New Year, New Me, No Apologies

To protect his depressed, amnesiac childhood friend Michelle Glen, my husband demanded endless sacrifices. I had to let her wear our engagement rings and move into our new marital home. But the ultimate betrayal occurred on our wedding day. In front of all our guests, he cast me aside to comfort a weeping Michelle. As he walked away, declaring our wedding could wait, he never looked back to see me lying on the floor, injured and covered in my own blood.

In I Give Up This Rotten Marriage, a woman watches her husband rediscover his past. Years ago, his idolized first love abandoned him for a powerful rival, but she has returned to seek his legal expertise during her own messy divorce. As he becomes increasingly entangled in her life once more, the protagonist realizes their bond is shattering. Rather than fighting for a man determined to reclaim a lost flame, she decides to walk away and end their fractured relationship for good.

On her anniversary, Claire discovers her husband James Marshall and her assistant Julie Summers conspiring in her study. Using Claire’s own credit card to fund his betrayal, James mocks his wife’s perfection while plotting with his mother, Susan, to steal Claire’s professional client base. Refusing to be a victim of their greed, Claire immediately secures her vast holdings and drafts a divorce. This romance novel follows a high-stakes legal battle as Claire prepares to face the parasites in court.

Anya discovers a chilling betrayal when she finds her neurologist husband, Fabian, has developed a memory-erasing drug. He plans to secretly replace Anya’s vitamins with the substance so she will forget their marriage and initiate a divorce, clearing the way for his affair with a colleague. Anya decides to let the plan unfold, but as her memories of their anniversaries and life together fade, Fabian is unexpectedly consumed by panic over the loss of their shared history.

Five days before marrying Alpha Kael, my world shattered when I caught him in bed with my best friend. Desperate to salvage my family's dignity, my parents forced me toward Draven, my childhood betrothed and Kael's aloof best friend. Though neither of us desired this union, we agreed to a marriage of convenience to comfort his ailing mother. Yet, as our boundaries blur under his intense gaze and burning touch, our transactional alliance begins to feel dangerously real.

Pierce Ronan claims he can see lifespans, using a lie about his first love's imminent death to bring her into our home. As they relive their college romance and plan a wedding, I remain a silent witness to his betrayal. He even asks me to vacate our bedroom for her, unaware that I see through his deception. While he promises to reconcile after she passes, I am the one actually dying of cancer. With only three days left, my silence is the final goodbye he never expected.