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Prince Cheating Charming
I've loved my husband through every betrayal and humiliating public affair, but now that I'm finally over it, suddenly he doesn't want to let me go!
Lady Delilah Arden falls in love with Prince Alexander Levesque at first sight. The quiet, shy artist can barely believe her luck when the charming, devastatingly handsome Prince singles her out for special attention. She desperately wants to believe he loves her too, but even marriage doesn't totally quell her doubts. Then she catches him cheating, in extremely humiliating fashion. Delilah feels like the laughingstock of the palace, and she tries everything to keep Alexander faithful, but none of it works.
Finally, her confidence growing, she finds a loophole that will give her an easy way out of the marriage. The Prince doesn't even have to agree to it. A simple matter of paperwork and a 30-day waiting period, and she's free.But suddenly, Alexander doesn't want to let her go. He wants Delilah to be his Queen and the playboy is willing to do anything to get her back. Delilah is in a mood for petty revenge… and more than ready to make him suffer…
Author's This novella is set in the modern day and there is on-page cheating between the MMC and multiple OW. There is a lot of steam, groveling, and a HEA.
Lady Delilah Arden falls in love with Prince Alexander Levesque at first sight. The quiet, shy artist can barely believe her luck when the charming, devastatingly handsome Prince singles her out for special attention. She desperately wants to believe he loves her too, but even marriage doesn't totally quell her doubts. Then she catches him cheating, in extremely humiliating fashion. Delilah feels like the laughingstock of the palace, and she tries everything to keep Alexander faithful, but none of it works.
Finally, her confidence growing, she finds a loophole that will give her an easy way out of the marriage. The Prince doesn't even have to agree to it. A simple matter of paperwork and a 30-day waiting period, and she's free.But suddenly, Alexander doesn't want to let her go. He wants Delilah to be his Queen and the playboy is willing to do anything to get her back. Delilah is in a mood for petty revenge… and more than ready to make him suffer…
Author's This novella is set in the modern day and there is on-page cheating between the MMC and multiple OW. There is a lot of steam, groveling, and a HEA.
145 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 15, 2024
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September 17, 2024
I can’t remember how this wound up on my kindle. But I enjoyed it for what it was. Good groveling lol
PS Cheating is explicitly stated in the title and blurb. Don’t read if that’s a no go for you.
PS Cheating is explicitly stated in the title and blurb. Don’t read if that’s a no go for you.
August 14, 2024
SPOILERS
Y'all I don't know what to rate this. One part of my brain tells me this was very well done satire, humiliation as grovel book, the other part says that this was the weirdest thing I've ever read? I am flabbergasted, disturbed, and confused.
This made me laugh my ASS OFF. I was LAUGHING for real. I gasped a lot, my mouth fell open from shock, I had a lot of fun reading this. This was so bad that it's so good? In a weird way?
From the title, you know what to expect but, I'll go over it quickly anyways.
Alexander is a king, he marries Delilah and cheats again and again and again. That's the plot. Sounds really really bad, right?
Well, it gets worse after he decides to regret his actions and grovel. I wanted to die.
See, he's a disgusting brat. Well, after Delilah comes to her senses ands stops reading "99 ways to make your husband stay" she decides to get an annulment and oh boy, Alexander turns into a BITCHHHH💀
Well, that's a good way of saying sorry, y'know. It's not enough for Delilah.
This man throws up every night because Delilah is going to leave, that sounds like good regretful hero to me.
I genuinely believe Alexander had a manic episode after some point. Y'all are NOT ready.
First, he does a press conference;
Second, I don't even know what this is? Medieval torture? CIA torture tactic? Reason for suicide?
He was in there like that.
That is not all. It gets worse.
DUNKING STOOL.
DUNKING. STOOL.
I am having the fun of my life while being utterly shocked to my core. Shakespeare could not write this.
I've read about a baby in a blender, a guy cutting his dick off with a keychain, a man putting his whole head in a womans hooha and dying, I did not get shocked nearly as I did with this book. That says something.
Really funny book, and if this is satire ( I guess it is ) the author is a comedic genius. Thanks Kindle Unlimited!
Y'all I don't know what to rate this. One part of my brain tells me this was very well done satire, humiliation as grovel book, the other part says that this was the weirdest thing I've ever read? I am flabbergasted, disturbed, and confused.
This made me laugh my ASS OFF. I was LAUGHING for real. I gasped a lot, my mouth fell open from shock, I had a lot of fun reading this. This was so bad that it's so good? In a weird way?
From the title, you know what to expect but, I'll go over it quickly anyways.
Alexander is a king, he marries Delilah and cheats again and again and again. That's the plot. Sounds really really bad, right?
Well, it gets worse after he decides to regret his actions and grovel. I wanted to die.
“You didn’t have to leave the party,” he said. I was taken aback. “W- why wouldn’t I?” I asked, the sour bitter feeling in my stomach twisting my guts. “Because what you saw didn’t mean anything,” he said.
“There’s nothing wrong with my marriage,” he said steadily. “You let me worry about Delilah. She’s crazy about me. She wouldn’t ever rock the boat.”
See, he's a disgusting brat. Well, after Delilah comes to her senses ands stops reading "99 ways to make your husband stay" she decides to get an annulment and oh boy, Alexander turns into a BITCHHHH💀
“I got it pulled from the royal vault. It’s from the 18th century.” It was a delicate bracelet, thickly clustered with more sparkling diamonds and emeralds than I’d ever seen in my life. He thought he could fix everything with his money, didn’t he?
Well, that's a good way of saying sorry, y'know. It's not enough for Delilah.
This man throws up every night because Delilah is going to leave, that sounds like good regretful hero to me.
I genuinely believe Alexander had a manic episode after some point. Y'all are NOT ready.
First, he does a press conference;
“Because I fucking screwed up in public, I want to apologize in public,” was how the King began his announcement. The conference room was so profoundly silent all I could hear were the little noises of the camera running. “My beloved Queen Delilah is planning on leaving at the end of the month and it’s entirely my fault. I made the biggest mistakes in my life in my first six months of marriage to my wife. And I don’t have a single excuse except that I was the lowest and most repulsive worm.”
Second, I don't even know what this is? Medieval torture? CIA torture tactic? Reason for suicide?
And there was my stupid husband in front of the palace, in an extremely old- fashioned looking colonial- style wooden stock, his head and hands stuck there.
He was in there like that.
That is not all. It gets worse.
Roger unlocked the stocks and directed Alexander to the huge wooden dunking stool, which was a wooden chair attached to a huge lever that Roger would use to dunk my husband under the water. “Where did you even find that?” I asked in annoyance. “I had it specially- made,” Alexander said, sitting still as Roger tied him in with the straps. Now he was trapped. He couldn’t get out even if he wanted to. “Dunk me until I tell you to stop,” the King said. “Hold me under for at least a minute.”
DUNKING STOOL.
DUNKING. STOOL.
I am having the fun of my life while being utterly shocked to my core. Shakespeare could not write this.
“What are you doing, you lunatic?” I hissed at him. He whirled around. “The stables,” he said. “I promised I’d get all the shit out of them.” Of all the absolutely horrific things about this scenario, I focused on the most bizarre and inexplicable one. “Why are you filming yourself?” I whispered in agony, the malodorous stink of the stables feeling like it was seeping into my clothes, settling into my hair. “To prove to you that I did it, of course!” he said.
I've read about a baby in a blender, a guy cutting his dick off with a keychain, a man putting his whole head in a womans hooha and dying, I did not get shocked nearly as I did with this book. That says something.
Really funny book, and if this is satire ( I guess it is ) the author is a comedic genius. Thanks Kindle Unlimited!
