Complex Emotion

by Lindo Forbes

When betrayal robs you of everything, where do you find the strength to start again?

Cary McRae didn’t just lose his marriage—he lost his surrogate family, his home, and the version of himself he’d always believed in. After walking in on his wife with the man he was raised alongside like a brother, Cary does the only thing that feels he runs. An apartment swap lands him in Peristeria Place, a lakeside complex in Toronto’s east end, where he plans to keep his head down and try to find a path forward.

Instead, Cary meets Arora Hernandez Morrison, a former child star who quit the industry at the height of her career and has spent her adult life trying to exist outside her more famous twin’s shadow. When Cary is able to tell the sisters apart—something almost no one ever manages—Arora feels truly seen for the first time in years. The attraction between them is immediate, but she needs to be careful. Arora refuses to be anyone’s placeholder.

Cary, still raw with betrayal, offers to take things slow. Honest. Deliberate.

Until his past collides violently with his present, and everything about the new life he’s built comes into question. Now Cary must confront whether he’s truly capable of loving someone again or if Arora is merely an escape from the wreckage of the life he’d lost.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication December 3, 2026

About the author

Lindo Forbes lives in Toronto where you can find her at her day job or procrastinating on social media – sometimes both, simultaneously. She’s also been known to spend her free time working on her novels-in-progress, battling with the Libby App (only 30 holds at at time? Pfft!), thinking of varied ways to corrupt her nieces and nephews, and/or searching for the world’s best street food with her husband.

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