!?
April 15, 2026
Holy shit so bad.
so many plot holes.
what about that letter he wrote on his wedding day saying hes not who she thinks he is?
the messages to the ow saying I miss you or one day isnt Enough ?? the pictures??
he fucked up again after she moved back in to give him another chance. and she still stays?
so many times shit didnt make sense. it was like every chapter something was being said or done then a couple sentences later the previous statement/action was contradicted with no explanation.
the grovel sucked too.
so many plot holes.
what about that letter he wrote on his wedding day saying hes not who she thinks he is?
the messages to the ow saying I miss you or one day isnt Enough ?? the pictures??
he fucked up again after she moved back in to give him another chance. and she still stays?
so many times shit didnt make sense. it was like every chapter something was being said or done then a couple sentences later the previous statement/action was contradicted with no explanation.
the grovel sucked too.
April 11, 2026
This one was a different type of betrayal. Not sure if I felt closure around it, some of the text and pictures just didn’t sit right but it’s fiction so 🤷🏻♀️. I did enjoy the book, kept me engaged but idk something just sits a little off for me. I think it’s more of a 3.5 start but rounding up.
April 10, 2026
A doormat h with a cowardly H who lied to his wife for no reason. He had more of an intimate relationship with the OW than he did his wife! What a waste of time reading this.
Here’s an example of the writing:
‘I said three words “goodbye, Nate.” ‘
Here’s an example of the writing:
‘I said three words “goodbye, Nate.” ‘
April 22, 2026
The book blurb was misleading; the H was definitely having an emotional affair.
Sienna was an ex-girlfriend and Nate still loved her enough to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on her cancer treatments. He regularly spent time with her, cuddling with her in bed and sending her messages saying the time they spent together wasn’t enough and he wanted “more”. He was giving his time, his attention and his money to another woman and keeping it from his wife. 100% cheating.
DNF
Sienna was an ex-girlfriend and Nate still loved her enough to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on her cancer treatments. He regularly spent time with her, cuddling with her in bed and sending her messages saying the time they spent together wasn’t enough and he wanted “more”. He was giving his time, his attention and his money to another woman and keeping it from his wife. 100% cheating.
DNF
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June 17, 2026
Ok.
So this book was just OK I liked the premise of the book but it was just really really hard for me to get through it was just Parts were just so long and drawn out and then there were parts that just made absolutely no sense.
So Nate and Audrey are married husband and wife have been for 6 years or so When she finds a bunch of text messages on his phone from somebody named S. parks
Along with the text she finds picture upon pictures 1 of them in bed together his arms around her them laughing them smiling When she finally confronts her husband Nate about it he says she's a colleague that's the 1st lie She is not just a colleague they were in love when they were in college
Audrey also found out that Nate had been given sienna $15,000 a month for at least a year Nate kept saying it's not what it looks like he can explain if she would just listen
Audrey said nope I'm out and she left him. She told him she needed time to try to figure out what was going on since he had been lying to her face every day he was paying sienna money he went to dinner with her there were text messages that said you know Thursdays alone aren't enough anymore I miss you and stuff like that.
Sienna was sick so she reached out to drew to see if he could help her she didn't expect him to but he did and she said to him do not tell your wife because this is my secret it's not yours to spill so Nate being a moron listened.
Never told his wife about the $15,000 a month never told his wife about the Thursday dinners with her never told about texting on the phone and talking in the whole 9 yd.
I'm not going to go into all the craft that they lied about and what was said and what was done you can find that out on your own if you decide to read the book my main thing is there was so many things that were said and never addressed.
Why did Nate say to sienna that Thursdays alone were not enough anymore?
Why did sienna reach out to Nate knowing that he was married and had been and then wanted him to keep secrets from his wife.
Why did Nate have text messages from sienna on his phone and pictures on his phone that were from before he married his wife Audrey.
In 1 part of the book Nate says to Audrey that he ended things a couple of weeks ago or if he wasn't having an affair what did he end he didn't stop giving her money he didn't stop seeing her on Thursdays.
Something was written about the fact that he had left a letter in the tuxedo that he had worn for their wedding day that he had started a note to Audrey saying I'm sorry I'm not the man you thought I was. And then he says when she confronts him about sienna that he was trying to figure things out before they got married so he was cheating on Audrey with sienna before he got married because that's what it makes it sound like.