July 29, 2024
Quote from MMC “I didn’t want any other woman,” I said harshly. “I don’t want any other woman. I want Delilah and she’s the only woman I will ever want….” Ok so didn’t want don’t want yet for the six months of marriage he got blow jobs or fucked others because they offered. When she first said she was leaving in 30 days he had no intention of stoping the fucking around, he was blaming her for coming into his room and catching him fucking one of the OW. He actually thinks during this conformation that he could not wait to get the condom off and fuck her his wife. He also thinks at this time “I didn’t know if I could have sex again with Julia after this.” Julia being one of the OW. So no intention to stop figured his wife would just put up with it. No concerns how she felt. I wish we knew for sure if it was just these two he fucked or if there were multiple others. How soon after they married did it start. So let’s get this straight this is a romance book? We have a selfish immature MMC who cheats on his love from day 1. He does not even make effort to hide it. The level of disrespect in that alone is mind boggling. He loves her so much that he still wants to fuck all other women. He humiliates her. The most gross scene is when the MFC lets him fuck her without a condom after she catches him fucking another woman and he never even bothers to shower. Explain why she loves him! He is a STI walking dirtbag. Or he should be given how much he fucks other people. She finally decides to leave and wants an annulment and tells him 30 days that’s it. He sets out to get her to stay. Honestly I don’t give a crap on what he did after. Regardless of his background who can profess to love someone and from day 1 fuck others? Cheating is a cowards way out and it happens for various reasons. It’s a topic that is very difficult to have the cheater redeemed. This was short on the mark. If the cheating and blatant disrespect had not been happening from day 1 it would have still been difficult to believe in their HEA. Given the fact that it was from day 1 and no remorse no thought to stop still wanting to fuck others when he supposedly loved and was super attracted to the MFC how do you believe he would never cheat again? This was not one time with a complicated situation where the MMC really digs deep why he did it and works on himself. This is a man child wanting the cake and cookies. He does not want to loose her but I don’t believe for a second he will stay faithful. Also, the sex after OW was just unnecessary and so GROSS. I lost respect for the MFC along with the MMC which I had none for in the first place. I cannot state how gross and disgusting that scene was. You are going fuck him after he just fucked OW no condom. So irresponsible no talk of STI’s even with using condoms there is still high risk from oral and condoms break. It’s very irresponsible of the author to not have some type of discussion on safe sex and STI’s. It should have ended with him getting a nasty STI and her finding a non cheating new man. I will say he did good grovel but it might have been more impactful if we knew his internal thoughts before she caught him. She also should have left him after she caught him the first time.
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September 6, 2024
Trigger Warnings:
“I threw away the best thing I’d ever have for a few minutes of pleasure with women I didn’t give a shit about, and watching my wife fall out of love with me was my painful, excruciating penance.”
Now that I am slowly getting back into reading, MEL🌜 recommended I give this a go and I am so glad I did. This book focuses on a serial cheater whose wife has decided she has had enough. When I first heard about this book, I thought there would be no way in hell that I would want the characters to get back together. Realistically, I would never take any cheater back or encourage anyone to. I always go by the phrase once a cheater, always a cheater. But when it comes to fiction, I love grovelling, so I am always curious to see if the cheater will win me over. This book is super short, but it felt like the perfect length for a grovel which surprised me. The writing is a bit immature and the characters act childish, mainly the MMC Alexander. But it was so fun to read, a little angsty, and super addicting. I was surprised to have laughed so many times while reading this, I had so much fun. I still think Alexander is pathetic and the writing could use a little less exclamation marks. But did I enjoy this? Yes. Will I be reading more from this author? Hell yes. Was this book meant to be taken seriously? I don’t think so. I think it was super cool, the characters are part of royalty but it takes place in modern times so we see characters with phones and laptops. The characters use modern, normal, language, it just felt like the author did whatever they wanted and I was HERE FOR IT. All the side characters were so lovable and funny, I can’t wait to read more from this author. Delilah was a delight. At first I felt meh about her but the second she grew a backbone, I loved her. I highly recommend you give this a try if you want something short with grovel.
Delilah married Alexander while she was head over heels in love with him. But she walks in on him cheating twice and realizes that she doesn’t want to be in the marriage anymore. The second Delilah tells Alexander she is going to leave him, he realizes that he fucked up. He will do everything to keep her since he can’t live without her. But no matter his efforts, Delilah will never see him differently, once a cheater, always a cheater.
Now for spoilers
Stay safe folks!
“I threw away the best thing I’d ever have for a few minutes of pleasure with women I didn’t give a shit about, and watching my wife fall out of love with me was my painful, excruciating penance.”
Now that I am slowly getting back into reading, MEL🌜 recommended I give this a go and I am so glad I did. This book focuses on a serial cheater whose wife has decided she has had enough. When I first heard about this book, I thought there would be no way in hell that I would want the characters to get back together. Realistically, I would never take any cheater back or encourage anyone to. I always go by the phrase once a cheater, always a cheater. But when it comes to fiction, I love grovelling, so I am always curious to see if the cheater will win me over. This book is super short, but it felt like the perfect length for a grovel which surprised me. The writing is a bit immature and the characters act childish, mainly the MMC Alexander. But it was so fun to read, a little angsty, and super addicting. I was surprised to have laughed so many times while reading this, I had so much fun. I still think Alexander is pathetic and the writing could use a little less exclamation marks. But did I enjoy this? Yes. Will I be reading more from this author? Hell yes. Was this book meant to be taken seriously? I don’t think so. I think it was super cool, the characters are part of royalty but it takes place in modern times so we see characters with phones and laptops. The characters use modern, normal, language, it just felt like the author did whatever they wanted and I was HERE FOR IT. All the side characters were so lovable and funny, I can’t wait to read more from this author. Delilah was a delight. At first I felt meh about her but the second she grew a backbone, I loved her. I highly recommend you give this a try if you want something short with grovel.
Delilah married Alexander while she was head over heels in love with him. But she walks in on him cheating twice and realizes that she doesn’t want to be in the marriage anymore. The second Delilah tells Alexander she is going to leave him, he realizes that he fucked up. He will do everything to keep her since he can’t live without her. But no matter his efforts, Delilah will never see him differently, once a cheater, always a cheater.
Now for spoilers
Stay safe folks!
September 10, 2024
An outrageous cheater sees the light and grovels. He is completely unrepentant at first and the h grows a spine, and fast.
I liked this book a lot but I would’ve liked it more if the scenes with the OW’s weren’t so graphic. Also I felt like the sex scenes in general were more pornographic and less erotic. I guess I would say they were more from the male gaze, or at least that’s how it seemed to me. No insult intended there, but that aspect didn’t work for me. Still, I’m going to be reading her next books because she definitely understands the “outrageous betrayal to perma-grovel” arc.
I liked this book a lot but I would’ve liked it more if the scenes with the OW’s weren’t so graphic. Also I felt like the sex scenes in general were more pornographic and less erotic. I guess I would say they were more from the male gaze, or at least that’s how it seemed to me. No insult intended there, but that aspect didn’t work for me. Still, I’m going to be reading her next books because she definitely understands the “outrageous betrayal to perma-grovel” arc.
September 12, 2024
2 stars (and no not for the cheating since I knew he was a cheater going in ) because 1) she didn’t make him get tested after finding out he cheated who knows how many times and 2) because she didn’t make him wear a condom after deciding to be with him again. Thats the least of what he deserved. Oh he was just so gross I was hoping this would end in his death, which sadly it didn’t
July 17, 2024
3.5 stars
If you are considering reading or have read this, you probably signed up for the grovel. Overall, this is pretty entertaining.
This is obviously not a safe read. The hero is a serial cheater and gets caught on page, twice. He is a spoiled prince and doesn't think much of the cheating because it doesn't mean anything to him. Obviously, his wife disagrees. She finds a loophole in their arrangement and uses it to get out of the marriage without any agreement from the king.
You have to suspend your disbelief for a lot of this but it was a fun read. He does grovel for the majority of the book. It was fun to watch him realize she meant business and see him scramble to earn her forgiveness.
He did a decent job of groveling. I wish more of his grovel had been directly focused on how he could prove to her he wouldn't cheat again. He mostly embarrassed himself a lot trying to grovel. I'm glad he was willing to sacrifice his dignity in the name of the grovel though.
If you are considering reading or have read this, you probably signed up for the grovel. Overall, this is pretty entertaining.
This is obviously not a safe read. The hero is a serial cheater and gets caught on page, twice. He is a spoiled prince and doesn't think much of the cheating because it doesn't mean anything to him. Obviously, his wife disagrees. She finds a loophole in their arrangement and uses it to get out of the marriage without any agreement from the king.
You have to suspend your disbelief for a lot of this but it was a fun read. He does grovel for the majority of the book. It was fun to watch him realize she meant business and see him scramble to earn her forgiveness.
He did a decent job of groveling. I wish more of his grovel had been directly focused on how he could prove to her he wouldn't cheat again. He mostly embarrassed himself a lot trying to grovel. I'm glad he was willing to sacrifice his dignity in the name of the grovel though.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 13, 2024
Hugely entertaining from the first chapter. Peppered with whimsical moments, quirky details, and droll dialogue.
Summary:
Marrying the King of Norjava feels like a dream come true to plain, unassuming illustrator, Lady Delilah of Gesaint. That is, until she catches her bridegroom in flagrante delicto during their wedding reception.
