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Lilies Bloom Twice: She stole my fiancé and buried me smiling. I came back and married her father.
Lily Monroe died with nothing left to her name.
The fortune her father built was gone, signed away one loving paper at a time. Her daughter was gone, taken by a hired driver on a wet road. And at the very end her fiancé, Trent Lockwood, fed her poison with the gentlest hands in the world while his bride, Sloane Kingston, watched from the foot of the bed, radiant in winter white.
She died knowing exactly what she had been worth to them.
Then she opened her eyes. Twenty one again. Her father not yet buried. Every signature unsigned, every mistake unmade, and four years of their secrets sitting in her memory like a loaded account.
This time, she does not wait to be kept. She marks two names at her father's funeral, and she circles a third. Matthew Kingston. The coldest, most powerful man on the coast. The one man her enemies cannot outbid, outcharm, or survive. And, sweetest of all, the man the whole city knows as Sloane Kingston's father. Sloane took her fiancé. Lily intends to take her father, and make him fall in love with her for real. He reads everyone in every room, so she buries her traps exactly one layer down, where only he will dig.
The seduction goes perfectly. He falls first. He falls hard.
The plan has only one flaw. Somewhere between his hands, his devotion, and the home he builds her with his own two hands, it stops being a plan.
She planned his fall down to the hour. She never once planned her own.
And the most dangerous thing on that coast was never his empire, or her list. It is what happens when the man who reads everything finds the one page she never meant him to see.
The fortune her father built was gone, signed away one loving paper at a time. Her daughter was gone, taken by a hired driver on a wet road. And at the very end her fiancé, Trent Lockwood, fed her poison with the gentlest hands in the world while his bride, Sloane Kingston, watched from the foot of the bed, radiant in winter white.
She died knowing exactly what she had been worth to them.
Then she opened her eyes. Twenty one again. Her father not yet buried. Every signature unsigned, every mistake unmade, and four years of their secrets sitting in her memory like a loaded account.
This time, she does not wait to be kept. She marks two names at her father's funeral, and she circles a third. Matthew Kingston. The coldest, most powerful man on the coast. The one man her enemies cannot outbid, outcharm, or survive. And, sweetest of all, the man the whole city knows as Sloane Kingston's father. Sloane took her fiancé. Lily intends to take her father, and make him fall in love with her for real. He reads everyone in every room, so she buries her traps exactly one layer down, where only he will dig.
The seduction goes perfectly. He falls first. He falls hard.
The plan has only one flaw. Somewhere between his hands, his devotion, and the home he builds her with his own two hands, it stops being a plan.
She planned his fall down to the hour. She never once planned her own.
And the most dangerous thing on that coast was never his empire, or her list. It is what happens when the man who reads everything finds the one page she never meant him to see.
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376 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 3, 2026
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October 4, 2026
I’m such a sucker for a reborn story. When I see one, I literally drop everything to read it stat. This one ranks as the weirdest one I’ve ever read. It reads like a novel written in the 1800’s socially… but there’s phones and airplanes. It was truly bizarre. I did not understand the world they were in, but I rolled with it.
Spoilery thoughts….
In the first chapter FMC is murdered by her dastardly fiancé and OW. She also learns that they killed her child. It was all for the money, baby!! *Insert evil laugh* She dies with a soul deep need for revenge.
Fortunately for her, she’s reborn four years earlier. Her fiancee is next to her on a bed (she had apparently passed out) and she immediately starts choking him out. I laughed.
She gets herself together and starts to plan her revenge. It gets a bit bogged down after this. There are things I definitely didn’t understand, but I kept pushing.
The last few chapters of the revenge conclusion are satisfying.
Not my favorite reborn story, but I was entertained enough to finish. I need to go trawling for more reborn stories!! 👀
Spoilery thoughts….
In the first chapter FMC is murdered by her dastardly fiancé and OW. She also learns that they killed her child. It was all for the money, baby!! *Insert evil laugh* She dies with a soul deep need for revenge.
Fortunately for her, she’s reborn four years earlier. Her fiancee is next to her on a bed (she had apparently passed out) and she immediately starts choking him out. I laughed.
She gets herself together and starts to plan her revenge. It gets a bit bogged down after this. There are things I definitely didn’t understand, but I kept pushing.
The last few chapters of the revenge conclusion are satisfying.
Not my favorite reborn story, but I was entertained enough to finish. I need to go trawling for more reborn stories!! 👀
October 3, 2026
This completely satisfied my craving for a good revenge story. The writing style was really confusing at times. I found myself rereading sentences two or three times and I still didn’t get it, but it didn't matter much because the plot was amazing.
