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The Reservation: Another woman is in my seat for our anniversary. Our table. My restaurant. I’m about to destroy him.
My husband booked our anniversary table for another woman.
He just didn’t know the restaurant was mine.
Drew Cahill told his girlfriend he was divorced. She thinks the lavish life they’ve been posting online belongs to him.
He lied.
For five months, I’ve watched my husband build a second life using property owned by my family, wine paid for with my money, and a restaurant he thinks “owes him one.”
Now he’s brought her to table four.
The same table where he proposed.
By the end of the night, Drew is finally going to understand the difference between being married to me and actually knowing who I am.
For fans
✓ cheating husband revenge stories
✓ hidden wealth heroines
✓ public affair exposure with style
✓ restaurant-set betrayal and emotional justice
✓ mistresses who don’t know the whole story
✓ arrogant husbands underestimating the wrong wife
✓ upgrade romance with the man who already knows her worth
✓ elegant revenge with a sharp, satisfying payoff
He just didn’t know the restaurant was mine.
Drew Cahill told his girlfriend he was divorced. She thinks the lavish life they’ve been posting online belongs to him.
He lied.
For five months, I’ve watched my husband build a second life using property owned by my family, wine paid for with my money, and a restaurant he thinks “owes him one.”
Now he’s brought her to table four.
The same table where he proposed.
By the end of the night, Drew is finally going to understand the difference between being married to me and actually knowing who I am.
For fans
✓ cheating husband revenge stories
✓ hidden wealth heroines
✓ public affair exposure with style
✓ restaurant-set betrayal and emotional justice
✓ mistresses who don’t know the whole story
✓ arrogant husbands underestimating the wrong wife
✓ upgrade romance with the man who already knows her worth
✓ elegant revenge with a sharp, satisfying payoff
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61 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 26, 2026
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July 11, 2026
Meh. Good if you have an hour to kill and you’re bored. The literary equivalent of reading the back of a cereal box.
The set up is good for betrayal, but it’s too short to be very impactful. Did the husband love her at all? It would have been much more satisfying if we saw him emotionally suffer with regret. We don’t. I think he was probably more bummed his gf dumped him. 🤷♀️
The set up is good for betrayal, but it’s too short to be very impactful. Did the husband love her at all? It would have been much more satisfying if we saw him emotionally suffer with regret. We don’t. I think he was probably more bummed his gf dumped him. 🤷♀️
June 28, 2026
Not only a dry read but also one confused book.
Does he or doesn't he know that the wife is rich and they are loaded??
Because we are told that she hides her wealth and they live simply/normally, that since he never asked about her family, he never knew how much property her family/ she owns around town.
He made her sign a prenup because he (maybe a realtor?) believed himself to be the rich one in the equation.
But then the blurb and the OW say things differently - that the ow had believed wrongly that the lifestyle was because of him. This implies that he had led the ow to believe that the wife's wealth was his.
BUT then he never knew about the wife's wealth and there was no show of wealth, right?
The FL drives a Honda fgs.
Meh!
Does he or doesn't he know that the wife is rich and they are loaded??
Because we are told that she hides her wealth and they live simply/normally, that since he never asked about her family, he never knew how much property her family/ she owns around town.
He made her sign a prenup because he (maybe a realtor?) believed himself to be the rich one in the equation.
But then the blurb and the OW say things differently - that the ow had believed wrongly that the lifestyle was because of him. This implies that he had led the ow to believe that the wife's wealth was his.
BUT then he never knew about the wife's wealth and there was no show of wealth, right?
The FL drives a Honda fgs.
Meh!
July 26, 2026
Quick revenge story.
June 29, 2026
The Reservation, part of A Wronged Wife's Revenge series, was about 32-year-old Tessa Collier "Cahill"(she kept her maiden name after the wedding), the owner of several properties and the silent partner of a well-known restaurant, and Miles Regan, an architect.
Tessa and her husband, Drew Cahill, a real estate broker, had been married for four years when she realised he was cheating on her. He didn't know that for the past five months, she had been watching, documenting everything he had been doing, including the night he reserved the table at her restaurant for the other woman, a night he said he had a "client appreciation dinner"...the night that happened to be on their anniversary, and the table had been the one where he had proposed to her years ago. She also knew he had been lying about what the night represented. He was taking his 27-year-old mistress, Camille Royce (a lifestyle influencer), to dinner, not a client. It was also, apparently, Drew and Camille's "anniversary" dinner. Another thing that Drew wasn't aware of was that his wife was independently wealthy. While he knew she owned several rental properties, he wasn't aware that all the rentals, plus more he knew nothing about, had been owned by her through the Prescott Trust she had inherited...from her late mother's family. He was about to get a very rude, very public awakening.
