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Broken Trust: A Betrayal Romance
She pretends she doesn't love him anymore. He pretends he always did.
Gia Rizzo knows her marriage is over the moment she overhears her husband admit he's never loved her. And while she grieves for the children she can never have, Dante is finding comfort somewhere closer to in her twin sister, the surrogate carrying his baby.
When her family orders Gia to keep up appearances, because they can't think of anything worse than a family scandal, she does the opposite. She turns off her phone and walks out on everyone who takes his side.
Two years later, the divorce papers are still sitting unsigned in his drawer, and Gia has built a whole new life without him.
Now Dante knows that everything he said before was a lie. And he'll do whatever it takes to keep her. He'll grovel, beg, and fight for her for as long as it takes.
Tropes
💔 Marriage in Crisis
💔 Twin Betrayal
💔 Surrogacy Gone Wrong
💔 Groveling MMC
💔 Betrayal & Grovel
💔 Dual POV
Trigger This story contains infertility, infidelity, pregnancy themes, a mention of suicide, and physical violence.
Gia Rizzo knows her marriage is over the moment she overhears her husband admit he's never loved her. And while she grieves for the children she can never have, Dante is finding comfort somewhere closer to in her twin sister, the surrogate carrying his baby.
When her family orders Gia to keep up appearances, because they can't think of anything worse than a family scandal, she does the opposite. She turns off her phone and walks out on everyone who takes his side.
Two years later, the divorce papers are still sitting unsigned in his drawer, and Gia has built a whole new life without him.
Now Dante knows that everything he said before was a lie. And he'll do whatever it takes to keep her. He'll grovel, beg, and fight for her for as long as it takes.
Tropes
💔 Marriage in Crisis
💔 Twin Betrayal
💔 Surrogacy Gone Wrong
💔 Groveling MMC
💔 Betrayal & Grovel
💔 Dual POV
Trigger This story contains infertility, infidelity, pregnancy themes, a mention of suicide, and physical violence.
185 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 8, 2026
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October 22, 2026
Revolting.
The hero is a cheating azzhole who’s been cheating on the heroines twin sister for one year and got her pregnant.
The heroine is infertile and the agreement was for her twin to carry her and her husbands kid, but she got pregnant with his child having sex with him for one year.
The excuse is that he was stressed because the heroine failed attempts to get pregnant.
Disgusting coward.
The twin is a bitch and he just wants their money.
Heroine dumps the hero, the hero has his daughter and the twin gets all their money, as in all.
And the heroine in the end takes him back.
Laughable.
I am too old for this bs.
Avoid like a plague, please, I couldn’t even get angry.
At this point in my life I’d have castrated him and took all his money and his dignity and went to party all the time spending his money on toy boys just for the fun of it.
I can’t even muster a bit of angst when I see doormat women who accepts to be treated like toilet paper.
Worse. Even.
The hero is a cheating azzhole who’s been cheating on the heroines twin sister for one year and got her pregnant.
The heroine is infertile and the agreement was for her twin to carry her and her husbands kid, but she got pregnant with his child having sex with him for one year.
The excuse is that he was stressed because the heroine failed attempts to get pregnant.
Disgusting coward.
The twin is a bitch and he just wants their money.
Heroine dumps the hero, the hero has his daughter and the twin gets all their money, as in all.
And the heroine in the end takes him back.
Laughable.
I am too old for this bs.
Avoid like a plague, please, I couldn’t even get angry.
At this point in my life I’d have castrated him and took all his money and his dignity and went to party all the time spending his money on toy boys just for the fun of it.
I can’t even muster a bit of angst when I see doormat women who accepts to be treated like toilet paper.
Worse. Even.