I love me a badass revenge queen😁
I love me a badass revenge queen😁
August 17, 2026
You know, I really like this author/AI's books. I think they/it does a great job writing romantic suspense and they are edited enough to be fairly readable books, in spite of ubiquitous continuity errors and duplications.
HOWEVER, this is the 2nd book I've read by "QS" that read and was plotted like it was set in the late 19th or early 20th century--a weirdly outdated society with rich people's fortunes based on shipping, very robber baron/Downton Abbey in feel; but with weird anachronistic details added (cell phones, air flight, etc.) that made no sense to the plot. ...Vaguely a gas lit Cinderella retelling.
I'm sorry, but you just can't have a supposedly contemporary gothic romance which was clearly set in an very much older (your great or great great grandparents era?) and then have characters act like the social mores that mattered SO VERY MUCH then still make sense in modern times. This was just weird and makes no sense. Entertaining, and semi readable. But weird. Settings, manners, society set-up, customs, plots, motivations, technology--all these things need to match, not be set wildly disparate time periods and mixed in freely together. Unless, you're in a messily edited time travel book, I guess. (Which this was not, btw). YMMV.
Throughout, I kept wondering if the AI stole some pre-WW1 unpublished author's manuscript and tweaked it to sell today? I mean, that made the most sense to me! Because how does an actual human author create something so discombobulated? Inquiring minds wish to know.
If you've read this and want to comment, please do.
HOWEVER, this is the 2nd book I've read by "QS" that read and was plotted like it was set in the late 19th or early 20th century--a weirdly outdated society with rich people's fortunes based on shipping, very robber baron/Downton Abbey in feel; but with weird anachronistic details added (cell phones, air flight, etc.) that made no sense to the plot. ...Vaguely a gas lit Cinderella retelling.
I'm sorry, but you just can't have a supposedly contemporary gothic romance which was clearly set in an very much older (your great or great great grandparents era?) and then have characters act like the social mores that mattered SO VERY MUCH then still make sense in modern times. This was just weird and makes no sense. Entertaining, and semi readable. But weird. Settings, manners, society set-up, customs, plots, motivations, technology--all these things need to match, not be set wildly disparate time periods and mixed in freely together. Unless, you're in a messily edited time travel book, I guess. (Which this was not, btw). YMMV.
Throughout, I kept wondering if the AI stole some pre-WW1 unpublished author's manuscript and tweaked it to sell today? I mean, that made the most sense to me! Because how does an actual human author create something so discombobulated? Inquiring minds wish to know.
If you've read this and want to comment, please do.
August 15, 2026
Reborn…
This trope is usually very fun, and this one is no exception. The mean girls who have tortured her, and in this case actually poisoned her, get their karma. It’s pretty fun.
In the first life she’s an heiress and she has to have a child to completely open up her inheritance. There’s a physical seal that is needed. She has the child but less than two years later someone kills it. It seems very obvious who did it. Anyway her fiancé is stolen and the couple end up with everything.
Second life is a lot more interesting…
KU and this got pretty darn good! It was a fun read and I enjoyed it.
This trope is usually very fun, and this one is no exception. The mean girls who have tortured her, and in this case actually poisoned her, get their karma. It’s pretty fun.
In the first life she’s an heiress and she has to have a child to completely open up her inheritance. There’s a physical seal that is needed. She has the child but less than two years later someone kills it. It seems very obvious who did it. Anyway her fiancé is stolen and the couple end up with everything.
Second life is a lot more interesting…
KU and this got pretty darn good! It was a fun read and I enjoyed it.
August 5, 2026
Enjoyable!
Quinn Shepard writes very good marriage revenge books. I’ve enjoyed most of them. This one has a twist…it’s a reborn marriage revenge book. She has written another reborn book which I didn’t enjoy as much, this one I liked.
**SPOILERS**
Lily is orphaned and raised by a family that appears kind on the outside but is only keeping her because of her fortune. In her first life she married and had a child with Trent, the son of the family that is raising her. There was a secret engagement and eventually they married and had a child…it turns out the second she had a child Trent and his mistress Sloane killed her. The fortune passes through her having a baby, so when she got pregnant they got rid of her.