Despite her public humiliation, Delilah is willing to give King Alexander a second chance. She assumes she’s the problem and bends over backwards to please her husband, including learning countless fancy bj techniques, meanwhile herself unsatisfied in bed and too timid to ask for what she wants. But no matter how many ice cubes she stuffs in her mouth during fellatio, Alexander continues to cheat.
Realizing the King hasn't abandoned his cheating ways, Queen Delilah stops trying to please and impress him and starts chasing her own satisfaction. And I love that for her.
She files for annulment and, in an absolutely delightful scene, delivers Alexander the paperwork mid-floozy-fuck.
Once Alexander realizes how badly he fucked up and that he might actually lose the wife he so clearly adores (as we see from his POV chapters), he immediately regrets his infidelities and launches a mission to win Delilah back. As he strives to convince Delilah to give him asecond third chance before the annulment is finalized, the King sinks to increasingly dramatic and pitiful lengths--to readers’ great entertainment.
Delilah:
-Delilah’s self-doubt and introspection make it easy for the reader to empathize with her.
-I wish we’d heard more about the outrageous “tips and tricks to drive him wild” Delilah was studying.
-I lovvvvved when she debased him by telling him he was basically a sex toy and using him. Good for her.
Alexander:
I liked Alex from the moment he said, “You didn’t have to leave the party,�� to his wife after he publicly humiliated her by fucking his staff person on their wedding day. Because, clearly, this man is delusional, and nothing beats a delulu mmc.
Alexander is adorable even as a cheater. He’s just so simple. He doesn’t know any better. Total himbo. And he clearly feels strongly for Delilah, even if he has no self-awareness.
Alexander is more than sufficiently repentant and, as a result, easily forgivable (for the reader, at least). However, so much of the book was Alex chastising himself, feeling guilty, or simping over Delilah, it got to be repetitive. Still, I really enjoyed Alexander’s pathetic desperation.
Magnus:
Magnus was my favorite part of the book. Immediately obsessed with him from the moment he pulled a freaking powdered donut out of his pocket. From that point on, I was always ecstatic to see him on page; with fantastically funny lines, his character a great comedic addition and always delivered. If you ask Magnus, he’s the main character.
This Coffee:
“Now I would definitely miss the coffee. Full-bodied, perfectly balanced, with a perfect amount of cinnamon spice cream the kitchen staff made themselves.”
^^I want this. Someone make this happen for me.
Criticisms?
I had never read a cheating romance before, or at least not one where the love interest is the cheater. Having now read one, I can say—I would have liked to see more (detailed) cheating?? I really wanted to be infuriated with the mmc and the fmc to have an absolutely unhinged revenge and burn his life to the ground before the mmc’s redemption arc. With Norjava’s Saint Constance also being the patron saint of vengeance, I was expecting there to be more vengeance. There was minimal vengeance. 80:20 grovel/vengeance ratio.
My main criticisms of Prince Cheating Charming are it’s pacing and disjointed feel. There were times where it felt like a scene was missing or an important bit of dialogue had been left out. I was confused about certain plot points and unsure if I’d read carelessly or if something was actually missing. I kept trying to go back and clarify with no luck.
For example, one point that particularly stood out was King Alexander’s sudden awareness of his responsibility towards his subjects and the way he treats other people. I felt like I missed a conversation—and I legitimately might have, as both characters seem to reference something Delilah said to Alexander about him being selfish and inconsiderate. However, I couldn’t find the conversation despite searching various word combos in Kindle.
In addition, Alex’s brief and abrupt awareness of his responsibility to his subjects didn’t really lead anywhere. It would have been interesting to see more of Alexander’s development as a leader or reshaping his country’s leadership structure and taking a step back, like in Alyssa Cole’s A Prince on Paper (if I remember correctly) tied in with his self-growth in relation to Delilah.
Another pacing/structure element that that impacted my experience reading this book—we really don’t get much pre-marital relationship build-up. Through the characters’ eyes, we later glimpse flashbacks of their early relationship and wedding, but since the flashbacks occur farther in the book, I did not really understand what drew Alexander to Delilah because her praised qualities were so generic. And maybe that’s the point, because Delilah is also initially unsure why Alexander wants her. However, for me, the result was that I was not really invested in the success of their relationship.
Conclusion:
Overall, this was a fun, campy, and charming book, and I can’t wait to read Dirty Rotten Cheating Husband.
Summary:
Marrying the King of Norjava feels like a dream come true to plain, unassuming illustrator, Lady Delilah of Gesaint. That is, until she catches her bridegroom in flagrante delicto during their wedding reception.
Despite her public humiliation, Delilah is willing to give King Alexander a second chance. She assumes she’s the problem and bends over backwards to please her husband, including learning countless fancy bj techniques, meanwhile herself unsatisfied in bed and too timid to ask for what she wants. But no matter how many ice cubes she stuffs in her mouth during fellatio, Alexander continues to cheat.
Realizing the King hasn't abandoned his cheating ways, Queen Delilah stops trying to please and impress him and starts chasing her own satisfaction. And I love that for her.
She files for annulment and, in an absolutely delightful scene, delivers Alexander the paperwork mid-floozy-fuck.
Once Alexander realizes how badly he fucked up and that he might actually lose the wife he so clearly adores (as we see from his POV chapters), he immediately regrets his infidelities and launches a mission to win Delilah back. As he strives to convince Delilah to give him a
Delilah:
-Delilah’s self-doubt and introspection make it easy for the reader to empathize with her.
-I wish we’d heard more about the outrageous “tips and tricks to drive him wild” Delilah was studying.
-I lovvvvved when she debased him by telling him he was basically a sex toy and using him. Good for her.
Alexander:
I liked Alex from the moment he said, “You didn’t have to leave the party,�� to his wife after he publicly humiliated her by fucking his staff person on their wedding day. Because, clearly, this man is delusional, and nothing beats a delulu mmc.
Alexander is adorable even as a cheater. He’s just so simple. He doesn’t know any better. Total himbo. And he clearly feels strongly for Delilah, even if he has no self-awareness.
Alexander is more than sufficiently repentant and, as a result, easily forgivable (for the reader, at least). However, so much of the book was Alex chastising himself, feeling guilty, or simping over Delilah, it got to be repetitive. Still, I really enjoyed Alexander’s pathetic desperation.
Magnus:
Magnus was my favorite part of the book. Immediately obsessed with him from the moment he pulled a freaking powdered donut out of his pocket. From that point on, I was always ecstatic to see him on page; with fantastically funny lines, his character a great comedic addition and always delivered. If you ask Magnus, he’s the main character.
This Coffee:
“Now I would definitely miss the coffee. Full-bodied, perfectly balanced, with a perfect amount of cinnamon spice cream the kitchen staff made themselves.”
^^I want this. Someone make this happen for me.
Criticisms?
I had never read a cheating romance before, or at least not one where the love interest is the cheater. Having now read one, I can say—I would have liked to see more (detailed) cheating?? I really wanted to be infuriated with the mmc and the fmc to have an absolutely unhinged revenge and burn his life to the ground before the mmc’s redemption arc. With Norjava’s Saint Constance also being the patron saint of vengeance, I was expecting there to be more vengeance. There was minimal vengeance. 80:20 grovel/vengeance ratio.
My main criticisms of Prince Cheating Charming are it’s pacing and disjointed feel. There were times where it felt like a scene was missing or an important bit of dialogue had been left out. I was confused about certain plot points and unsure if I’d read carelessly or if something was actually missing. I kept trying to go back and clarify with no luck.
For example, one point that particularly stood out was King Alexander’s sudden awareness of his responsibility towards his subjects and the way he treats other people. I felt like I missed a conversation—and I legitimately might have, as both characters seem to reference something Delilah said to Alexander about him being selfish and inconsiderate. However, I couldn’t find the conversation despite searching various word combos in Kindle.
In addition, Alex’s brief and abrupt awareness of his responsibility to his subjects didn’t really lead anywhere. It would have been interesting to see more of Alexander’s development as a leader or reshaping his country’s leadership structure and taking a step back, like in Alyssa Cole’s A Prince on Paper (if I remember correctly) tied in with his self-growth in relation to Delilah.
Another pacing/structure element that that impacted my experience reading this book—we really don’t get much pre-marital relationship build-up. Through the characters’ eyes, we later glimpse flashbacks of their early relationship and wedding, but since the flashbacks occur farther in the book, I did not really understand what drew Alexander to Delilah because her praised qualities were so generic. And maybe that’s the point, because Delilah is also initially unsure why Alexander wants her. However, for me, the result was that I was not really invested in the success of their relationship.