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October 9, 2026I shouldn't have read this because I knew the plot. But I wanted to see just how badly it would be handled. And handled poorly it was. Number one. I suspect this was AI assisted. From the way they're speaking. To the h holding the baby one minute then the next not holding it saying it would be too painful. But the worst of all was the heroine taking back a cheating husband who cheated with her twin sister for a year. The h Gia was unable to have children so asked her twin sister to be their surrogate. The POS H was all too happy to go about it the au naturel way and do it for a year. Which I really want to speak to authors writing this kind of slop plot. What is wrong with women authors writing all the surrogacy, miscarriage cheating books atm? Not only can the poor FMC not conceive, but their partner cheats on her with the surrogate. We really have to do better. It's like maximum torture porn. I mean to each their own, but do you really want to read a book where the FMC suffers more than half the book? I'm all for angst and betrayal with grovel, but this kind of plot is being overused atm. We seem to expect women to take anything from their partner no matter what and continue to smile while doing it... Without any grovel nor comeuppance. 🤦Don't get me wrong. I read books with infidelity. I prefer OG couple. But with a story like this? No way! A better hero should have been introduced while the herorine giving a big fuck you to him and the baby. Enough with the quiet suffering. I wanna see some rage for once. Apparently that's too much to ask for. And if you were wondering if she ends up raising the affair baby you'd be correct. Zero stars. At least there were no real on page intimate scenes with the sister. Just him calling out the sister's name while having sex with Gia. Good lord 🙄. The next book in this series is the same or similar to this one. Husband cheating with surrogate.
October 10, 2026
This was awful and the h was such a doormat...no one could ever get passed this betrayal and all the grovel (if we can call it that) happened off page..not to mention NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE SISTER 🤬🤬🤬 SHE ACTUALLY GOT CONPENSATION!🤬🖕
October 30, 2026
RAGE. READ.
She should have moved on… you don’t get past a year long affair between her husband and twin sister. GROSS!
The sister agreed to be their surrogate when she couldn’t conceive. Only hubby and the sister didn’t go with IVF… they did it the old fashioned way and then kept at it throughout the pregnancy. GROSS!
And, he calls her by her sister’s name after they had sex. GROSS!
Yes, he took responsibility for the baby, cut off the skanky sister, bankrupting himself in the process, but that doesn’t change what he did. And could her mother and twin be anymore vile?
She should have moved on… you don’t get past a year long affair between her husband and twin sister. GROSS!
The sister agreed to be their surrogate when she couldn’t conceive. Only hubby and the sister didn’t go with IVF… they did it the old fashioned way and then kept at it throughout the pregnancy. GROSS!
And, he calls her by her sister’s name after they had sex. GROSS!
Yes, he took responsibility for the baby, cut off the skanky sister, bankrupting himself in the process, but that doesn’t change what he did. And could her mother and twin be anymore vile?
October 9, 2026
shit from ass
October 12, 2026
This book isn't horrible, but it feels like the writing was assisted by AI - there is no emotional depth to the characters at all, the writing is stiff, and there's a lot that doesn't make sense ... if Dante, the MMC, is a famous author, why does he work as a stage hand in the theater?
Dante is married to Gia, the FMC. Unfortunately, she's been treated horribly by her family her entire life and is a doormat. She desperately wants children, can't have them, so her twin sister, Mia, becomes the surrogate ... there's no discussion about how this choice came to be. It just is. And Dante is having an affair with Mia.
Gia finds out, leaves Dante, hides in the mountains, opens a restaurant, dates a controlling man, goes to therapy with Dante and they get back together and raise the baby born to her twin sister.
The twin and the mother are horrible. That's the most entertaining part of the book.
As mentioned, the book isn't horrible, but it's not great. The next book in the series is about the older sister of Gia and it seems like it's going to follow the surrogacy trope.
Dante is married to Gia, the FMC. Unfortunately, she's been treated horribly by her family her entire life and is a doormat. She desperately wants children, can't have them, so her twin sister, Mia, becomes the surrogate ... there's no discussion about how this choice came to be. It just is. And Dante is having an affair with Mia.
Gia finds out, leaves Dante, hides in the mountains, opens a restaurant, dates a controlling man, goes to therapy with Dante and they get back together and raise the baby born to her twin sister.
The twin and the mother are horrible. That's the most entertaining part of the book.
As mentioned, the book isn't horrible, but it's not great. The next book in the series is about the older sister of Gia and it seems like it's going to follow the surrogacy trope.
November 2, 2026
This has to have been wrote by ai. It’s a mess.