Nate continued to lie and make mistakes throughout the whole entire book and he even gave sienna Audrey's number so she can call and ask if they could talk because it's not what it seemed like.
Audrey met with sienna and said you're not the villain here Nate made his own choices But sienna knew that he was married when she contacted him so that most definitely makes her just as much of a villain as him yes he made the stupid choices but she continued them.
Then while Nate is trying to prove to Audrey that he loves her beyond a shadow of a doubt and nothing happened sexually or anything between the 2 of him him and sienna he goes and he makes another huge mistake when sienna calls him.
Again why would sienna call him knowing she already caused a huge mess in their marriage but yet she went ahead and called and told him something anyway so that he would once again help her do what needed to be done.
She makes Nate jump through hoop after hoop after hoop And that whole part of the book was just drawn out long and basically useless because she would say she would try and then she wouldn't.
I think it started out good with good intentions but it just fell apart with how long everything dragged on and Audrey and sienna and Nate just make a mistake after mistake after mistake.
So this book was just OK I liked the premise of the book but it was just really really hard for me to get through it was just Parts were just so long and drawn out and then there were parts that just made absolutely no sense.
So Nate and Audrey are married husband and wife have been for 6 years or so When she finds a bunch of text messages on his phone from somebody named S. parks
Along with the text she finds picture upon pictures 1 of them in bed together his arms around her them laughing them smiling When she finally confronts her husband Nate about it he says she's a colleague that's the 1st lie She is not just a colleague they were in love when they were in college
Audrey also found out that Nate had been given sienna $15,000 a month for at least a year Nate kept saying it's not what it looks like he can explain if she would just listen
Audrey said nope I'm out and she left him. She told him she needed time to try to figure out what was going on since he had been lying to her face every day he was paying sienna money he went to dinner with her there were text messages that said you know Thursdays alone aren't enough anymore I miss you and stuff like that.
Sienna was sick so she reached out to drew to see if he could help her she didn't expect him to but he did and she said to him do not tell your wife because this is my secret it's not yours to spill so Nate being a moron listened.
Never told his wife about the $15,000 a month never told his wife about the Thursday dinners with her never told about texting on the phone and talking in the whole 9 yd.
I'm not going to go into all the craft that they lied about and what was said and what was done you can find that out on your own if you decide to read the book my main thing is there was so many things that were said and never addressed.
Why did Nate say to sienna that Thursdays alone were not enough anymore?
Why did sienna reach out to Nate knowing that he was married and had been and then wanted him to keep secrets from his wife.
Why did Nate have text messages from sienna on his phone and pictures on his phone that were from before he married his wife Audrey.
In 1 part of the book Nate says to Audrey that he ended things a couple of weeks ago or if he wasn't having an affair what did he end he didn't stop giving her money he didn't stop seeing her on Thursdays.
Something was written about the fact that he had left a letter in the tuxedo that he had worn for their wedding day that he had started a note to Audrey saying I'm sorry I'm not the man you thought I was. And then he says when she confronts him about sienna that he was trying to figure things out before they got married so he was cheating on Audrey with sienna before he got married because that's what it makes it sound like.
Nate continued to lie and make mistakes throughout the whole entire book and he even gave sienna Audrey's number so she can call and ask if they could talk because it's not what it seemed like.
Audrey met with sienna and said you're not the villain here Nate made his own choices But sienna knew that he was married when she contacted him so that most definitely makes her just as much of a villain as him yes he made the stupid choices but she continued them.
Then while Nate is trying to prove to Audrey that he loves her beyond a shadow of a doubt and nothing happened sexually or anything between the 2 of him him and sienna he goes and he makes another huge mistake when sienna calls him.
Again why would sienna call him knowing she already caused a huge mess in their marriage but yet she went ahead and called and told him something anyway so that he would once again help her do what needed to be done.
She makes Nate jump through hoop after hoop after hoop And that whole part of the book was just drawn out long and basically useless because she would say she would try and then she wouldn't.
I think it started out good with good intentions but it just fell apart with how long everything dragged on and Audrey and sienna and Nate just make a mistake after mistake after mistake.