Conclusion:
Overall, this was a fun, campy, and charming book, and I can’t wait to read Dirty Rotten Cheating Husband.
July 18, 2024
4 Stars - Loved it!
It was funny with the side characters taking Delilah's side and hating on the hero - their employer.
I wanted to shake the heroine for being with him just after catching him publicly cheating on her on their wedding day. But she grows an incredibly strong backbone and I'm proud of her growth. Not just because she stood her ground until she relented, but because she also came to accept herself - her hair, clothes, mannerisms, painting and rock climbing talents.. she didn't want to hide anymore and I loved that for her.
The hero did well with realizing the errors of his ways. Part of him thought it was acceptable to cheat since that was what his parents did, and he grew up spoiled enough to see getting "serviced" by others as a convenience. Delilah leaving him was a wake up call to his douche-canoe ways.
How badly does he grovel, you ask?
✔️ Continuously buys her flowers and gifts that she gives away/throws out
✔️ Cleans and works in the kitchen every day to prove he cares about his staff
✔️ Shovels shit in the stables
✔️ Makes a press conference admitting his mistakes and how he would do anything to get her back
✔️ Has his employee put him in a wooden stock in front of the town and encourages everyone to throw rotten vegetables at him just because she joked about it as a punishment
✔️ Put in a wooden dunking stool, almost getting himself drowned before she stops it
✔️ Cries and begs on his knees
✔️ Willingly used in a...naughty way - with no relief for himself.
✔️ Kicks out the other women he cheated with who treated Delilah terribly (I mean, she's the Queen, why are they talking back to her at all?), and reassigned them to a crappy posting.
HIs grovel starts from 25% of the book until about 90%
While I loved how much he humiliated himself to win her back, I did want him to take it a step further to prove how he wouldn't cheat again - not just that he'd be broken without her. Maybe a scene where he gets propositioned again and he nips it in the bud?
It was funny with the side characters taking Delilah's side and hating on the hero - their employer.
I wanted to shake the heroine for being with him just after catching him publicly cheating on her on their wedding day. But she grows an incredibly strong backbone and I'm proud of her growth. Not just because she stood her ground until she relented, but because she also came to accept herself - her hair, clothes, mannerisms, painting and rock climbing talents.. she didn't want to hide anymore and I loved that for her.
The hero did well with realizing the errors of his ways. Part of him thought it was acceptable to cheat since that was what his parents did, and he grew up spoiled enough to see getting "serviced" by others as a convenience. Delilah leaving him was a wake up call to his douche-canoe ways.
How badly does he grovel, you ask?
✔️ Continuously buys her flowers and gifts that she gives away/throws out
✔️ Cleans and works in the kitchen every day to prove he cares about his staff
✔️ Shovels shit in the stables
✔️ Makes a press conference admitting his mistakes and how he would do anything to get her back
✔️ Has his employee put him in a wooden stock in front of the town and encourages everyone to throw rotten vegetables at him just because she joked about it as a punishment
✔️ Put in a wooden dunking stool, almost getting himself drowned before she stops it
✔️ Cries and begs on his knees
✔️ Willingly used in a...naughty way - with no relief for himself.
✔️ Kicks out the other women he cheated with who treated Delilah terribly (I mean, she's the Queen, why are they talking back to her at all?), and reassigned them to a crappy posting.
HIs grovel starts from 25% of the book until about 90%
While I loved how much he humiliated himself to win her back, I did want him to take it a step further to prove how he wouldn't cheat again - not just that he'd be broken without her. Maybe a scene where he gets propositioned again and he nips it in the bud?
July 18, 2024
Not really sure -2.5
Firstly, grammar and spelling are good. The plot is decent, the foundation is there and it’s got good bones. Love a good betrayal and grovel, and there’s plenty of both.
However, it feels kind of immature. I like a good long hard grovel, but Alexander just felt really weak and child like, not at all coming across as a powerful King. He comes across more like a high school kid than a man. Delilah has a complete 180 turn in personality, it was like 2 different women and I’m not sure I liked either of them. It also doesn’t feel like a contemporary romance, but I may have missed that if it’s billed as historical. I thought her friends were rather odd too.
Overall, not sure I like this authors style. I’ll give the second book a try but I won’t read this one again
Firstly, grammar and spelling are good. The plot is decent, the foundation is there and it’s got good bones. Love a good betrayal and grovel, and there’s plenty of both.
However, it feels kind of immature. I like a good long hard grovel, but Alexander just felt really weak and child like, not at all coming across as a powerful King. He comes across more like a high school kid than a man. Delilah has a complete 180 turn in personality, it was like 2 different women and I’m not sure I liked either of them. It also doesn’t feel like a contemporary romance, but I may have missed that if it’s billed as historical. I thought her friends were rather odd too.
Overall, not sure I like this authors style. I’ll give the second book a try but I won’t read this one again
August 29, 2024
I would never have thought I would bother trying a book about a cheating husband (unless he got flayed or something lol). But this was recommended by someone I trust, and I fiercely loved it! Firstly, this book is hilarious. Genuinely made me laugh out loud repeatedly! The supporting characters are so fun! Everything Maurice the chef says is gold. Archbishop Magnus is a delight, and he leads the worship of St. Constance, the patron saint of vengeance? Perfection, truly.
If you read for clever, quirky, distinctive writing, this book is for you.
Now we’ll talk about the serious underpinnings, so feel free to skip this part if you only want to think about the fun, because from here we’re talking subtext.
There is a brutal truth at the heart of this book: Women will put up with things we absolutely shouldn’t when we are in love. We will accept a selfish, demanding, thoughtless lover as long as he isn’t overtly cruel. Delilah accepts that her husband doesn’t care about her pleasure, and it doesn’t keep her from caring about his. She internalizes the criticisms from his inner circle and seeks to live up to an ideal image she assumes he would prefer; she folds, spindles, and mutilates her self-image to avoid risking his likely disappointment at discovering who she truly is. Above all, she never asks for anything beyond the effortless bare minimum he deigns to offer her. This is the most relatable relationship status ever, and the part that makes it a fantasy is not that he’s a king.
The fantasy is twofold. Obviously that he is so stricken by her pain and rejection that he will do anything to win her back, but beyond that, there is a fantasy inherent to the cheating trope itself: This relationship has not died of a thousand cuts by the time he notices she’s ready to walk away. The high drama of his humiliating perfidy so early in their marriage arrests the relationship at what might have been its height. She never has time to fall out of love with him; rather, her rage crystallizes her love and sets it aside as irrelevant in the face of his betrayal.
That’s the fantasy. He hurts her in an outrageous and galvanizing fashion before she can grow disgusted by the numerous ways he’s seemingly enjoyed her catering to his selfishness, before she can run out of patience for making herself small to suit his ego. Her righteous anger gives her leave to speak her truth on every subject she’s held back about, and the truth inspires him to do better in meaningful ways.
All the flowers to Katie Landry. This was a wonderful read, beginning to end.
If you read for clever, quirky, distinctive writing, this book is for you.
Now we’ll talk about the serious underpinnings, so feel free to skip this part if you only want to think about the fun, because from here we’re talking subtext.
There is a brutal truth at the heart of this book: Women will put up with things we absolutely shouldn’t when we are in love. We will accept a selfish, demanding, thoughtless lover as long as he isn’t overtly cruel. Delilah accepts that her husband doesn’t care about her pleasure, and it doesn’t keep her from caring about his. She internalizes the criticisms from his inner circle and seeks to live up to an ideal image she assumes he would prefer; she folds, spindles, and mutilates her self-image to avoid risking his likely disappointment at discovering who she truly is. Above all, she never asks for anything beyond the effortless bare minimum he deigns to offer her. This is the most relatable relationship status ever, and the part that makes it a fantasy is not that he’s a king.
The fantasy is twofold. Obviously that he is so stricken by her pain and rejection that he will do anything to win her back, but beyond that, there is a fantasy inherent to the cheating trope itself: This relationship has not died of a thousand cuts by the time he notices she’s ready to walk away. The high drama of his humiliating perfidy so early in their marriage arrests the relationship at what might have been its height. She never has time to fall out of love with him; rather, her rage crystallizes her love and sets it aside as irrelevant in the face of his betrayal.