October 9, 2026
I read it and it wasn't the worst I've read but it could have been better. I wanted to know how the affair started and how long before the conversation of Mia being a surrogate was brought up. I wanted something to happen to Mia and her mother. I also found it hard to believe that after all that time, they go to one therapy session the day after talking and a year later all is good. There were a few inconsistencies but the real problem was that there was no emotion connection to any of these characters. I didn't feel the need to root for Gia or the despise Dante. I will say the OW baby is usually a no go for me, but this didn't bother me in this story as Mia is never part of Rosa's life. and if things had been done properly as Gia thought they had been originally, it would have been her baby.
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November 5, 2026Wow. WOW. I can’t even. 😂
This book was honestly one of those rage reads. I was so infuriated for most of it!
Spoilers ahead!
So we have Gia (the wife), Dante (the husband), and Mia (the other woman, who also happens to be Gia’s TWIN SISTER). Yes, you read that right.
Gia and Dante have been struggling with infertility, and after unsuccessful treatments, they decide to use Mia as their surrogate. Gia believes everything has been done through artificial insemination. What she doesn’t know is that her husband has actually been sleeping with her sister for an entire YEAR, and she’s now pregnant with his child.
The book starts with Gia noticing a disconnect in her marriage. She prepares a lovely dinner, they have a steamy night together, and then this man has the AUDACITY to call out her sister’s name in bed. I mean, WHAT?!
And it only gets worse.
We find out that Dante basically got bored with his marriage. He came from a poor background, married into a wealthy family, became a successful author, started enjoying the attention, and suddenly his marriage wasn’t exciting enough anymore. Sex had become a chore because they were trying for a baby, and Mia gave him the attention he apparently needed.
Honestly, what a pathetic excuse.
And don’t even get me started on Gia’s family. Absolutely VILE people. The way they treated her, dismissed her feelings and practically expected her to get over the betrayal was unbelievable. Mia was just as nasty.
Eventually, Gia confronts everyone at the baby shower and walks away. THANK GOD.
Now, here’s where things get interesting. Dante actually gets his karma. And I mean proper karma.
Mia gives birth, wants absolutely nothing to do with the baby, signs away her rights and disappears. She was only ever interested in the money. Dante, meanwhile, falls completely in love with his daughter and ends up losing pretty much everything financially. We’re talking going from a wealthy, successful author to driving an Uber and eventually moving back in with his parents.
And you know what? I didn’t feel particularly sorry for him.
Two years pass. Gia has opened her own restaurant, started rebuilding her life and even dated someone else. Dante still hasn’t signed the divorce papers, and eventually they begin rebuilding some sort of friendship and attending therapy together.
I will say this: I genuinely believed Dante felt remorse. He knew he’d destroyed his marriage, and I think he understood just how badly he’d hurt Gia. We also don’t get any explicit scenes between him and Mia, which I appreciated.
But did he deserve Gia back? Absolutely not.
One thing that REALLY annoyed me, though, was Gia’s relationship with Mateo, her chef. Why, WHY can’t the person who’s been cheated on have an amazing relationship afterwards? Why can’t she meet someone who treats her like a queen and gives her mind-blowing sex? Why does the next man always have to turn out to be another asshole?!
Let the woman LIVE!
My biggest criticism is that the book is incredibly short and skips over so much. We don’t really get to see Gia and Dante falling in love, what their marriage was like before everything fell apart, or even much of their history together. Because of that, I struggled to feel the love between them.
And perhaps that was the point. This didn’t really feel like a love story to me. It felt more like a story about betrayal, consequences and a man finally getting his karma.
Gia was a little too much of a wet blanket for my liking at times, but she deserved so much better than the people around her.
Overall, it was an okay read. Infuriating? Absolutely. Did I want to throw my Kindle across the room? Several times. 😂
But am I intrigued enough to read the rest of the series? Definitely. I get the impression every book is going to involve some form of cheating or betrayal, and apparently I enjoy putting myself through this kind of emotional torture.
Dante got his karma, but Gia deserved a much better love story.
This book was honestly one of those rage reads. I was so infuriated for most of it!
Spoilers ahead!
So we have Gia (the wife), Dante (the husband), and Mia (the other woman, who also happens to be Gia’s TWIN SISTER). Yes, you read that right.
