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Bestselling and award-winning author Lydia Michaels unleashes a scorching psychological romance that breaks the rules of fidelity and redefines perfect in a why-choose love story that delivers!

On the outside, our life looks perfect.

Inside, I’m screaming.

I crave order because I want to be a good girl. But good girls aren’t broken, and I’m shattered in ways I’ve spent my entire life hiding. One day, the bad secrets inside of me will slip out.

My husband saved me from a monster, so I want to make him proud. I live for his praise. I do as I’m told, and I never let the pain inside of me breathe anymore. But it’s there, dormant and waiting to get out.

When an unexpected guest shows up unannounced, I discover my husband has secrets from his past, too. For the first time, I fear I might lose him. My version of perfect is no longer a priority as I try to become everything I think he needs to save our marriage.

What we’re doing is wrong. What does it say about me if–deep down–I enjoy the depravity?

I want to revel in the pain as much as I need to escape the chaos. My fear of losing him consumes me. The ache, the sting, the burn…I’m falling apart, and nothing seems to ground me except for his touch–but HE is not my husband, and yet he seems to be the key to our future.

I existed for years, content to please one powerful man. Could I please two? That’s not something a good girl would do.

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Bestselling and award-winning author Lydia Michaels unleashes a scorching psychological romance that breaks the rules of fidelity and redefines perfect in a why-choose love story that delivers!

On the outside, our life looks perfect.

Inside, I’m screaming.

I crave order because I want to be a good girl. But good girls aren’t broken, and I’m shattered in ways I’ve spent my entire life hiding. One day, the bad secrets inside of me will slip out.

What we’re doing is wrong. What does it say about me if–deep down–I enjoy the depravity?

I existed for years, content to please one powerful man. Could I please two? That’s not something a good girl would do.

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Lydia Michaels is the bestselling and award-winning author of more than forty novels. She writes heart-clenching, unpredictable romance with dark elements and high heat. Her work is character-driven and bursting with broken heroes and badass females. With a sweet spot for overbearing, territorial types, her deeply emotional books are spicy, emotionally satisfying, and guaranteed to leave readers with many book hangovers.

Lydia Michaels started her author career in 2007, quickly becoming a recognized presence in the publishing industry. The Surrender Trilogy, her breakout series with Penguin Random House, shared many Barnes & Noble endcaps with fellow bestsellers Sylvia Day and EL James, boosting her career as a to-be-read newbie author. She has since been featured by national media outlets such as USA Today and Romantic Times Magazine and starred as a guest on multiple podcasts.

Michaels is happily married to her childhood sweetheart. Her favorite things include cooking Italian cuisine, hosting extravagant dinner parties, sipping martinis, listening to her husband play piano, and escaping to her coastal home on the Jersey Shore. She'''Â¬''€žÂ¢s an LGBTQ ally, a BLM supporter, and a firm believer that the patriarchy must burn (women'''Â¬''€žÂ¢s rights are human rights).

CONNECT WITH LYDIA

Instagram: @lydia_michaels_books

Facebook: @LydiaMichaels

TikTok: @LydiaMichaels

Bluesky: @lydiamichaels.bsky.social

Website: LydiaMichaelsBooks(dot)com

Contact: Lydia@LydiaMichaels(dot)com

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