April 10, 2026
This was an interesting Marriage in Crisis book. It wasn't your normal betrayal and the OW was not your normal OW. I liked that aspect of the story, but there were things that just completely took me out of the story. Right off the bat, the reason the fmc figures out something is wrong is because she had to use her husband's iPad because her phone had been dead for 3 days and the charger was upstairs and she did not want the creaking stairs to wake the sleeping baby. She finds all of the incriminating evidence on the iPad and the next thing you know, she's taking photos with a phone. Where did this phone come from?? Another time a classroom smelled like wet clay and tempera paint and then two paragraphs later, it smelled like wet clay and lemon cleaner. There were photos of them that looked really incriminating, like at a hotel room etc. I have no idea if they were old photos or what and it was NEVER explained. There were little inconsistencies throughout the book that drove me crazy. I felt bad for the fmc. Her world was completely rocked by a lying husband who thought she could not handle the truth of something. The husband does the required groveling and is patient and understanding with his wife's feelings after she finds out everything. In the epilogue two years later, they are together doing their Saturday morning thing, but the wife's confidence and trust is still wrecked. She still wonders about phone calls, text messages, credit card transactions etc. She still checks his location. The husband understands and gives her full access to his phone at all times. The last part talks about how it wasn't the marriage she had planned when she walked down the aisle. But it was the marriage we'd earned by nearly destroying each other and then choosing to rebuild. - That makes it sound like she is taking part of the blame that lies fully on her dumbass husband.
July 2, 2026
Second chances aren't easy
The Secret My Husband Sent Another Woman by Via Corvi kept me hooked from beginning to end. There were a few surprises along the way that I definitely didn't see coming, and I found myself eager to keep turning the pages.
I really felt for Audrey. Every time I thought Nate had finally learnt from his mistakes, he'd end up repeating the same behaviours that drove her away in the first place. While I have to give him credit for putting in the effort to grovel, I couldn't help but feel like he needed more than that. Honestly, I think he would have benefited from seeing a therapist because he just didn't seem to understand why his actions kept hurting the woman he loved.
One phrase that started to wear a little thin was, "I was going to tell you..." It became Nate's go-to response whenever Audrey discovered something herself or overheard a conversation that made her question giving him another chance. After a while, I just wanted him to stop saying it and actually show he'd changed.
Despite those frustrations, I genuinely enjoyed the story. It kept me invested, delivered a few unexpected twists, and had me rooting for Audrey throughout. Overall, this is an easy 5-star read from me, especially if you enjoy emotional marriage-in-crisis romances with a satisfying grovel.
The Secret My Husband Sent Another Woman by Via Corvi kept me hooked from beginning to end. There were a few surprises along the way that I definitely didn't see coming, and I found myself eager to keep turning the pages.
I really felt for Audrey. Every time I thought Nate had finally learnt from his mistakes, he'd end up repeating the same behaviours that drove her away in the first place. While I have to give him credit for putting in the effort to grovel, I couldn't help but feel like he needed more than that. Honestly, I think he would have benefited from seeing a therapist because he just didn't seem to understand why his actions kept hurting the woman he loved.
One phrase that started to wear a little thin was, "I was going to tell you..." It became Nate's go-to response whenever Audrey discovered something herself or overheard a conversation that made her question giving him another chance. After a while, I just wanted him to stop saying it and actually show he'd changed.
Despite those frustrations, I genuinely enjoyed the story. It kept me invested, delivered a few unexpected twists, and had me rooting for Audrey throughout. Overall, this is an easy 5-star read from me, especially if you enjoy emotional marriage-in-crisis romances with a satisfying grovel.
April 19, 2026
Was it betrayal or mistrust?
Audrey, a devoted wife and mother, uncovers damning text messages and suspicious money transfers from her husband, Nate, to another woman.
I was immediately pulled into the suspicion—texts and money transfers pointing toward an affair made Audrey’s reaction feel completely justified. I was on her side at the start.
But as the truth came out, my perspective shifted. Nate’s actions had real, meaningful intent behind them, and I found myself sympathizing with him more than I expected. Watching him try to fix things while being judged so harshly made his character feel grounded and human.