Gia and Dante have been struggling with infertility, and after unsuccessful treatments, they decide to use Mia as their surrogate. Gia believes everything has been done through artificial insemination. What she doesn’t know is that her husband has actually been sleeping with her sister for an entire YEAR, and she’s now pregnant with his child.
The book starts with Gia noticing a disconnect in her marriage. She prepares a lovely dinner, they have a steamy night together, and then this man has the AUDACITY to call out her sister’s name in bed. I mean, WHAT?!
And it only gets worse.
We find out that Dante basically got bored with his marriage. He came from a poor background, married into a wealthy family, became a successful author, started enjoying the attention, and suddenly his marriage wasn’t exciting enough anymore. Sex had become a chore because they were trying for a baby, and Mia gave him the attention he apparently needed.
Honestly, what a pathetic excuse.
And don’t even get me started on Gia’s family. Absolutely VILE people. The way they treated her, dismissed her feelings and practically expected her to get over the betrayal was unbelievable. Mia was just as nasty.
Eventually, Gia confronts everyone at the baby shower and walks away. THANK GOD.
Now, here’s where things get interesting. Dante actually gets his karma. And I mean proper karma.
Mia gives birth, wants absolutely nothing to do with the baby, signs away her rights and disappears. She was only ever interested in the money. Dante, meanwhile, falls completely in love with his daughter and ends up losing pretty much everything financially. We’re talking going from a wealthy, successful author to driving an Uber and eventually moving back in with his parents.
And you know what? I didn’t feel particularly sorry for him.
Two years pass. Gia has opened her own restaurant, started rebuilding her life and even dated someone else. Dante still hasn’t signed the divorce papers, and eventually they begin rebuilding some sort of friendship and attending therapy together.
I will say this: I genuinely believed Dante felt remorse. He knew he’d destroyed his marriage, and I think he understood just how badly he’d hurt Gia. We also don’t get any explicit scenes between him and Mia, which I appreciated.
But did he deserve Gia back? Absolutely not.
One thing that REALLY annoyed me, though, was Gia’s relationship with Mateo, her chef. Why, WHY can’t the person who’s been cheated on have an amazing relationship afterwards? Why can’t she meet someone who treats her like a queen and gives her mind-blowing sex? Why does the next man always have to turn out to be another asshole?!
Let the woman LIVE!
My biggest criticism is that the book is incredibly short and skips over so much. We don’t really get to see Gia and Dante falling in love, what their marriage was like before everything fell apart, or even much of their history together. Because of that, I struggled to feel the love between them.
And perhaps that was the point. This didn’t really feel like a love story to me. It felt more like a story about betrayal, consequences and a man finally getting his karma.
Gia was a little too much of a wet blanket for my liking at times, but she deserved so much better than the people around her.
Overall, it was an okay read. Infuriating? Absolutely. Did I want to throw my Kindle across the room? Several times. 😂
But am I intrigued enough to read the rest of the series? Definitely. I get the impression every book is going to involve some form of cheating or betrayal, and apparently I enjoy putting myself through this kind of emotional torture.
Dante got his karma, but Gia deserved a much better love story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 24, 2026
No comeuppance for the disgusting twin or mother. They got to spend the losers money and the sister only had to get a job… big whop! 🙄
The doormat sister got to get back with her cheating husband and raise his affair baby…which he had with her twin sister..hooray! Revolting 🤮
The doormat sister got to get back with her cheating husband and raise his affair baby…which he had with her twin sister..hooray! Revolting 🤮
Did Not Finish
October 11, 2026DNF
Well... that was bad. Impressively bad, actually.
Well... that was bad. Impressively bad, actually.
October 19, 2026
Twin drama!
Cheating = H (yeah yeah scum sucking bottom feeder but still the H) is screwing the h's identical twin sister/OW and has been for a while
F-preg = OW was "surrogate" for the h/H...H told the h tht OW got pregnant with medical assistance when in reality is was the old fashioned way (scumbags!!!)
h sees H with OW = h has to see the H being sweet and innocent with the OW especially at the baby shower where the H and OW take "family" photos and H lovingly put his hand on OW's baby bump
OW drama = OW hates the h as well as the h's mom who plays favorites by picking the OW over the h always. OW insults and degrades the h, uses the H/h for money and then when baby is born she abandons the baby to the H for money. OW also tries to blackmail the h for money but it doesn't work. Comeuppance? Fades into background...I was hoping for a smackdown but there was only a little verbal. Tragic, more was warranted.