Lily wakes up on the day they are to bury her father. She remembers everything. She also remembers Sloane telling her that the great rich family she’s from isn’t really her family. There was no adoption, she has been throwing around a name that isn’t really hers. Lily knows the best way to revenge is seducing Sloane’s “father” the senator, Matthew. He runs everything! She sets up her plan and begins to execute it. She keeps Trent hooked, plays the grieving orphan while maneuvering her way into Matthew’s orbit. Things go according to plan. Matthew falls in love. Sloane pursues Trent. And Lily is two steps ahead of everyone. She puts herself in a situation where Trent tries to drug her to take advantage of her, she escapes and Matthew takes care of her. They make love. Lily calls off her engagement to Trent. And when Sloane, Trent and Lily are forced together, Sloane tells Trent that Lily has nothing, but she has the family name and a rich successful father. Trent gives Lily the “seal” her dad left him when they got engaged and Lily goes home to Matthew triumphant. But Matthew finds the letter Lily wrote when she was reborn…the list with his name on it, and how she calculated everything even his seduction. He’s shattered, and ignores her for two weeks. Lily finds out she’s pregnant and is heartbroken. She can’t stay in a house where Matthew hates her so she writes him a note and leaves. Matthew finds her at the airport and confesses to her. He tells her loves her and doesn’t care about her revenge plan. He takes her home.
Sloane and Trent are engaged. Lily realizes that she can finally settle the score! She tells Matthew to let them have their big party…it’s the same day as his birthday. And at the event they’ll denounce Sloane, AND announce her engagement to Matthew. Matthew and his mother love the plan. It goes off like clockwork. Sloane and Trent revel in the big party, and when Lily shows up they mock her. Sloane tries to remove her but Matthew enters and announces their engagement. Sloane freaks out. Trent freaks out. Matthew and his mom tell Sloane there were never adoption papers…they’ve let her wear the name like charity…and that the charity is over!!! Matthew announces his engagement to Lily. Lily has the babies, twins…and two years later they get married. The ledger is closed. Lily has won her much deserved HEA!
**THOUGHTS/OPINIONS**
I enjoyed this reborn marriage revenge book. It had everything needed to keep it compelling and interesting. Lily was a strong young lady who had been through hell and came back to get her revenge on those who wronged her. She had a plan that included Matthew…it just didn’t include falling in love with him. I liked Matthew, I thought his reaction to finding out he’d been used was a little ridiculous. Lily told him she loved him. She told him the plan had gone out the window and he still iced her out. It took her leaving for him to realize he couldn’t care less about the plan, that he loved her. I’m glad they got revenge on Sloane and Trent…but I still think the revenge ought to have been harsher! In her first life, Sloane and Trent MURDERED Lily!!! That’s the kind of people they were!!! They ought to have been shown living homeless on the freaking streets…they were deplorable human beings. I’m so happy Lily and Matthew got married, but I think marrying two years after the birth of their children was kinda silly. But all in all this book was satisfying. If Quinn Shepard writes more reborn revenge books like this one I’ll definitely read them!
Quinn Shepard writes very good marriage revenge books. I’ve enjoyed most of them. This one has a twist…it’s a reborn marriage revenge book. She has written another reborn book which I didn’t enjoy as much, this one I liked.
**SPOILERS**
Lily is orphaned and raised by a family that appears kind on the outside but is only keeping her because of her fortune. In her first life she married and had a child with Trent, the son of the family that is raising her. There was a secret engagement and eventually they married and had a child…it turns out the second she had a child Trent and his mistress Sloane killed her. The fortune passes through her having a baby, so when she got pregnant they got rid of her.
Lily wakes up on the day they are to bury her father. She remembers everything. She also remembers Sloane telling her that the great rich family she’s from isn’t really her family. There was no adoption, she has been throwing around a name that isn’t really hers. Lily knows the best way to revenge is seducing Sloane’s “father” the senator, Matthew. He runs everything! She sets up her plan and begins to execute it. She keeps Trent hooked, plays the grieving orphan while maneuvering her way into Matthew’s orbit. Things go according to plan. Matthew falls in love. Sloane pursues Trent. And Lily is two steps ahead of everyone. She puts herself in a situation where Trent tries to drug her to take advantage of her, she escapes and Matthew takes care of her. They make love. Lily calls off her engagement to Trent. And when Sloane, Trent and Lily are forced together, Sloane tells Trent that Lily has nothing, but she has the family name and a rich successful father. Trent gives Lily the “seal” her dad left him when they got engaged and Lily goes home to Matthew triumphant. But Matthew finds the letter Lily wrote when she was reborn…the list with his name on it, and how she calculated everything even his seduction. He’s shattered, and ignores her for two weeks. Lily finds out she’s pregnant and is heartbroken. She can’t stay in a house where Matthew hates her so she writes him a note and leaves. Matthew finds her at the airport and confesses to her. He tells her loves her and doesn’t care about her revenge plan. He takes her home.
