Cheating

[Victoria]

Hey, could anyone recommend me some books(HP or non-HP will be fine) where there is a cheating theme? Have been wanting to read them for s while now! Preferably with cheating heroes. Thanks!

[Lemon]

I usually avoid this like the plague for my own reading if I know about it, but the one that comes to mind right away is Bride for Real by Lynne Graham. Well, they were separated but technically married. You can check out more about that book by clicking on the August Group Reads folder- there is a separate discussion thread on this book. Beware of spoilers though.

[Lemon]

Similar discussion thread here HP Cheating Recommendations.

[Victoria]

oh ok thanks! couldn't find that! you can delete this thread if necessary!

[Lemon]

No worries, I just linked it here for your reference.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Hi Flame. I hate cheating, but occasionally I read a book with it, without knowing. Here is one:

The Santangeli Marriage. The heroine runs out on the hero and in a fit of pique he sleeps with a woman who is also married.

[Victoria]

thanks! will check that out!

[Lemon]

The Ultimate Betrayal by Michelle Reid. This was listed in another thread but when I read the synopsis, noticed this was definitely a cheating book. This whole story is about how a couple's marriage progresses after the husband has an affair with another woman.

[Mareli]

One of my favourite is
A Perfect Marriage. I love this story, I don't know why but it's one of the one I read again and again.
Another classic (for me) is The Fourth Child: 9 Months Later.

[3meg]

@Lululemon - (view spoiler)[ finds out it is not really cheating at the end, although close. What made this book soooo fantastic for me was the emotional aspect of dealing with a cheating husband. I really loved how it was all handled. I know it's not for everyone, but I really enjoyed and thought it was well done. (hide spoiler)]

[Lemon]

Megan wrote: "@Lululemon - [spoilers removed]"

Thanks for the explanation, Megan. (view spoiler)[ I still want to slap the hero though. But I suppose that is very much real life stuff. Seven year itch and all that. (hide spoiler)]

[3meg]

One that I like is The Unfaithful Wife

[Victoria]

thanks guys! :) will check them out!

[Verity]

Sara Craven - The marriage truce ; His wedding-night heir
Daphne Clair (Aka Laurey Bright ) - Marriage under fire
Laurey Bright - A perfect marriage (turned me into an insta fan & hunted down her entire backlist under all aliases, including Clarissa Garland)

[Lemon]

Thanks Verity. I will add those titles to the group bookshelf under "cheating."

BTW, there is apparently a whole group on Goodreads dedicated to romance novels with a cheating theme, though not limited to HPs. You can check it out here.

[Victoria]

Oh really? Thanks! haha doubt I can join though, I'm not an adult:(

[Lemon]

Flame wrote: "Oh really? Thanks! haha doubt I can join though, I'm not an adult:("

Well, there is not much there. They just have a group bookshelf with different romance books with these themes. You can check out the books for more recommendations on this theme, nothing more than you already see right here in this thread.

[Victoria]

Oh, ok I see! Thanks! :)

[Lemon]

The Greek's Chosen Wife (A Mediterranean Marriage). Another one by Lynne Graham. Guess Miss Graham loves a cheating hero. In this one, the heroine attends a function and is surrounded (literally) by her husband's bed-mates. Like five of them. Nice. And what kind of crazy masochist collects pictures from press clippings of her husband with his other women?

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

That's why I haven't attempted that book yet, Lulu. The thought it makes my blood turn to lava.

[Lemon]

For those of you who read The S Before Ex, do you consider that a cheating book? How does that book differ from The Greek's Chosen Wife (A Mediterranean Marriage) when both lived apart for nine and eight years, respectively?

The difference for me is that (view spoiler)[ in The S Before Ex, the heroine specifically told the hero she would not be coming back and that their marriage was over. She didn't just go away for a little while without explanation with the possibility still there that she could come back. No, she specifically said their marriage was over. The H and h lived completely separate lives aside from the technical matter of being legally married. They never talked to each other nor did they ever have any further contact after the separation and essentially lived like strangers so it was clear for me that neither felt married any longer. For her own reasons, the heroine gave her blessing for the hero to pursue other women so he could find happiness she could not give him. By contrast, in The Greek's Chosen Wife, the heroine ran away but the hero never went after her nor ever discussed what happened on their wedding night, he simply chose to ignore his wife for eight years and live a single life even though he actually felt married to the heroine. His excuse for sleeping around was that the heroine simply left and he felt guilty for what happened on the wedding night. But he never actually tried to talk to the heroine and neither did the heroine ever say their marriage was over. The hero's rationale for sleeping with other women without trying to work on his marriage first makes zero sense to me. They never agreed that the marriage was over. Everyone knew he was married, including the press. The H and h kept in contact with each other the whole time and were even "friends." The hero always knew he would go back to being "married" to the heroine once he decided he was done sleeping around with countless women (hide spoiler)].

[Kate]

Lululemon wrote: "For those of you who read The S Before Ex, do you consider that a cheating book? How does that book differ from The Greek's Chosen Wife (A Mediterranean Marriage) wh..."

I just finished The S Before Ex, and I wouldn't consider it a cheating book since the hero and heroine had been estranged for so long without any attempts of reconciliation prior either of them seeking other relationships. (view spoiler)[I also think the fact that both of them had in some way sought out new relationships, even if she hadn't been successful in it, makes a difference. The both believed their relationship to be over during that the affair had occurred. (hide spoiler)]

[Lemon]

Yes, I agree with your assessment, Kate. For both, the marriage was effectively over so I don't consider this a cheating book. But I consider The Greek's Chosen Wife a cheating book because the hero considered himself married but still thought it was okay to be a manwhore.