That’s the fantasy. He hurts her in an outrageous and galvanizing fashion before she can grow disgusted by the numerous ways he’s seemingly enjoyed her catering to his selfishness, before she can run out of patience for making herself small to suit his ego. Her righteous anger gives her leave to speak her truth on every subject she’s held back about, and the truth inspires him to do better in meaningful ways.
All the flowers to Katie Landry. This was a wonderful read, beginning to end.
September 2, 2024
My rating: 2 1/2 stars
What I loved: I liked that Delilah(h) stood up for herself and made Alexander(H) grovel (I just think it was too much). I especially liked how Alexander sent the ow and his mother away.
What I didn’t like: I felt like Alexander became a weak king. I get that he wanted to grovel but some of the stuff was just too much. He definitely made himself look like a fool and it ruin the grovel for me.
***Major Spoilers/ Details/Triggers: Cheating. H is the prince from a neighboring country and h comes to visit when invited. h is from a poorer country and is more down to earth. H’s father wants him to marry. When H meets the h, he likes her right away and picks her to marry. After marrying, h starts to feel insecure and ow(s) in the palace along with is mother say rude comments to her. When h goes to look for the H she catches him having sex with ow. h embarrass runs but the H goes after her and basically tells her it’s nothing. h starts to wear sexy lingerie and looks up new sex acts to stop the H from cheating. When she overhears him telling the ow that he will have sex with her later and hears him tell the headmistress that the h loves him and she will never leave him, h decides to find a way out of the marriage. With the help of her friends who work at the palace she finds a loop hole that allows her to annul the marriage in thirty days. h goes to give the papers to the H and catches him having sex with a different ow. h tells him she is done and H realizes he messed up. H begs the h to forgive him and tells her that they didn’t mean anything, that men in his country cheat on their wives and so do the wives. h not having it tells the H she is done with him. H goes about to right his wrong. Announcing publicly that he was an idiot, removing the ow from the palace, having the public throw rotten vegetables at him, begging on his knees….the list goes on. Finally the h decides to give the H another chance. HEA they renew their vows and have a baby boy.
Final thoughts: This was my first book by this author and it was just ok for me. I think the H looked like a fool instead of a man righting his wrong with some of the things he did (not all but some).
What I loved: I liked that Delilah(h) stood up for herself and made Alexander(H) grovel (I just think it was too much). I especially liked how Alexander sent the ow and his mother away.
What I didn’t like: I felt like Alexander became a weak king. I get that he wanted to grovel but some of the stuff was just too much. He definitely made himself look like a fool and it ruin the grovel for me.
***Major Spoilers/ Details/Triggers: Cheating. H is the prince from a neighboring country and h comes to visit when invited. h is from a poorer country and is more down to earth. H’s father wants him to marry. When H meets the h, he likes her right away and picks her to marry. After marrying, h starts to feel insecure and ow(s) in the palace along with is mother say rude comments to her. When h goes to look for the H she catches him having sex with ow. h embarrass runs but the H goes after her and basically tells her it’s nothing. h starts to wear sexy lingerie and looks up new sex acts to stop the H from cheating. When she overhears him telling the ow that he will have sex with her later and hears him tell the headmistress that the h loves him and she will never leave him, h decides to find a way out of the marriage. With the help of her friends who work at the palace she finds a loop hole that allows her to annul the marriage in thirty days. h goes to give the papers to the H and catches him having sex with a different ow. h tells him she is done and H realizes he messed up. H begs the h to forgive him and tells her that they didn’t mean anything, that men in his country cheat on their wives and so do the wives. h not having it tells the H she is done with him. H goes about to right his wrong. Announcing publicly that he was an idiot, removing the ow from the palace, having the public throw rotten vegetables at him, begging on his knees….the list goes on. Finally the h decides to give the H another chance. HEA they renew their vows and have a baby boy.
Final thoughts: This was my first book by this author and it was just ok for me. I think the H looked like a fool instead of a man righting his wrong with some of the things he did (not all but some).
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July 30, 2024
This was gross in a lot of ways. First, Alexander cheated on Delilah, repeatedly, with multiple women, and the first time she caught him, comes to see her immediately after she catches him. After a quick, "It's fine, honey," he then proceeds to have sex with her too. So... gross.
Delilah takes him back based on that finicky excuse and internalizes his reasons for cheating, but somehow convinces herself he won't do it again. I'm aware women do this, but it rang as more Because the Plot Said So than because I believed any of the monologuing (part of this could have been alleviated by more page time and less caricatures of antagonists, but I'm not sure her thought processes would have ever convinced me based on his easy, "Eh, bygones," way of waving away the fact that he'd been having sex with another woman earlier that day. So... again, his attitude is gross.
But all that was supposed to be gross. It was supposed to be an impetus for Delilah to get mad. Then she decides to grow a spine and purposely catches him in his room with another woman after she'd overheard them planning an assignation. She says some pretty glorious things along the lines of (paraphrasing here), "It's really stupid to fake an orgasm, he doesn't care if you come anyway," and "Hey, look, I found a way to annul this marriage in spite of your kingdom's antiquated laws." Cool. We're at the grovel portion.
But dear lord, I don't know if I've ever felt so dirty watching a grovel like this. I mean, okay, it starts out fine, but then progresses into sheer repeated self-induced humiliation on Alexander's part. Remember how uncomfortable it was when Robin Thicke was caught cheating on his wife and made getting her back a public spectacle? It was that times about a million. This involved cleaning kitchen floors in a suit and allowing people to throw rotten food at him -- keeping in mind this is supposed to be the King of a whole-ass country.
The author could have alleviated some of this by having a bit more page time dedicated to Delilah and Alexander's happiness prior to her catching him the first time, or something other than a "D'oh! It never occurred to me you might be hurt by this." And while I'm not a big fan of heroines who are lead around by their vaginas, there is a balance between weak-willed FMCs who fall on their backs every time the hero crooks a finger, and showing chemistry between the leads.
By the end of the book, I (and Alexander because the dude decided to clean out stables) wanted a shower. There's groveling and then there's the dehumanization and constant humiliation of an admitted asshat. I get the need to show change and humility on the part of a royal who had everything in his life handed to him, but this... I dunno... after a while, it felt like torture porn. Gross...
Delilah takes him back based on that finicky excuse and internalizes his reasons for cheating, but somehow convinces herself he won't do it again. I'm aware women do this, but it rang as more Because the Plot Said So than because I believed any of the monologuing (part of this could have been alleviated by more page time and less caricatures of antagonists, but I'm not sure her thought processes would have ever convinced me based on his easy, "Eh, bygones," way of waving away the fact that he'd been having sex with another woman earlier that day. So... again, his attitude is gross.
But all that was supposed to be gross. It was supposed to be an impetus for Delilah to get mad. Then she decides to grow a spine and purposely catches him in his room with another woman after she'd overheard them planning an assignation. She says some pretty glorious things along the lines of (paraphrasing here), "It's really stupid to fake an orgasm, he doesn't care if you come anyway," and "Hey, look, I found a way to annul this marriage in spite of your kingdom's antiquated laws." Cool. We're at the grovel portion.
But dear lord, I don't know if I've ever felt so dirty watching a grovel like this. I mean, okay, it starts out fine, but then progresses into sheer repeated self-induced humiliation on Alexander's part. Remember how uncomfortable it was when Robin Thicke was caught cheating on his wife and made getting her back a public spectacle? It was that times about a million. This involved cleaning kitchen floors in a suit and allowing people to throw rotten food at him -- keeping in mind this is supposed to be the King of a whole-ass country.
The author could have alleviated some of this by having a bit more page time dedicated to Delilah and Alexander's happiness prior to her catching him the first time, or something other than a "D'oh! It never occurred to me you might be hurt by this." And while I'm not a big fan of heroines who are lead around by their vaginas, there is a balance between weak-willed FMCs who fall on their backs every time the hero crooks a finger, and showing chemistry between the leads.
By the end of the book, I (and Alexander because the dude decided to clean out stables) wanted a shower. There's groveling and then there's the dehumanization and constant humiliation of an admitted asshat. I get the need to show change and humility on the part of a royal who had everything in his life handed to him, but this... I dunno... after a while, it felt like torture porn. Gross...
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July 24, 2024DNF 60%
July 21, 2024
Well that was a hot mess. Judging by the cover, I wasn’t expecting much. It was quite superficial and unrealistic, but it was entertaining. I was here for the groveling, and it delivered.
August 14, 2024
Let me first say I loved this Novella.