At the same time, Audrey became harder to connect with. Her hurt is understandable, but her anger and focus on being excluded started to feel more spiteful than reflective, which changed how I viewed her.
Overall, the story challenged my assumptions, but it left me conflicted about its message and character balance.
Audrey, a devoted wife and mother, uncovers damning text messages and suspicious money transfers from her husband, Nate, to another woman.
I was immediately pulled into the suspicion—texts and money transfers pointing toward an affair made Audrey’s reaction feel completely justified. I was on her side at the start.
But as the truth came out, my perspective shifted. Nate’s actions had real, meaningful intent behind them, and I found myself sympathizing with him more than I expected. Watching him try to fix things while being judged so harshly made his character feel grounded and human.
At the same time, Audrey became harder to connect with. Her hurt is understandable, but her anger and focus on being excluded started to feel more spiteful than reflective, which changed how I viewed her.
Overall, the story challenged my assumptions, but it left me conflicted about its message and character balance.
May 20, 2026
I liked some of this book but other bits didn't really make sense to me.
Its book 1 so maybe the author took a few books to find her grove.
The husband has been sending vast amounts of money to 'someone he used to love' so a former girlfriend he was with in college before he met the heroine.
This is the first thing that alienated me was the amount of money, its something like 15,000 $ a month, I realise medical bills are expensive in the USA but!!
But it made the story out of touch to me, he's a billionaire.
The basic jist is that he makes decisions without consulting the wife.
There is no physical cheating but some emotional cheating, which isn't really addressed. Why keep an old photo of her in your shirt or in bed together? The texts, Thursday isn't enough?
The kid is hilarious.
HEA.
Grovel.
I'm addicted onto book 2.
Its book 1 so maybe the author took a few books to find her grove.
The husband has been sending vast amounts of money to 'someone he used to love' so a former girlfriend he was with in college before he met the heroine.
This is the first thing that alienated me was the amount of money, its something like 15,000 $ a month, I realise medical bills are expensive in the USA but!!
But it made the story out of touch to me, he's a billionaire.
The basic jist is that he makes decisions without consulting the wife.
There is no physical cheating but some emotional cheating, which isn't really addressed. Why keep an old photo of her in your shirt or in bed together? The texts, Thursday isn't enough?
The kid is hilarious.
HEA.
Grovel.
I'm addicted onto book 2.
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April 7, 2026
Notes for me
Nate - billionaire
Audrey - they have two young children.
Sienna - old college girlfriend.
Wife finds bank transfers of $15k a month to S Parks for the last year starting on their anniversary.
Looks through his email and there’s a long standing communication. He tells her she won’t have to be without him. He misses her and Thursdays aren’t enough. He told the wife Thursdays are board meetings.
His heart is in the right place with helping. He didn’t tell his wife thinking he was protecting her.
I do have two questions still. Was the picture of him and Sienna in bed together when she was sick or earlier when they were together? Also his comment of I miss you and Thursdays aren’t enough. Was he saying she needed more treatment?
Nate - billionaire
Audrey - they have two young children.
Sienna - old college girlfriend.
Wife finds bank transfers of $15k a month to S Parks for the last year starting on their anniversary.
Looks through his email and there’s a long standing communication. He tells her she won’t have to be without him. He misses her and Thursdays aren’t enough. He told the wife Thursdays are board meetings.
His heart is in the right place with helping. He didn’t tell his wife thinking he was protecting her.
I do have two questions still. Was the picture of him and Sienna in bed together when she was sick or earlier when they were together? Also his comment of I miss you and Thursdays aren’t enough. Was he saying she needed more treatment?
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May 5, 2026
good overall but time lines/editing issues
Good story but it was never fully explained about late night texts, the miss you and Thursdays aren’t enough. he was having an emotional affair. Why were pictures of them on his phone?? And why were they sent.seems like they were reliving their past relationship. And why was the letter she found in his wedding tux not explained. It sounded like he was still in love with the other woman on his wedding day. This book was more confusing than anything had a lot of potential, but veered off track several times. Were they always in contact? -again it was almost like it was intended to be something else.