Grovel = H wants to grovel but knows what he did is unforgiveable. Literally takes months before the h will even talk to him and then at least another few years (I think about two) before they reconcile.
Cheating = H (yeah yeah scum sucking bottom feeder but still the H) is screwing the h's identical twin sister/OW and has been for a while
F-preg = OW was "surrogate" for the h/H...H told the h tht OW got pregnant with medical assistance when in reality is was the old fashioned way (scumbags!!!)
h sees H with OW = h has to see the H being sweet and innocent with the OW especially at the baby shower where the H and OW take "family" photos and H lovingly put his hand on OW's baby bump
OW drama = OW hates the h as well as the h's mom who plays favorites by picking the OW over the h always. OW insults and degrades the h, uses the H/h for money and then when baby is born she abandons the baby to the H for money. OW also tries to blackmail the h for money but it doesn't work. Comeuppance? Fades into background...I was hoping for a smackdown but there was only a little verbal. Tragic, more was warranted.
Grovel = H wants to grovel but knows what he did is unforgiveable. Literally takes months before the h will even talk to him and then at least another few years (I think about two) before they reconcile.
October 25, 2026
Trashy AI, don't bother. The characters have no depth, there's inconsistencies where the characters are doing or saying one thing, and then it's straight away contradicted by saying the exact opposite because the AI messed up and the "author" didn't even proof read before publishing this slop. The h takes back the H and happily raises his affair baby who he made with her twin sister by smexing her for an entire year. The twin sister gets zero comeuppance for the affair, instead the gets the H's entire wealth and h is now poor and takes back the irredeemable H, all while raising a baby with no money or apology
October 14, 2026
2.5⭐️
This had so much promise but I think the brevity let it down. There wasn’t the time and space for impact and deep character development. I also struggle to believe that Dante truly loves Gia. I couldn’t rectify his discordant parts or that he had true unwavering devotion to the wife he betrayed.
This had so much promise but I think the brevity let it down. There wasn’t the time and space for impact and deep character development. I also struggle to believe that Dante truly loves Gia. I couldn’t rectify his discordant parts or that he had true unwavering devotion to the wife he betrayed.
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November 4, 2026Looks like the same dude from this book. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I judge books by their cover.
That dude on this book would tell me this will be insane and I’ll likely scream at my kindle until I’m hoarse.
I judge books by their cover.
That dude on this book would tell me this will be insane and I’ll likely scream at my kindle until I’m hoarse.
November 9, 2026
good
The heartbreak was real. I liked that it wasn’t instant forgiveness and she took her time to do what she needed to do to heal.
The heartbreak was real. I liked that it wasn’t instant forgiveness and she took her time to do what she needed to do to heal.
October 10, 2026
Definitely reads like AI. Many things don't make sense, like the MMC wrote a popular book, but he isn't an author. Instead he works at a theater. Just as an example. The characters we're flat, there was no emotional connection and the FMC ist a complete doormat. The writing is so static that you do not even feel the pain of the FMC. What makes me especially angry is that there was no punishment for the evil twin sister. Instead she got everything the MMC owned and the MMC signed it over willingly so the twin signs of any rights to the child... So you betrayed your wife in the cruelest way possible and then give everything to the woman you cheated with so your wife gets nothing? Yeah, I really feel your guilt and regret, dude. Pretty sure something like that isn't even legally possible. Besides what responsible father would do that and not have any money left for his child? Especially since the in-laws made sure he doesn't find any work anywhere? (By they way, why? He aleady gave the twin everything he owned and they still punish him like that when he has to take care of their grandchild? How is that good for their owned reputation and why does the father-in-law bother when he himself is divorcing his own wife for a younger woman?) What is the MMC living off? Nothing makes sense and there is no compensation for the FMC or any true regret by the MMC... Waste of time...
October 26, 2026
I needed more revenge
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