Sloane and Trent are engaged. Lily realizes that she can finally settle the score! She tells Matthew to let them have their big party…it’s the same day as his birthday. And at the event they’ll denounce Sloane, AND announce her engagement to Matthew. Matthew and his mother love the plan. It goes off like clockwork. Sloane and Trent revel in the big party, and when Lily shows up they mock her. Sloane tries to remove her but Matthew enters and announces their engagement. Sloane freaks out. Trent freaks out. Matthew and his mom tell Sloane there were never adoption papers…they’ve let her wear the name like charity…and that the charity is over!!! Matthew announces his engagement to Lily. Lily has the babies, twins…and two years later they get married. The ledger is closed. Lily has won her much deserved HEA!
**THOUGHTS/OPINIONS**
I enjoyed this reborn marriage revenge book. It had everything needed to keep it compelling and interesting. Lily was a strong young lady who had been through hell and came back to get her revenge on those who wronged her. She had a plan that included Matthew…it just didn’t include falling in love with him. I liked Matthew, I thought his reaction to finding out he’d been used was a little ridiculous. Lily told him she loved him. She told him the plan had gone out the window and he still iced her out. It took her leaving for him to realize he couldn’t care less about the plan, that he loved her. I’m glad they got revenge on Sloane and Trent…but I still think the revenge ought to have been harsher! In her first life, Sloane and Trent MURDERED Lily!!! That’s the kind of people they were!!! They ought to have been shown living homeless on the freaking streets…they were deplorable human beings. I’m so happy Lily and Matthew got married, but I think marrying two years after the birth of their children was kinda silly. But all in all this book was satisfying. If Quinn Shepard writes more reborn revenge books like this one I’ll definitely read them!
August 12, 2026
This book was shallow. The readers are informed of things, but it's not explained well. OW is not the adopted nor the biological child of the family, but she has their last name, so was she kidnapped? That's literally the only logical conclusion. The entire explanation just doesn't make sense.
Instead of keeping a piece of paper explaining FMC's entire plan, why did the FMC not get rid of it? It makes her look like an idiot. What if someone else found it? It also would've been more honest and honorable of her if she decided to tell the truth to MMC out of her own volition rather than him finding the note and feeling understandably betrayed.
Who uses seals in this day and age? I know this might be a shocking novel idea, but signatures suffice for most legal documents and you can have documents notarized for extra validation.
Instead of keeping a piece of paper explaining FMC's entire plan, why did the FMC not get rid of it? It makes her look like an idiot. What if someone else found it? It also would've been more honest and honorable of her if she decided to tell the truth to MMC out of her own volition rather than him finding the note and feeling understandably betrayed.
Who uses seals in this day and age? I know this might be a shocking novel idea, but signatures suffice for most legal documents and you can have documents notarized for extra validation.
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October 8, 2026
This is not my first book by this author. This was interesting read. Less technical jargon then one of her other books and no inconsistencies in storyline.
What I liked.
- love the reborn genre
- loved the new H the h and Vera and Knox !
- pace was good
- book length perfect
- storyline interesting
- epilogue gave you a look in the future
What I didn’t like or thought could be improved
- it’s a reborn / revenge book. A lot of the story was taken up by the new H and the h getting together. Personal preference but that was a tad too long for me. Would have rather more focus on revenge. But it is a personal preference only. Didn’t take away from story.
- I think the revenge was too “safe”. They killed her. But all she did was bankrupt them and embarrass them. I wanted more.
Will read more by this author. Her books are quick interesting reads.
What I liked.
- love the reborn genre
- loved the new H the h and Vera and Knox !
- pace was good
- book length perfect
- storyline interesting
- epilogue gave you a look in the future
What I didn’t like or thought could be improved
- it’s a reborn / revenge book. A lot of the story was taken up by the new H and the h getting together. Personal preference but that was a tad too long for me. Would have rather more focus on revenge. But it is a personal preference only. Didn’t take away from story.
- I think the revenge was too “safe”. They killed her. But all she did was bankrupt them and embarrass them. I wanted more.