Good story but it was never fully explained about late night texts, the miss you and Thursdays aren’t enough. he was having an emotional affair. Why were pictures of them on his phone?? And why were they sent.seems like they were reliving their past relationship. And why was the letter she found in his wedding tux not explained. It sounded like he was still in love with the other woman on his wedding day. This book was more confusing than anything had a lot of potential, but veered off track several times. Were they always in contact? -again it was almost like it was intended to be something else.
May 12, 2026
it was okay
I thought the book was okay but in addressing his betrayal it was all about him keeping it secret and seemed to focus on the money. They have enough money that that shouldn’t have been an issue. I would’ve wanted to know about the infancy of those messages about “miss you” and “Thursdays aren’t enough”. How could that not be addressed along with the pictures of him behind her in bed. What purpose did that serve and why was someone taking pictures that they were messaging to each other? All those things are what made it look like an affair yet the wife didn’t address that stuff at all. For me that left a lot to be desired out of the story.
I thought the book was okay but in addressing his betrayal it was all about him keeping it secret and seemed to focus on the money. They have enough money that that shouldn’t have been an issue. I would’ve wanted to know about the infancy of those messages about “miss you” and “Thursdays aren’t enough”. How could that not be addressed along with the pictures of him behind her in bed. What purpose did that serve and why was someone taking pictures that they were messaging to each other? All those things are what made it look like an affair yet the wife didn’t address that stuff at all. For me that left a lot to be desired out of the story.
April 27, 2026
Definitely Betrayal
Major betrayal, and I was on the fence about emotional cheating. He gave his time to another woman and kept it a secret. It doesn't matter that he had good intentions toward this woman because he had poor intentions when it came to his wife and family. The financial betrayal, the secret time spent with the other woman, his reasons for the secrets, his initial connection to the other woman...its all bad, imo. Then she just decides to be hurt but understand. The turn around was too fast. Especially given her childhood.
Major betrayal, and I was on the fence about emotional cheating. He gave his time to another woman and kept it a secret. It doesn't matter that he had good intentions toward this woman because he had poor intentions when it came to his wife and family. The financial betrayal, the secret time spent with the other woman, his reasons for the secrets, his initial connection to the other woman...its all bad, imo. Then she just decides to be hurt but understand. The turn around was too fast. Especially given her childhood.
May 21, 2026
Not Bad at All!
So this is my first read from these authors. I’m into it! If my husband was spending tens of thousands of dollars on his ex, I absolutely would have had his head. I understand Audrey’s hesitation even after learning that Nate’s intentions were altruistic. Trust is hard to re-establish once it’s broken. Although I will admit that she overreacted about the whole foundation thing. She was being petty and ignored him and he had a deadline. But all in all, I enjoyed it.
So this is my first read from these authors. I’m into it! If my husband was spending tens of thousands of dollars on his ex, I absolutely would have had his head. I understand Audrey’s hesitation even after learning that Nate’s intentions were altruistic. Trust is hard to re-establish once it’s broken. Although I will admit that she overreacted about the whole foundation thing. She was being petty and ignored him and he had a deadline. But all in all, I enjoyed it.
April 12, 2026
Loved it.
Apart from the billionaire lifestyle and large sums of money involved I thought there was a great deal of truth and realism in this book, especially in the dialogue. I believed in the emotions experienced by both parties and I loved the images and descriptions that Via Corvi gives us. I found myself actually caring about what might happen to this family and I wasn’t disappointed.
Apart from the billionaire lifestyle and large sums of money involved I thought there was a great deal of truth and realism in this book, especially in the dialogue. I believed in the emotions experienced by both parties and I loved the images and descriptions that Via Corvi gives us. I found myself actually caring about what might happen to this family and I wasn’t disappointed.
April 16, 2026
Second chances
Nate and Audrey have a strong marriage and happy kids until Audrey discovers Nate’s secret account where he gives a stranger $15000 a month. Add to that secret texts and photos and Audrey blows up and leaves. This all makes sense up until you find out his reasons. Audrey then becomes this whining, vicious person who draws no sympathy from the reader. Does Nate make mistakes? Yes, but so does Audrey. And sexy times does not replace a good story.
