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Slow Burner by Laura Lippman – Forgiving a Gaslighting, Cheating Partner Again?

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Liz Kelsey is a high-school teacher, married to her partner Phil Kelsey, who is a venture capitalist for nearly twenty-five years. Nearly eighteen months before, Liz caught Phil in an emotional affair with a woman much younger than him, as he tried to use his power at work to give her career opportunities. After therapy and working on herself, she is convinced that their marriage is healthy, until she catches him trying to reconnect with that same woman again. Is there anything she can do to end that extramarital affair, especially when she can’t even confront him because she had promised not to check his phone?

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Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – A Strong Feminist Fiction Short Story

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In this short story, Zikora, an African American woman is a lawyer in Washington DC, in a relationship with the perfect man – Kwame. When she gets pregnant, her life unexpectedly falls apart. As she survives all those difficulties with nothing but the support of her mother and her female cousin in Nigeria, she comes to realize how unjust life is for women and unlearns internalized misogyny.

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Evidence of The Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid – A Short Story About Love, Betrayal, and Second Chances

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Carrie Allsop, the wife of Ken Allsop, has figured out that Ken has been cheating on her with a woman named Janet Mayer. While still not having confronted Ken about it, she writes to Janet’s husband David Mayer, informing him of the secret affair their partners have been having. David is shocked, but he writes back. Carrie and david realise that neither has the strength to confront their spouses, neither can trust anyone else, so they have only each other to talk or rather write to. While sharing their pain and grieving together, they also develop a beautiful, intimate bond. If their spouses come back, will they take them back? This is a warm, romantic short story with bittersweet thoughts and a beautiful narrative.

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The Cheating Husband by James Caine – A Story of Infidelity and Rage

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The Cheating Husband is novella written by James Caine, targeting fans who love fast-paced thrillers. As the title and the blurb say, a married man cheats on his wife, and the women find out. There is a lot of hurt, and there are dark thoughts, but there is also a serial killer in town. The chapters tell us different POVs. Can this book live up to the expectations?

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The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson – Is This Thriller Worth Your Time?

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Lily is a small-town librarian and Ted Severson is a Harvard-graduated, intelligent, and rich businessman. The two meet on a flight, they each have their past, and Ted shares with her what hurts him the most right now, the knowledge taht his wife has been cheating. And surprising Ted, Lily suggests that hec could have her killed instead of worrying about what she did to him! This is a dark and twisted novel.

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