Lady Delilah Arden of Gesaint lives in a leaking manor with her uncle and is unexpectedly invited to a party for the Crown Prince who is seeking a wife. She didn’t expect to fall in love at first sight with the handsome crown prince and she most certainly didn’t expect him to propose and marry her. She is sheltered and she puts up with a fair amount of ridicule from the court, but she is confident in her love for him and his for her right up until she catches him in the act of cheating. After the first time she endures and carries on, but after the second time she decides she is leaving. Little does she know that her decision to leave wakes Alexander up and he does not want to let her go.
I wasn’t expecting much at all. I usually hate books that have cheating but this book did a really good job of making the MMC grovel in the most redeeming way. loved it! I loved it so much I read it twice. I look forward to more books from this author, if all cheating/redemption/second change books were written this way with the FMC coming out stronger on the other side I would read them more often. Great book and I’m so happy I discovered it on Booksirens.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
Lady Delilah Arden of Gesaint lives in a leaking manor with her uncle and is unexpectedly invited to a party for the Crown Prince who is seeking a wife. She didn’t expect to fall in love at first sight with the handsome crown prince and she most certainly didn’t expect him to propose and marry her. She is sheltered and she puts up with a fair amount of ridicule from the court, but she is confident in her love for him and his for her right up until she catches him in the act of cheating. After the first time she endures and carries on, but after the second time she decides she is leaving. Little does she know that her decision to leave wakes Alexander up and he does not want to let her go.
I wasn’t expecting much at all. I usually hate books that have cheating but this book did a really good job of making the MMC grovel in the most redeeming way. loved it! I loved it so much I read it twice. I look forward to more books from this author, if all cheating/redemption/second change books were written this way with the FMC coming out stronger on the other side I would read them more often. Great book and I’m so happy I discovered it on Booksirens.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
August 15, 2024
"When you see the word 'cheat' in a book it's always complicated, you just give it a try or let it pass, I'm usually a no-no girl for this tripe, BUT this time there was something that called me and I gave it a try. So proud of myself for trusting my guts!!! Don't wait any second and give it a try, I know it might be a complex trope but I swear the author did a marvelous job. The story was addictive and the emotions so raw and pure that I was happy, sad, mad, exasperated, annoyed, tempted...to me, a story that makes you connect and feel this much, deserves a praise, so easy as that. Alexander definitely messed it up, no excuses, and Delilah had all the right to end everything between them, but all can change in 30 days and being close to lose someone surely change people. I loved the dual POV, understanding the situation with different perspectives was magnificent. Plus, if you are all for the groveling, well this one served you right, bit funny, silly and chaotic lol (you can judge the methods but no the results). A story that I had zero expectations just an open minded that completely amazed me."
July 17, 2024
This was a nice, quick read. I loved how distraught this guy was once he realized his wife was serious about leaving him. I even almost felt bad for him a few times even though he deserved it. She really makes him work for it, and she has a sharp tongue.
The grovel was good. He tried everything, not just begging. Though he also did a lot of that.
The humor in this was also a delightful surprise. When she told him that he's frightening the normal people and that other countries were going to start invading, I laughed out loud.
The grovel was good. He tried everything, not just begging. Though he also did a lot of that.
The humor in this was also a delightful surprise. When she told him that he's frightening the normal people and that other countries were going to start invading, I laughed out loud.
August 13, 2024
Fairytale short-story of a prince of a fictional country marrying an obscure noblewoman, then repeatedly cheating on her. She discovers a loophole in the marriage agreement and pushes for divorce. Only then does he realize the magnitude of his stupidity and the hurt he has caused his beloved wife. His grovel is long and extensive. It's a fantasy cheater-reformation story and works on that level. I love the fact that the wife was willing to walk away from a crown, rather be humiliated by the man she loved.
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July 17, 2024
lol yeah it’s as bad as the title sounds.
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July 23, 2024Ehhh, it's only a novella, but I still ended up DNF 🤷♀️
August 28, 2024
This story is set in mythical royal countries during modern day times. Cheating is the norm among the royals(ok, yep that sounds familiar)
The author is making this more a dramedy. I mean it can’t be a straight up comedy as the cheating hurts the heroine, Delilah. However, it is not drama, because it doesn’t have the feels a drama would give. If you need a good drama with the feels, angst, royalty in mythical kingdoms then I would like to suggest The Warrior and Calissande This has a similar cheating angle with a very serious undertone and definite misunderstandings. It can be found on Wattpad.
So the hero, Prince Alexander, doesn’t think twice about cheating on his new bride even though he professes to love her. He is spoiled, having been indulged his whole life. Since everyone cheats, he just figures that it is acceptable. I mean he just does it because it is convenient and easy. It blows off steam. Since he doesn’t spend the night with, barely talks to, and doesn’t kiss the comely females, then it really doesn’t count, right?
To say the Prince isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed is an understatement. Not only does he cheat, but he isn’t even good about keeping it under wraps.
The next part has spoilers, so 🛑 ✋ 🛑 ✋ NOW if you don’t want the lowdown!!!!!
After reading this story, I have to ask myself the pertinent questions���
Do I think the hero loves the heroine with all of his heart? Yes
Do I think there is a chance he will cheat again? NO
Does the story give me heart dropping angst and all the feels? Not really, the way it is written at times as others said in their reviews is silly. So it is hard to get to worked up. There were moments, but it just didn’t hit right.
Did the author give me a satisfying ending? Yes, the author gave us an epilogue(actually 2)
Will I read another book by this author? Yes, I would try another book. In fact she has one being released in September that I am interested in. Another cheating story, with a twist. It sounds interesting and may give me better insight into her writing style.
Would I recommend this to other readers? I would with caution. The Prince/King is an out and out cheater. He also comes off as a little silly/stupid at times. To put this in perspective, the best way I know how. There is Star Wars and there is Spaceballs. This is more Spaceballs when it comes to cheating stories.
September 5, 2024
Starts somewhat entertaining—royalty in a fictional kingdom.
Silly waste of time.
Silly waste of time.
August 15, 2024
Ok this deserves the trashing I’m giving. These are the times when thank god, some very abusive and disrespectful behaviors such as racism and homophobia are considered unacceptable and unworthy of any human being, so they are thankfully absent from any books that is published, both officially and not. And in these better times some behavior as body shaming, that is blaming and making fun of people because of their looks, are considered equally unacceptable and wrong. And you’re supposed to expect that even chauvinistic and sexist behaviors and thoughts are equally considered unacceptable and wrong but no, this is not. This book is a pathetic attempt at a rom com where a doormat woman who has no self esteem, zero self respect and no self confidence to talk of is made fun of. She’s derided, abused, disrespected and in the end it all ends in cheers and hurrahs, because ahahahahahah, it’s all a big huge joke. No, really? Are we serious? In all this talking and expecting equal rights and telling that a woman is her own master and doesn’t need any man to be complete and happy we have a woman who accepts to be cheated on by her husband because she is too weak and has too low self respect that she has sex with him, a very unsatisfactory sex btw, he’s no sex god and she never even came during their coupling, only an hour or less after she saw him screwing one if his secretaries. And in front of all his staff and many other people. She also finds texts on his phone that confirms he’s having sex with other women, plural and she catches him again so finally she decides it’s the end of them. wtf? She should have dumped his sorry ass the very first time and with a bang too. I would expect that any self respecting woman would have left him the very second she found him balls deep into the woman and he didn’t even have the decency of showing remorse.
So, she decides to leave him, better late than never. But of course the man makes a fool of himself and in one month he behaves like the clown he is which honestly, made me hate him even more because he has not only lack of understanding but also he doesn’t care that she is hurt and that she wants to leave no, it’s all about him, about how he can’t live without her, how he needs her, hoe he wants her. Nothing is about her anymore. And the poor doormat and worthless woman takes him back. Of course she does. Oh, he cheated because he could and he stopped because he was caught of course. No angst here, the heroine is a clown herself that has not even the decency of standing up for herself and go on with the annulment, because let’s be honest, she’s afraid of being alone this is what.
I didn’t laugh at all, I thought there was humor, for me it’s a very sad parody when a woman who’s cheated and disrespected by her husband in her own house is made a joke of. Because this is not worse than it would be making fun of someone because they’re obese, or because they are of a different color of sexual preference, this is still a joke on someone who is abused. There’s nothing fun about it, I don’t care if the hero makes a fool of himself and I don’t care about the surrounding anymore, it was simply sad and degrading. It would have been better if the heroine had had sex with other men, other sexier and better men who knew how to give a woman pleasure instead than coming back with the cheater. I don’t care what he will do, he’s not worthy a second of her time anymore. To make fun of a woman cheated and disrespected and to put it all as if it’s no big issue is disrespectful for those women who have been through it. To keep writing about doormat women who take back losers who only stop cheating because they’re caught is a sad joke and I don’t find it funny, but unacceptable as if it was for any other behavior considered now unacceptable, slut shaming, body shaming, racism and homophobia. There’s nothing to make fun, there’s nothing to joke about. Minus 1 billion stars.