Nate and Audrey have a strong marriage and happy kids until Audrey discovers Nate’s secret account where he gives a stranger $15000 a month. Add to that secret texts and photos and Audrey blows up and leaves. This all makes sense up until you find out his reasons. Audrey then becomes this whining, vicious person who draws no sympathy from the reader. Does Nate make mistakes? Yes, but so does Audrey. And sexy times does not replace a good story.
April 21, 2026
Some questions not answered
Loved the book and story line but aomw things not answered
Why did he tell s.parks that he missed her and Thursdays werent enough
Did he continue meeting her after she got better
Did he establish boundaries with her
Did they stop texting at midnight
While the author made it out like he had good intentions he still seemed to be having aan emptional affair and that piece was never addressed
Loved the book and story line but aomw things not answered
Why did he tell s.parks that he missed her and Thursdays werent enough
Did he continue meeting her after she got better
Did he establish boundaries with her
Did they stop texting at midnight
While the author made it out like he had good intentions he still seemed to be having aan emptional affair and that piece was never addressed
May 5, 2026
Pretty foolish.
The wife thinks he’s having an affair, leading a double life, when she finds out he’s been transferring $15,000/ month to his ex-girlfriend (where does he work to make that kind of money?).
Anyway, for whatever reason, he has chosen not to tell his wife the truth, which is that his ex-girlfriend is dying of cancer, she has no family and no money so he’s helping her with the medical expenses and spending time with her as a friend.
Dude. Like wtf.
The wife thinks he’s having an affair, leading a double life, when she finds out he’s been transferring $15,000/ month to his ex-girlfriend (where does he work to make that kind of money?).
Anyway, for whatever reason, he has chosen not to tell his wife the truth, which is that his ex-girlfriend is dying of cancer, she has no family and no money so he’s helping her with the medical expenses and spending time with her as a friend.
Dude. Like wtf.
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June 7, 2026
not my favorite from this author
I have read several books from these authors. This one, so far, is my least favorite. I felt like there were loose ends and discrepancies in the time lines/ facts (Example: what was up with the letter she found that Nate never gave her. Was it lies the whole marriage or just the last years, etc). And the grovel just wasn’t there for me. I gave it 3 stars because I still plan on reading the next one… just wish things were clear.
I have read several books from these authors. This one, so far, is my least favorite. I felt like there were loose ends and discrepancies in the time lines/ facts (Example: what was up with the letter she found that Nate never gave her. Was it lies the whole marriage or just the last years, etc). And the grovel just wasn’t there for me. I gave it 3 stars because I still plan on reading the next one… just wish things were clear.
April 23, 2026
I liked it. But I think the dynamic between the H and the OW didn’t quite add up for me. There texts were too lovie and intimate for it not to be a full on emotional affair, and H kept downplaying it like he was just helping a friend…. I like what this author is doing with her books l, and I plan to keep reading all her stories because, frankly, it’s rare to find well written betrayal stories.
April 25, 2026
Audrey and Nate
I enjoyed this book. Lots of angst. Heartbreak. And Nate just kept stumbling and hurting Audrey.
They had the perfect marriage. They were happy with a beautiful family until the day Audrey finds out it was all mirrors and she didn't know her husband at all.
Recommended
I enjoyed this book. Lots of angst. Heartbreak. And Nate just kept stumbling and hurting Audrey.
They had the perfect marriage. They were happy with a beautiful family until the day Audrey finds out it was all mirrors and she didn't know her husband at all.
Recommended
July 15, 2026
This book has a lot of intensity about many things. It’s not a story about cheating, it’s a story about lying. What he lied about wasn’t really that bad but the fact that he chose to keep it from her was the thing that was so hurtful. I think this couple could’ve used some counseling because they both came from broken backgrounds.
July 19, 2026
She should have divorced him on page 186
I said what I said ^^^^^.
200,000 dollars that had been intended for his children?! That was after the monthly payments…this just got crazy. BTW, public school teachers have health insurance.
What’s never acknowledged is the emotional affair that went along with the financial infidelity.
I said what I said ^^^^^.
200,000 dollars that had been intended for his children?! That was after the monthly payments…this just got crazy. BTW, public school teachers have health insurance.
What’s never acknowledged is the emotional affair that went along with the financial infidelity.
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