Will read more by this author. Her books are quick interesting reads.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 8, 2026
I enjoyed the story but...**Spoilers Below**
The story was well written and the plot pacing was fine. What didn't jive was the identity crisis the story itself was having. The entire story is written like a regency novel or an off-shoot of Bridgerton with the astronomical amount os times the word "season" was used. However, with the vibe in the writing, it didn't fit to have the characters have cars and cell phones in a book that read like a period piece. And then there was the dash of mysticism with the seals but after the cell phones I was more or less like, "sure, why not." Those 3 components didn't work well and because they didn't work well, it was not an easy story to get through.
The story was well written and the plot pacing was fine. What didn't jive was the identity crisis the story itself was having. The entire story is written like a regency novel or an off-shoot of Bridgerton with the astronomical amount os times the word "season" was used. However, with the vibe in the writing, it didn't fit to have the characters have cars and cell phones in a book that read like a period piece. And then there was the dash of mysticism with the seals but after the cell phones I was more or less like, "sure, why not." Those 3 components didn't work well and because they didn't work well, it was not an easy story to get through.
August 28, 2026
Fairly good, compelling story with intriguing plotlines.
The AI vibe was strong, which grated during the repeated verbatim lines the writer inserted at key intervals. Still, the narrative steered the plot details through interesting developments and predictable twists. The descriptive notes were colorful enough to be riveting, and I found myself hooked on Liliana's quest for vengeance. Matthew's enigmatic and forceful confidence kept Lily on her toes and scenes interesting. Four point five stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟❇ -- I deducted half a star for the verbatim statements that were noticeably repetitious.
The AI vibe was strong, which grated during the repeated verbatim lines the writer inserted at key intervals. Still, the narrative steered the plot details through interesting developments and predictable twists. The descriptive notes were colorful enough to be riveting, and I found myself hooked on Liliana's quest for vengeance. Matthew's enigmatic and forceful confidence kept Lily on her toes and scenes interesting. Four point five stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟❇ -- I deducted half a star for the verbatim statements that were noticeably repetitious.
August 15, 2026
Billy Bloom twice she stole my fiancé and buried me smiling
The reborn novel was very inspiring and heartbreaking. Lily had died a terrible death and was reborn to make corrections in her past life. I truly enjoyed reading this wonderful book I especially like the ending of this novel.
The reborn novel was very inspiring and heartbreaking. Lily had died a terrible death and was reborn to make corrections in her past life. I truly enjoyed reading this wonderful book I especially like the ending of this novel.
September 30, 2026
the second life
If we could all live again, would we make it better or worse? Would we even up old scores or would we be the scored upon. Lily almost lost it all. Those who wronged her lost the most. The man who opened the doors was always there, but hers in this second life. Good, earned revenge with a very happy end.
If we could all live again, would we make it better or worse? Would we even up old scores or would we be the scored upon. Lily almost lost it all. Those who wronged her lost the most. The man who opened the doors was always there, but hers in this second life. Good, earned revenge with a very happy end.
August 14, 2026
Packing and Unpacking
This was a whole epic! Like when I was a kid in the 1980s watching “The Thorn Birds” and lamenting how fate robbed Meggie and Father Ralph. Well, this story almost lost us Lily and Matthew but was so beautifully resolved that I marveled.
This was a whole epic! Like when I was a kid in the 1980s watching “The Thorn Birds” and lamenting how fate robbed Meggie and Father Ralph. Well, this story almost lost us Lily and Matthew but was so beautifully resolved that I marveled.
August 14, 2026
Great read a second chance on life and a revenge so sweet
August 17, 2026
Great second chance novel
I liked the setup of the first life portion, a delicious revenge and a beautiful hea. I enjoy all of her books
I liked the setup of the first life portion, a delicious revenge and a beautiful hea. I enjoy all of her books
October 5, 2026
Meh. It was like 3 books in one. So. 🤷🏻♀️
August 25, 2026
This book gave me a huge book hangover! I went in blind, had never read anything by this author but WOW. The writing is beautiful, the story is captivating. The MFC Lillie Monroe and orphan taken in by her boyfriends family and the MMC Mathew Kingston a senator will steal your heart. Their love is complicated and it start with Lillie planning a meet with Senator Kingston. He is instantly charmed. Their love become all consuming. There are very few MMC written like Mathew. He is strong feared by the entire state but yet for Lillie he will do anything including the most beautiful gesture you will ever read in a book. I want to listen to this story on Audible. These characters come alive in this beautiful book. I'm amazed it does not have more review. Wish I could give it a 100 plus.
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