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The Remorseful Husband: A Betrayal, Grovel, Second Chance Romance
322 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 5, 2026
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May 13, 2026
2.5 Stars, rounding up because the writing was decent. Well, this certainly wasn’t as porny as the blurb made it sound. Boo.
Spoilery thoughts…
I don’t know, man. This just didn’t work for me all that well. The idea the husband had of the auction was absolutely ridiculous and a great idea for angst. He was definitely an ass for that whole scenario. He’s pretty impressive in his subtle manipulations and his gas lighting abilities. But by the end I ended up not really liking the FMC.
At the heart of the story is an inattentive husband who is obsessed with making more money. FMC is a housewife with two little kids. She’s tried several different at home business ventures… but I’m sorry…. her ideas were kinda dumb. Things like candle making and stuffed toy making. I mean it’s cute, I’m a massive crafter, so I get the need to create. But these aren’t exactly ventures requiring family involvement. Her husband didn’t discourage her, but he wasn’t really involved. That is apparently a cardinal sin and he’s a pos for it. I don’t know. I just couldn’t relate. Like I said, I craft all the time. My husband could give two shits. I prefer it that way.
Now she wants to open a cupcake shop and is pissy because hubs isn’t supportive. Does she ever tell him about her idea? No. Does he have any idea this is on her radar? No. So she’s basically pissy he isn’t a mind reader.
She decides to open a cupcake shop on her own. Fine. But here’s where I really started to side eye her. She essentially abandons all of her parental responsibilities to hubs to make her dreams come true. All without communicating anything to hubs on things he needed to do for their children. As a former mom/housewife, I found this to be super uncool.
I don’t know… it just rubbed me the wrong way. But at the end hubs becomes a better husband and father in a ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ type of way.
Meh. Definitely won’t be rereading.
Spoilery thoughts…
I don’t know, man. This just didn’t work for me all that well. The idea the husband had of the auction was absolutely ridiculous and a great idea for angst. He was definitely an ass for that whole scenario. He’s pretty impressive in his subtle manipulations and his gas lighting abilities. But by the end I ended up not really liking the FMC.
At the heart of the story is an inattentive husband who is obsessed with making more money. FMC is a housewife with two little kids. She’s tried several different at home business ventures… but I’m sorry…. her ideas were kinda dumb. Things like candle making and stuffed toy making. I mean it’s cute, I’m a massive crafter, so I get the need to create. But these aren’t exactly ventures requiring family involvement. Her husband didn’t discourage her, but he wasn’t really involved. That is apparently a cardinal sin and he’s a pos for it. I don’t know. I just couldn’t relate. Like I said, I craft all the time. My husband could give two shits. I prefer it that way.
Now she wants to open a cupcake shop and is pissy because hubs isn’t supportive. Does she ever tell him about her idea? No. Does he have any idea this is on her radar? No. So she’s basically pissy he isn’t a mind reader.
She decides to open a cupcake shop on her own. Fine. But here’s where I really started to side eye her. She essentially abandons all of her parental responsibilities to hubs to make her dreams come true. All without communicating anything to hubs on things he needed to do for their children. As a former mom/housewife, I found this to be super uncool.
I don’t know… it just rubbed me the wrong way. But at the end hubs becomes a better husband and father in a ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ type of way.
Meh. Definitely won’t be rereading.
May 16, 2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3 stars.
This was one of those books where I started out absolutely furious, ended somewhere around “okay he’s improving,” and still never fully arrived at “I’m obsessed with this couple.”
I WILL say this though:
Troy eventually did the work.
And honestly? That already puts him ahead of a shocking number of men in these marriage-in-crisis books.
Because by the end he really does step up for his wife, his children, and his family in ways he should have been doing all along. He goes to therapy. He becomes an active parent. He learns how to actually participate in his own household instead of treating his family like loving background characters in the story of his career.
But what frustrated me the entire time was this:
WHY do these women always have to completely break down, walk away, or emotionally detach before these men finally wake up???
Why does it take:
- another man noticing her value
- the threat of losing her
- becoming a single parent for five minutes
- and realizing the household doesn’t magically run itself
…before the husband suddenly understands his wife is an actual human being with dreams and emotional needs?
That part always makes me tired.
Because Troy absolutely manipulated Piper from the beginning.
He knowingly entered her into this auction because he knew EXACTLY what the billionaire investor Arek was looking for in a woman. He had already arranged everything before he even talked to her about it. And then once she connected with Arek — not romantically at first, but emotionally and intellectually — Troy suddenly got jealous.
Sir.
YOU engineered this situation.
And honestly, the most interesting part of the book wasn’t even the romance.
It was watching Piper slowly realize how invisible she had become inside her own marriage.
Not because nobody cared about her.