[Kate]

Lululemon wrote: "Yes, I agree with your assessment, Kate. For both, the marriage was effectively over so I don't consider this a cheating book. But I consider The Greek's Chosen Wife a cheating book because the h..."

I have to admit that I haven't read The Greek's Chosen Wife (A Mediterranean Marriage), but LG definitely seems to like the adultery story lines.

[Reader in NJ]

Lululemon wrote: "Yes, I agree with your assessment, Kate. For both, the marriage was effectively over so I don't consider this a cheating book. But I consider The Greek's Chosen Wife a cheating book because the h..."

I agree with you. When either the h or H consider themselves as married but sleep around I also consider it cheating.

Maggie Cox had a book where the h and H were separated, he was still wearing his wedding ring, living with another woman and thinking of marrying her -- WTF?

[Lemon]

That's pretty twisted in my book, Reader in NJ.

[Reader in NJ]

Lululemon wrote: "That's pretty twisted in my book, Reader in NJ."

I avoid her books now. I never could figure out how she expected anyone to believe that the H truly loved the h and that the two would have a HEA -- this was an HP -- not chick lit.

[Lemon]

I enjoyed her last book, The Lost Wife.

[Lemon]

Got this from the help finding books thread:

Cheating theme- heroine is the other woman:

Savage Innocence by Anne Mather.

Forbidden by Anne Mather.

Caribbean Confusion by Mary Lyons.

[Vashti]

Read the 1st two years ago and liked them....Anne Mather worked them for me and I don't like cheating in books of any type,but for some reason these two worked.These are actually classic Anne books as she writes about these type of "forbidden topics " type of romances.Some of them worked ,some of them did not for me.

[Victoria]

Heh, thanks for the recs, can't wait for the end of exams to read them all!

[Virginia]

After reading your various comments I remembered some of Anne mather's books that have some cheating or almost cheating. When I started reading HP's in the early 70's she was my favorite HP author and I have included some of the titles. And as Vashti says, some work ver well for me and a few didn't. Alien Wife, Season of Mists, Sinful Truths,
The Greek Tycoon's Pregnant Wife, A Relative Betrayal, Jake Howard's Wife. Jake Howard's Wife is one of my favorites. Being separated for years and years seem standard for this genre but it works most of the time.

[Virginia]

Lulu,
I have tried clicking on "add book/author" and I am lost. I don't get a copy of the book cover and I can't seem to underline the titles. What am I not doing?

[Vashti]

Virginia,I loved Jake Howard's wife!

[Lemon]

More titles from Ginny for cheating theme, all by Anne Mather:

Alien Wife
Season of Mists
Sinful Truths (Passion)
A Relative Betrayal
Jake Howard's Wife
The Greek Tycoon's Pregnant Wife

[Verity]

Elizabeth Power - Terms of possession. Married hero cheats w/ heroine per wife's consent to pop out a kid. Heroine needs the dough for ill mom. D wrote a fab review. 1 of my unputdownable keepers.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Harlequin Presents are my crack!]

Thanks, V. That's one of the few cheating books I love.

[Asterope]

If this was mentioned, sorry for the repeat. I just read this one. Cheating is a theme in it.

Innocent Wife, Baby Of Shame

The heroine is the one that cheated on the hero (or everything thinks). And, while separated (for 2 months) the hero sleeps with other women. They reconcile for show, but fall back in love.

[Verity]

What the... !?!

[Vashti]

????

[Verity]

In other news, I'm sharing my spiritual healer's new email addy : Gotazitonmyass@WTF.com. Capital WTF, it's case sensitive.

[Lemon]

Bots are finding their way to HP readers group now? Is this what Amazon has to contribute to this site? *shake head*

Hm, Nigeria, is it? My email addy got hacked by someone in Nigeria. Sent all my contacts email saying I'm in Spain and need money, then deleted all my emails and contacts. Nice bots.

[Verity]

Yeah it's annoying those hackers are like gnats. I posted this in another forum last year cuz it's so goofy.
This 18 y/o chick sent me a spam mail cuz she prolly thinks :
1) GR is a dating site.
2) I'm a dude cuz of my hawt avatar

Whoa. Tickled my funny bone X^{D

Verity,

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[KatieV]

Verity wrote: "Yeah it's annoying those hackers are like gnats. I posted this in another forum last year cuz it's so goofy.
This 18 y/o chick sent me a spam mail cuz she prolly thinks :
1) GR is a dating site.
2)..."

LOL! Some of these are almost worth getting. You have to laugh.

[Lemon]

Verity wrote: "Yeah it's annoying those hackers are like gnats. I posted this in another forum last year cuz it's so goofy.
This 18 y/o chick sent me a spam mail cuz she prolly thinks :
1) GR is a dating site.
2)..."

Good lord, do people actually fall for that???

[Verity]

Yes single girl ready to mingle *snorts*.... Maybe if I were bored, I woulda hooked up w/ this anonymous chick & strung her along like the playa that I am.

[Fanniny]

Verity wrote: "Yes single girl ready to mingle *snorts*.... Maybe if I were bored, I woulda hooked up w/ this anonymous chick & strung her along like the playa that I am."

I play a scrabble like game in my phone and now I'm scared of spaniards, they kind of think the app is like tinder when all I want is to humiliate them play with them. Does that count?

[Ted]

The Marriage Truce by Sara Craven