So, she decides to leave him, better late than never. But of course the man makes a fool of himself and in one month he behaves like the clown he is which honestly, made me hate him even more because he has not only lack of understanding but also he doesn’t care that she is hurt and that she wants to leave no, it’s all about him, about how he can’t live without her, how he needs her, hoe he wants her. Nothing is about her anymore. And the poor doormat and worthless woman takes him back. Of course she does. Oh, he cheated because he could and he stopped because he was caught of course. No angst here, the heroine is a clown herself that has not even the decency of standing up for herself and go on with the annulment, because let’s be honest, she’s afraid of being alone this is what.
I didn’t laugh at all, I thought there was humor, for me it’s a very sad parody when a woman who’s cheated and disrespected by her husband in her own house is made a joke of. Because this is not worse than it would be making fun of someone because they’re obese, or because they are of a different color of sexual preference, this is still a joke on someone who is abused. There’s nothing fun about it, I don’t care if the hero makes a fool of himself and I don’t care about the surrounding anymore, it was simply sad and degrading. It would have been better if the heroine had had sex with other men, other sexier and better men who knew how to give a woman pleasure instead than coming back with the cheater. I don’t care what he will do, he’s not worthy a second of her time anymore. To make fun of a woman cheated and disrespected and to put it all as if it’s no big issue is disrespectful for those women who have been through it. To keep writing about doormat women who take back losers who only stop cheating because they’re caught is a sad joke and I don’t find it funny, but unacceptable as if it was for any other behavior considered now unacceptable, slut shaming, body shaming, racism and homophobia. There’s nothing to make fun, there’s nothing to joke about. Minus 1 billion stars.
July 21, 2024
Cheating = H is a prince and marries the h. When H becomes king, during his celebration, the h goes to find the H in his office only to find him balls deep in his secretary. H casually slides out and tucks away then calmly asked h if she needed something. h ran off to her bedroom, H follows a few hours later and commented that h did not need to leave party early (WTF??!!). h then basically trauma bonded herself to the H, thinking that screwing his brains out would mean H would now be faithful. Few weeks later, h goes to H's bedroom which H had told her to always knock before entering, but h entered without knocking and lo and behold, H is balls deep in a different assistant. H was irritated and his first thought was that h should have knocked?? h came to his bedroom to deliver annulment papers to the H. This was the start of the H's realization that he might have just messed up his marriage (*eye roll*).
h sees H with OW = see above of the few times h saw H literally inside OWs and experienced the joy of seeing him withdraw himself only to be glad the H at least wore a condom with OW.
OW drama = the many women that the H slept with were never kind to the h even though she was the literal Queen of the country. Comeuppance? the H fired the ones who had worked for him and reassigned them to the least desirable position in the kingdom. Another OW causing drama was the H's mother. Mom was not kind to the h and when mom basically ratted herself out to the H about comments that she had made to and about the h, H instantly banished mom to another estate with no allowance to come back ever.
Grovel = H had to really understand why he cheated and make changes to himself. H had been raised in a household and an aristocratic culture in which cheating on your spouse was a casual and completely acceptable occurrence. H truly had no thought in his head that it would hurt the h and was completely blown away at her pain and lost as to why she was so hurt when that had not been expected. H was truly and deeply in love with the h and the sex he had with others he saw a as stress relief and quick encounters that meant nothing. H really worked hard to change himself from a basic level as well as amending his core beliefs. So no only did he internally change and understand the depths of the pain and betrayal of the h, the H also very publicly and frequently exposed himself to the world at large to atone for his actions. He apologized profusely and frequently privately and publicly to the h. H committed acts of contrition both privately and publicly. H changed himself fundamentally and by word and deed groveled.
h was never a doormat despite the initial trauma bonding after the first discovery of H's betrayal which led to her wanting out the marriage, hence the loophole of an annulment.
Some reviewers have said that the h was not forgiving soon enough and that they felt sorry for the H and how badly he was treated and/or how far he fell. I, on the other hand, felt that it had to happen to show that for once a cheating H truly understood the damage and betrayal that his thoughtlessness/selfishness caused.
The h had made herself smaller (not showing when she was better at things than the H, ex. rock climbing) and tried to conform to what she felt was expected of her appearance (straightening her hair, wearing very uncomfortable clothing). Once the h checked out of the marriage, she saw how she had squished herself into a box to appease others and she decided, "no more," and went on to be true to herself.
In the end, both the H and the h became better people but for vastly different reasons.
I liked the book and it was a short read but full of enough drama llama to be satisfying.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
h sees H with OW = see above of the few times h saw H literally inside OWs and experienced the joy of seeing him withdraw himself only to be glad the H at least wore a condom with OW.
OW drama = the many women that the H slept with were never kind to the h even though she was the literal Queen of the country. Comeuppance? the H fired the ones who had worked for him and reassigned them to the least desirable position in the kingdom. Another OW causing drama was the H's mother. Mom was not kind to the h and when mom basically ratted herself out to the H about comments that she had made to and about the h, H instantly banished mom to another estate with no allowance to come back ever.
Grovel = H had to really understand why he cheated and make changes to himself. H had been raised in a household and an aristocratic culture in which cheating on your spouse was a casual and completely acceptable occurrence. H truly had no thought in his head that it would hurt the h and was completely blown away at her pain and lost as to why she was so hurt when that had not been expected. H was truly and deeply in love with the h and the sex he had with others he saw a as stress relief and quick encounters that meant nothing. H really worked hard to change himself from a basic level as well as amending his core beliefs. So no only did he internally change and understand the depths of the pain and betrayal of the h, the H also very publicly and frequently exposed himself to the world at large to atone for his actions. He apologized profusely and frequently privately and publicly to the h. H committed acts of contrition both privately and publicly. H changed himself fundamentally and by word and deed groveled.
h was never a doormat despite the initial trauma bonding after the first discovery of H's betrayal which led to her wanting out the marriage, hence the loophole of an annulment.
Some reviewers have said that the h was not forgiving soon enough and that they felt sorry for the H and how badly he was treated and/or how far he fell. I, on the other hand, felt that it had to happen to show that for once a cheating H truly understood the damage and betrayal that his thoughtlessness/selfishness caused.
The h had made herself smaller (not showing when she was better at things than the H, ex. rock climbing) and tried to conform to what she felt was expected of her appearance (straightening her hair, wearing very uncomfortable clothing). Once the h checked out of the marriage, she saw how she had squished herself into a box to appease others and she decided, "no more," and went on to be true to herself.
In the end, both the H and the h became better people but for vastly different reasons.
I liked the book and it was a short read but full of enough drama llama to be satisfying.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
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July 17, 2024
I'm grateful to the author for the opportunity to read and review this book, and I appreciate the hard work that went into its creation. I received an advance review copy for free, and I'm leaving this review voluntarily. I read it in one sitting; it sucked me in really fast, and I was excited to know more about it. The writing style didn't really work out for me, and I'm pretty sure there are some grammatical errors. The inner monologue didn't really hit; it was kind of dry and brief, if you feel me.
I did not like the MMC, but that's to be expected with a cheating romance.
MMC is a serial cheater, and he had no plans to change, claiming he felt nothing for the other women. MMC's ignorance and claims that he had no idea cheating would make FMC leave him were entirely foolish. He's immature and barely able to think of anything other than his dick.
FMC started out quite stupid. I mean, she forgave him after catching him with his secretary, and the whole kingdom found out about it, no less on their coronation day. I love that she eventually grew a spine and demanded to leave him.
I did like the book, but it's not something I wish to reread. Heck, I'll make it a mission to avoid books like this henceforth because it seems like I just get angry reading them, and I'd rather not go through that again. Overall, it was an average ⭐⭐⭐, and it kept me occupied for a while. Spice level 🌶️🌶️🌶️ #HEA #Cheating #OW drama #secondchance #secondchanceromance
P.S. I would have liked it better if the FMC ended up with an OM. MMC did not deserve FMC.
I did not like the MMC, but that's to be expected with a cheating romance.