Tessa had known Miles for thirteen months. He had asked her to dinner 8 months earlier, but she had told him she was married, to which he responded that the offer still stood. He was also the man she and Luca, the restaurant's chef and co-owner, had hired to do the expansion they wanted for their establishment. She invited him to dinner...and the same restaurant where she planned to take down her husband.
While the author had a good idea with this storyline, it wasn't complete. There was very little angst, not enough drama, and it lacked the typical emotional rollercoaster. Even the conflict was bland. And I finally understood at the end of this book what the authors of these types of short stories are all missing. They are leaving out the discovery of the wrongdoing, the emotional falling apart of the wronged party, and the planning of the takedown of the ones who hurt them. Readers LOVE to be a party to all of that, and the authors who have taken to writing what seems to be works done using AI don't take the time to include all of the interesting issues most readers love...and even demand. To leave the meat and bones out of a story is not only a detriment to the book, but it will also lose fans in the process.
Once again, there wasn't any time for character building or growth, because the entire book took place in a matter of hours. Because it left so much out, it only earned a one-star rating.
Tessa and her husband, Drew Cahill, a real estate broker, had been married for four years when she realised he was cheating on her. He didn't know that for the past five months, she had been watching, documenting everything he had been doing, including the night he reserved the table at her restaurant for the other woman, a night he said he had a "client appreciation dinner"...the night that happened to be on their anniversary, and the table had been the one where he had proposed to her years ago. She also knew he had been lying about what the night represented. He was taking his 27-year-old mistress, Camille Royce (a lifestyle influencer), to dinner, not a client. It was also, apparently, Drew and Camille's "anniversary" dinner. Another thing that Drew wasn't aware of was that his wife was independently wealthy. While he knew she owned several rental properties, he wasn't aware that all the rentals, plus more he knew nothing about, had been owned by her through the Prescott Trust she had inherited...from her late mother's family. He was about to get a very rude, very public awakening.
Tessa had known Miles for thirteen months. He had asked her to dinner 8 months earlier, but she had told him she was married, to which he responded that the offer still stood. He was also the man she and Luca, the restaurant's chef and co-owner, had hired to do the expansion they wanted for their establishment. She invited him to dinner...and the same restaurant where she planned to take down her husband.
While the author had a good idea with this storyline, it wasn't complete. There was very little angst, not enough drama, and it lacked the typical emotional rollercoaster. Even the conflict was bland. And I finally understood at the end of this book what the authors of these types of short stories are all missing. They are leaving out the discovery of the wrongdoing, the emotional falling apart of the wronged party, and the planning of the takedown of the ones who hurt them. Readers LOVE to be a party to all of that, and the authors who have taken to writing what seems to be works done using AI don't take the time to include all of the interesting issues most readers love...and even demand. To leave the meat and bones out of a story is not only a detriment to the book, but it will also lose fans in the process.
Once again, there wasn't any time for character building or growth, because the entire book took place in a matter of hours. Because it left so much out, it only earned a one-star rating.
August 7, 2026
Oh what a web we weave when we deceive
Paraphrasing the title from a truly awesome quote.
Normally I don’t enjoy the cheating trope that does not include a second chance HEA. However, this story caught me right at the beginning right to the end. It was nice to see the cheater get the comeuppance he deserved.
It was also sweet that the MFC could move on the way she did with someone who truly appreciated her.
Paraphrasing the title from a truly awesome quote.
Normally I don’t enjoy the cheating trope that does not include a second chance HEA. However, this story caught me right at the beginning right to the end. It was nice to see the cheater get the comeuppance he deserved.
It was also sweet that the MFC could move on the way she did with someone who truly appreciated her.
July 8, 2026
Liked this one…
This couple probably should have dated longer… if a husband is cheating before they’ve been married four years, it wasn’t love.
Anyway, it’s actually their fourth wedding anniversary and he has lied to the wife. He says it’s a client dinner, but he has made reservations for his girlfriend. And he has no idea that the wife owns the restaurant…
Interesting plot, decent characters, and for me it was better than average. More like 3.5 but rounded up.
This couple probably should have dated longer… if a husband is cheating before they’ve been married four years, it wasn’t love.
Anyway, it’s actually their fourth wedding anniversary and he has lied to the wife. He says it’s a client dinner, but he has made reservations for his girlfriend. And he has no idea that the wife owns the restaurant…
Interesting plot, decent characters, and for me it was better than average. More like 3.5 but rounded up.
