Stella Magana can run a packed kitchen without losing her nerve. But she can no longer trust the man waiting for her at home.

For nearly six years, the talented Denver chef and co-owner of Marrow & Salt has carried a devastating secret: she knows her husband, Rey Enriquez, has betrayed her. She knows about his affair. She knows he has a daughter with another woman. And she knows he returns to their marriage every day believing she is none the wiser.

Stella spends those years making their restaurant thrive while her trust quietly dies. Now she's done protecting the life Rey destroyed.

When she places separation papers in front of him, Rey discovers that the woman he thinks he knows has been preparing to leave. He can negotiate contracts, solve restaurant disasters, and fight for the business they built together. But no clever deal can win back a wife who has lived with proof of his betrayal for years.

Stella wants her independence, her rightful share of their business, and the freedom to stop carrying the consequences of Rey's choices. What she doesn't expect is how fiercely she still desires him, even when remembering his touch hurts.

Rey wants his wife back. But wanting her isn't enough. He must confront a harder question: Can he love Stella without trying to control her choices?

Packed with devastating infidelity, raw heartbreak, intense romantic tension, a cheating husband's desperate grovel, and the painful possibility of earned forgiveness, this emotional marriage-in-crisis, second-chance romance delivers a love story where apologies are never enough and trust must be rebuilt through actions.

He breaks her heart. She takes back her life. Now he must prove he's worthy of another chance.

Start reading today and discover whether a shattered marriage deserves a second beginning.

An emotional cheating and groveling marriage in crisis romance

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