MMC is a serial cheater, and he had no plans to change, claiming he felt nothing for the other women. MMC's ignorance and claims that he had no idea cheating would make FMC leave him were entirely foolish. He's immature and barely able to think of anything other than his dick.
FMC started out quite stupid. I mean, she forgave him after catching him with his secretary, and the whole kingdom found out about it, no less on their coronation day. I love that she eventually grew a spine and demanded to leave him.
I did like the book, but it's not something I wish to reread. Heck, I'll make it a mission to avoid books like this henceforth because it seems like I just get angry reading them, and I'd rather not go through that again. Overall, it was an average ⭐⭐⭐, and it kept me occupied for a while. Spice level 🌶️🌶️🌶️ #HEA #Cheating #OW drama #secondchance #secondchanceromance
P.S. I would have liked it better if the FMC ended up with an OM. MMC did not deserve FMC.
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July 20, 2024
Oh Alexander…
I have to admit, I almost quit from the start. After what happens within hours of her catching Alexander cheating the night of his coronation, I was disgusted and thought she was going to be a doormat. But, I stayed the course and I’m glad I did. Delilah turns a quick corner and her backbone snaps firmly into place. I was so proud of her for standing up for herself and constantly putting Alexander in his place. The only hiccup I had was that the notion of his disrespect of her with his cheating was never addressed. He removed his mistresses when he discovered how they disrespected her and then his mother but he did the same and it was never shoved in his face. Now, I hated him at the start. His arrogant, aloof, selfish persona was written well but his turnabout and growth was a major 180. He was pathetic, heartbroken, drowning in guilt, regret and shame, as he should be. It didn’t take long for me to feel sorry for him because Katie wrote his pitifulness so well. His reactions to everything are what I love to see when the cheater is truly sorry and full of shame and sorrow. He lost all pretense and his man card (for those who care about that) but I reveled in it. The most angst came from his POV, which was nice. There was humor and some lightheartedness mixed in, as well. Very good!
I have to admit, I almost quit from the start. After what happens within hours of her catching Alexander cheating the night of his coronation, I was disgusted and thought she was going to be a doormat. But, I stayed the course and I’m glad I did. Delilah turns a quick corner and her backbone snaps firmly into place. I was so proud of her for standing up for herself and constantly putting Alexander in his place. The only hiccup I had was that the notion of his disrespect of her with his cheating was never addressed. He removed his mistresses when he discovered how they disrespected her and then his mother but he did the same and it was never shoved in his face. Now, I hated him at the start. His arrogant, aloof, selfish persona was written well but his turnabout and growth was a major 180. He was pathetic, heartbroken, drowning in guilt, regret and shame, as he should be. It didn’t take long for me to feel sorry for him because Katie wrote his pitifulness so well. His reactions to everything are what I love to see when the cheater is truly sorry and full of shame and sorrow. He lost all pretense and his man card (for those who care about that) but I reveled in it. The most angst came from his POV, which was nice. There was humor and some lightheartedness mixed in, as well. Very good!
July 24, 2024
Wow, wow, wow! I wasn't sure what to expect from this book, I very much enjoy a woman scorned, grovel book but when it's royalty involved it added a new dimension.
The King wants his son to find a wife so sets up a meeting with eligible women, then Alex meets Delilah and falls in love but she wasn't an option the King wanted.
After the wedding Delilah goes to her husband's office to find him balls deep in his secretary and half the kingdom sees. Heartbroken believing he loves her she moves past the infidelity but when she walks in on him sleeping with someone else in his bedroom she's had enough.
Delilah finds a way out of the marriage but has to wait a month and when Alex finds out he realises what he's about to lose. He honestly didn't think past the fact his parents and all other royals he knows have never been faithful so it never crossed his mind that sleeping with other women wouldn't be acceptable to his wife and queen.
Delilah doesn't forgive easily, she puts Alex through his paces and he really has to work for their HEA but the writing is brilliant and keeps you wanting more.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
The King wants his son to find a wife so sets up a meeting with eligible women, then Alex meets Delilah and falls in love but she wasn't an option the King wanted.
After the wedding Delilah goes to her husband's office to find him balls deep in his secretary and half the kingdom sees. Heartbroken believing he loves her she moves past the infidelity but when she walks in on him sleeping with someone else in his bedroom she's had enough.
Delilah finds a way out of the marriage but has to wait a month and when Alex finds out he realises what he's about to lose. He honestly didn't think past the fact his parents and all other royals he knows have never been faithful so it never crossed his mind that sleeping with other women wouldn't be acceptable to his wife and queen.
Delilah doesn't forgive easily, she puts Alex through his paces and he really has to work for their HEA but the writing is brilliant and keeps you wanting more.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
September 16, 2024
Okay then. Firstly do NOT even contemplate this if cheating is a trigger for you cos there's lots of it and on the page too. I mean LOTS of it. I mean 'corn' level stuff descriptive stuff. Okay that's the end of the warning.
Our royal handsomeness - Prince Alexander - is more than a bit of a rake he seems to have permanent zipper malfunction and marrying his Princess bride Lady Delilah (guessing that's a nod to Samson) doesn't make a scrap of difference. This spoiled, entitled aristocrat fees he should have his cake and eat it until his Princess discovers a loophole to get the marriage annulled and suddenly he realises that he's about to lose his future Queen.
Boy does he go into overdrive including begging and crying and getting rotting veg thrown at him in the stocks. I bet a few betrayed can fantasise about that one. Will he win her back or will she go through with her 'it's over' 30 day threat?
It's not War and Peace but it's entertaining and strangely satisfying. I don't know if it's because I'm British but one young(ish) Royal could certainly do with the stocks treatment. Just my opinion, don't send me to the tower.
I thought I would be 'meh' about this but it was a Royal romp and very much tongue in cheek. I enjoyed it.
Our royal handsomeness - Prince Alexander - is more than a bit of a rake he seems to have permanent zipper malfunction and marrying his Princess bride Lady Delilah (guessing that's a nod to Samson) doesn't make a scrap of difference. This spoiled, entitled aristocrat fees he should have his cake and eat it until his Princess discovers a loophole to get the marriage annulled and suddenly he realises that he's about to lose his future Queen.
Boy does he go into overdrive including begging and crying and getting rotting veg thrown at him in the stocks. I bet a few betrayed can fantasise about that one. Will he win her back or will she go through with her 'it's over' 30 day threat?
It's not War and Peace but it's entertaining and strangely satisfying. I don't know if it's because I'm British but one young(ish) Royal could certainly do with the stocks treatment. Just my opinion, don't send me to the tower.
I thought I would be 'meh' about this but it was a Royal romp and very much tongue in cheek. I enjoyed it.
August 27, 2024
3.5 stars!
Listen, I’ve been on a kick lately where I venture into tropes I don’t normally read (started as part of a book bingo) and I can safely say I am a stone cold birch tree. I would never be able to trust again or forgave a partner who had the audacity to actively choose to cheat on me. No matter what they, no matter how pathetic they become as they grovel (which Alexander did).
It was an amusing yet enjoyable read that got my attention and held it. I kept reminding myself that it is fiction and that I do know, for a fact, he would not cheat again. I will say that the more he told himself he would not, the more I was convinced he was about of a breakdown cause he was desperately pleading to a wall. I wanted that breakdown, and it’s okay (it’s not) that it didn’t happen. He got punished sufficiently for a novella, and he even publicly humiliated himself (my cold heart would NEVER take a dude back even if he cut a limb). It’s not perfect and it’s not meant to be; it’s an amusing read that will have you smiling at all the pathetic things the H does to get back into the h’s good graces.
Listen, I’ve been on a kick lately where I venture into tropes I don’t normally read (started as part of a book bingo) and I can safely say I am a stone cold birch tree. I would never be able to trust again or forgave a partner who had the audacity to actively choose to cheat on me. No matter what they, no matter how pathetic they become as they grovel (which Alexander did).
It was an amusing yet enjoyable read that got my attention and held it. I kept reminding myself that it is fiction and that I do know, for a fact, he would not cheat again. I will say that the more he told himself he would not, the more I was convinced he was about of a breakdown cause he was desperately pleading to a wall. I wanted that breakdown, and it’s okay (it’s not) that it didn’t happen. He got punished sufficiently for a novella, and he even publicly humiliated himself (my cold heart would NEVER take a dude back even if he cut a limb). It’s not perfect and it’s not meant to be; it’s an amusing read that will have you smiling at all the pathetic things the H does to get back into the h’s good graces.
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