July 16, 2026
If AI is “intelligent”, why does it make so many glaring mistakes?
July 28, 2026
This story wasn't too bad. The Hero was absolutely a lying, cheating shithead. He lost the woman he was cheating with (she had no idea he was still married), and he lost bank that he could have had (if he had known his wife was LOADED), but he forced her to sign a prenup guarding them both from the money they made with their own businesses. It wasn't too shabby for as short as it was. The ending felt a little incomplete though. I would have liked to see the heroine get an upgraded Hero and rub that shit in her ex's face.
June 7, 2026
Wished it was longer
I really enjoyed this quick read! In fact it was too short! I wanted this one flushed out in a regular length novel so I could get to know the characters better and also read about the new relationship.
I really enjoyed this quick read! In fact it was too short! I wanted this one flushed out in a regular length novel so I could get to know the characters better and also read about the new relationship.
June 20, 2026
This was actually humorous and dry but in a good way. Starts out you already know her husband's cheating and so she methodically sets him up at the restaurant she owns when he makes a reservation for two but not with her. The set up was great. And the two little betrayers got spunked.
July 12, 2026
Her husband beats
I was a little disappointed in this one it didn't start out well very dry it needs some punch of some kind to bring it back together with a little improvements it'll be a better book
I was a little disappointed in this one it didn't start out well very dry it needs some punch of some kind to bring it back together with a little improvements it'll be a better book
July 13, 2026
good read…
Wish it was a bit longer but it ended in the perfect way. Tessa is quiet, focused and formidable. Drew is awful and oily. His comeuppance was well deserved. Looking for a quick, compelling read, this is it. recommend!
Wish it was a bit longer but it ended in the perfect way. Tessa is quiet, focused and formidable. Drew is awful and oily. His comeuppance was well deserved. Looking for a quick, compelling read, this is it. recommend!
July 21, 2026
Was ok!!
Super quick, easy read! Nothing really to indepth or remarkable about this story, pretty one dimensional, cheating spouse, wife finds out... not really revenge, but publicly exposed!
Super quick, easy read! Nothing really to indepth or remarkable about this story, pretty one dimensional, cheating spouse, wife finds out... not really revenge, but publicly exposed!
October 13, 2026
She won!
It helps to have your own money, especially when defeating a serpent is the goal. Good read. Good writing. I just quit reading several similar novels because the writing was juvenile. The plots were too thin.
It helps to have your own money, especially when defeating a serpent is the goal. Good read. Good writing. I just quit reading several similar novels because the writing was juvenile. The plots were too thin.
July 1, 2026
Interesting plot
I was very into the book.
The flow was good, and the plot was not an overused one.
Recommend that you read the book.
I was very into the book.
The flow was good, and the plot was not an overused one.
Recommend that you read the book.
July 20, 2026
Great Quick Read
I loved this story. It’s a very quick read but had the angst, drama, and empowerment without the unrealistic drama of some divorce/infidelity stories.
I loved this story. It’s a very quick read but had the angst, drama, and empowerment without the unrealistic drama of some divorce/infidelity stories.
July 25, 2026
Short and Sweet !!
Anyone who has been cheated on and wished for sweet revenge, MUST READ !! it’s a short story but so good !!
Anyone who has been cheated on and wished for sweet revenge, MUST READ !! it’s a short story but so good !!
July 27, 2026
Good Read
All around good read. Nicely written. It's kind of fast-paced and missing a lot of detail but it's a good story
All around good read. Nicely written. It's kind of fast-paced and missing a lot of detail but it's a good story
August 3, 2026
The Reservation
Absolutely outstanding, so enjoyable I loved every moment. Way too short but impacted by an excellent storyline. Very well written. Highly recommended
Absolutely outstanding, so enjoyable I loved every moment. Way too short but impacted by an excellent storyline. Very well written. Highly recommended
August 11, 2026
Another quick read that required no thought before falling asleep.
August 19, 2026
good book.
Nice, short story. I enjoyed it. Wanted to see the husband more upset and maybe his pov but still really enjoyed it.
Nice, short story. I enjoyed it. Wanted to see the husband more upset and maybe his pov but still really enjoyed it.
August 30, 2026
About this book
Love this book and would recommend it to anyone who loves to read romance novels and Avery Kohl is an amazing writer ❤️
Love this book and would recommend it to anyone who loves to read romance novels and Avery Kohl is an amazing writer ❤️
October 4, 2026
Good Story
Well written book my only criticism is the lack of input from the husband. That aside for a short story it keeps you engaged and turning the pages
Well written book my only criticism is the lack of input from the husband. That aside for a short story it keeps you engaged and turning the pages
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