The Summer of Unraveled Lies - A Later-in-Life Billionaire Marriage-in-Crisis Romance with Betrayal, Revenge, and a Groveling Husband #986657

He brought another woman to the family villa.
She brought his empire to its knees.
Evelyn Porter Bennett loved Miles Bennett for eight years before she became his wife. He was a billionaire hotel heir, powerful, controlled, and impossible to read. To the world, their marriage looked elegant. To Evelyn, it felt like a quiet promise she was still waiting for him to fully keep.
Then came the summer at the Bennett family villa in Cape May.
Old money. Cold smiles. Perfect dinners. Hidden secrets.
And Caroline Wells.
Beautiful, polished, and waiting too close to Evelyn’s husband.
When Evelyn overhears the truth behind the terrace curtains, her whole marriage shatters. Miles did not only marry her for love. Walter Bennett’s will required him to have a wife before the August trust vote, and Evelyn was the perfect choice.
Respectable.
Discreet.
Trusted by the family.
Easy to use.
Easy to replace.
But Miles Bennett made one mistake.
He thought his quiet wife would leave quietly.
Instead, Evelyn disappears with three things: her passport, her prenup, and a sealed letter from Walter Bennett himself. Inside is a secret codicil that can freeze the Bennett founder shares and stop Miles from taking full control of the family empire.
Then Evelyn discovers something even deeper.
The Bennetts did not only use her marriage.
They also profited from her late father’s stolen work.
Now The Pelican House, a forgotten historic inn, becomes Evelyn’s weapon. The woman they thought was disposable now controls the one piece of land Bennett Hotels needs most.
As Caroline plots to take more than Miles’s heart, and Margaret Bennett fights to protect the family name at any cost, Miles is forced to face the truth.
He did not lose Evelyn because she walked away.
He lost her because he made her feel alone while wearing his ring.
If he wants her back, he will have to do more than apologize.
He will have to bleed first.