But because Troy stopped asking questions.
That was really the core issue.
Piper talked about her cupcake ideas before.
She mentioned baking.
She mentioned dreams.
She mentioned things she was excited about.
Troy just never followed up.
Meanwhile Arek says:
“Tell me more.”
And that tiny difference changes EVERYTHING.
Because Piper realizes other people see her in ways her husband no longer does.
I actually thought that part was really well done.
And while I know Arek existed partially to create jealousy and emotional tension, I weirdly understood why Piper connected with him so quickly. He listened to her. He encouraged her. He treated her like someone interesting instead of someone efficiently holding his household together behind the scenes.
The Vancouver baking bootcamp section was honestly my favorite part because that’s where the book finally forces Troy to confront reality.
This man cannot cook.
Cannot organize.
Cannot keep up with the kids.
Doesn’t know where anything is.
Didn’t know his son had been bullied for MONTHS.
Didn’t know his wife had been going to the school weekly trying to help.
Didn’t know half the things his wife accomplished because every time she mentioned them he basically responded with:
“Oh wow that’s great 🙂”
…and then mentally logged back into capitalism.
And the saddest part?
The kids treated his basic involvement like it was magical because he had been absent for so long.
Dinner with Dad became an EVENT.
Lunches became exciting.
Him simply existing in the home consistently became special.
That actually hurt a little.
I also really liked Piper’s bakery storyline. The fact that she hired former students with disabilities and created opportunities for them was genuinely sweet and probably the part of the story that made me like HER the most. Her building something entirely on her own without taking money from Arek OR Troy felt important.
That said…
I still never fully fell in love with Troy (and Piper).
I appreciated his growth.
I appreciated the therapy.
I appreciated that he eventually realized his family needed HIM more than they needed more money.
But the manipulation at the beginning really soured me on him permanently.
And I also think the book accidentally highlighted how much emotional labor Piper had been carrying for years while simultaneously making her partially responsible for “allowing” his disengagement.
Which…
I understand to a point.
Communication matters.
But at some point a grown man also has to notice he hasn’t participated in his own family for seven years.
That cannot fully be on her.
Also:
I skipped most of the spicy scenes.
I just couldn’t emotionally get into intimacy while he was actively manipulating her, lying to her, and using her relationship with Arek for business leverage. My brain simply said:
“Absolutely not.”
And then by the time they WERE healthier emotionally, they hooked up in the cupcake shop and all I could think was:
“Please stop having sex near the frosting.”
So overall:
Interesting premise.
Some genuinely strong emotional moments.
Good character growth.
A husband who actually changes instead of just saying sorry once and expecting forgiveness.
But emotionally I still never fully bought back into the romance itself.
I didn’t hate it.
I didn’t love it.
I mostly spent the book wanting Piper to succeed independently while Troy tried desperately to earn his way back into his own family.
Which, to be fair…
was probably the point.
This was one of those books where I started out absolutely furious, ended somewhere around “okay he’s improving,” and still never fully arrived at “I’m obsessed with this couple.”
I WILL say this though:
Troy eventually did the work.
And honestly? That already puts him ahead of a shocking number of men in these marriage-in-crisis books.
Because by the end he really does step up for his wife, his children, and his family in ways he should have been doing all along. He goes to therapy. He becomes an active parent. He learns how to actually participate in his own household instead of treating his family like loving background characters in the story of his career.
But what frustrated me the entire time was this:
WHY do these women always have to completely break down, walk away, or emotionally detach before these men finally wake up???
Why does it take:
- another man noticing her value
- the threat of losing her
- becoming a single parent for five minutes
- and realizing the household doesn’t magically run itself
…before the husband suddenly understands his wife is an actual human being with dreams and emotional needs?
That part always makes me tired.
Because Troy absolutely manipulated Piper from the beginning.
He knowingly entered her into this auction because he knew EXACTLY what the billionaire investor Arek was looking for in a woman. He had already arranged everything before he even talked to her about it. And then once she connected with Arek — not romantically at first, but emotionally and intellectually — Troy suddenly got jealous.
Sir.
YOU engineered this situation.
And honestly, the most interesting part of the book wasn’t even the romance.
It was watching Piper slowly realize how invisible she had become inside her own marriage.
Not because nobody cared about her.
But because Troy stopped asking questions.
That was really the core issue.
Piper talked about her cupcake ideas before.
She mentioned baking.
She mentioned dreams.
She mentioned things she was excited about.
Troy just never followed up.
Meanwhile Arek says:
“Tell me more.”
And that tiny difference changes EVERYTHING.
Because Piper realizes other people see her in ways her husband no longer does.
I actually thought that part was really well done.
And while I know Arek existed partially to create jealousy and emotional tension, I weirdly understood why Piper connected with him so quickly. He listened to her. He encouraged her. He treated her like someone interesting instead of someone efficiently holding his household together behind the scenes.
The Vancouver baking bootcamp section was honestly my favorite part because that’s where the book finally forces Troy to confront reality.
This man cannot cook.
Cannot organize.
Cannot keep up with the kids.
Doesn’t know where anything is.
Didn’t know his son had been bullied for MONTHS.
Didn’t know his wife had been going to the school weekly trying to help.
Didn’t know half the things his wife accomplished because every time she mentioned them he basically responded with:
“Oh wow that’s great 🙂”
…and then mentally logged back into capitalism.
And the saddest part?
The kids treated his basic involvement like it was magical because he had been absent for so long.
Dinner with Dad became an EVENT.
Lunches became exciting.
Him simply existing in the home consistently became special.
That actually hurt a little.
I also really liked Piper’s bakery storyline. The fact that she hired former students with disabilities and created opportunities for them was genuinely sweet and probably the part of the story that made me like HER the most. Her building something entirely on her own without taking money from Arek OR Troy felt important.
That said…
I still never fully fell in love with Troy (and Piper).
I appreciated his growth.
I appreciated the therapy.
I appreciated that he eventually realized his family needed HIM more than they needed more money.
But the manipulation at the beginning really soured me on him permanently.
And I also think the book accidentally highlighted how much emotional labor Piper had been carrying for years while simultaneously making her partially responsible for “allowing” his disengagement.
Which…
I understand to a point.
Communication matters.
But at some point a grown man also has to notice he hasn’t participated in his own family for seven years.
That cannot fully be on her.
Also:
I skipped most of the spicy scenes.
I just couldn’t emotionally get into intimacy while he was actively manipulating her, lying to her, and using her relationship with Arek for business leverage. My brain simply said:
“Absolutely not.”
And then by the time they WERE healthier emotionally, they hooked up in the cupcake shop and all I could think was:
“Please stop having sex near the frosting.”
So overall:
Interesting premise.
Some genuinely strong emotional moments.
Good character growth.
A husband who actually changes instead of just saying sorry once and expecting forgiveness.
But emotionally I still never fully bought back into the romance itself.
I didn’t hate it.
I didn’t love it.
I mostly spent the book wanting Piper to succeed independently while Troy tried desperately to earn his way back into his own family.
Which, to be fair…
was probably the point.
May 8, 2026
I LOVED IT!!
I literally have no words! I was hesitant on reading this because I didn’t like the last book “Relentless Husband”, but I’m so glad I gave it a try!!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK, The storyline, the fmc, who finds her strength and power! I loved the fact the arrogant mmc realized what/who he was gonna lose and also realizing all the ish he’s been doing and how he treats her and his kids.
I loved the daughter who was such a protector of the little brother, I also loved how the mmc did a whole 180, to be a better person, husband and man!
I literally have no words! I was hesitant on reading this because I didn’t like the last book “Relentless Husband”, but I’m so glad I gave it a try!!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS BOOK, The storyline, the fmc, who finds her strength and power! I loved the fact the arrogant mmc realized what/who he was gonna lose and also realizing all the ish he’s been doing and how he treats her and his kids.
I loved the daughter who was such a protector of the little brother, I also loved how the mmc did a whole 180, to be a better person, husband and man!
June 6, 2026
a good read
So at first I had no idea if I would be able to forgive the absolute stupidity of the husband. The author found a way for that forgiveness. I do have to say that parts read almost like AI (details were mixed up - like who gave him the number for the therapist) but eh, I could forgive it. I read to read.
So at first I had no idea if I would be able to forgive the absolute stupidity of the husband. The author found a way for that forgiveness. I do have to say that parts read almost like AI (details were mixed up - like who gave him the number for the therapist) but eh, I could forgive it. I read to read.
May 31, 2026
very good
I think this was the best of the husband on his knees story by Sasha Rivers. I actually loved seeing H become a better husband and father and putting his family first over crazy obsession about being a billionaire. I really loved the heroine. Highly recommend this book
I think this was the best of the husband on his knees story by Sasha Rivers. I actually loved seeing H become a better husband and father and putting his family first over crazy obsession about being a billionaire. I really loved the heroine. Highly recommend this book
June 1, 2026
Boring, to be honest.
I thought this would be better than it actually was. What I mainly got out of this was her husband was a moron. Who does that?
They end up okay I guess, but he was a dolt.
KU read and I’m not impressed.
I thought this would be better than it actually was. What I mainly got out of this was her husband was a moron. Who does that?
They end up okay I guess, but he was a dolt.
KU read and I’m not impressed.
June 9, 2026
Just ok, was a little boring to me and I definitely skim read through the last 20% of the book. Honestly could’ve been a novella.
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