Pride and Penance
A Billionaire Marriage-in-Crisis Second-Chance Romance NovelBy Vivienne Cross
Length11h 35m
About this audiobook
Charlotte Ashford has been the perfect wife of Aiden Ashford for nine years, and a stranger to him for eight of them. When his father's will requires five more married years or the estate is forfeit, Aiden asks her to promise she will not leave. She agrees on one condition: total honesty. It detonates the marriage. Aiden confesses a son he never claimed. Charlotte confesses she has been secretly funding that boy for two years. Forced to raise a child neither of them planned for, they build a truce that becomes something neither will name. His mother moves to disinherit the boy and buy Charlotte out. Aiden chooses Bristol and a three-suitcase life over the estate. Charlotte chooses to go with him. A slow-burn billionaire marriage-in-crisis romance about two proud people who keep meeting each other at the wrong end of a promise.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
Length11 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter One
12Chapter Twelve
2Chapter Two
13Chapter Thirteen
3Chapter Three
14Chapter Fourteen
4Chapter Four
15Chapter Fifteen
5Chapter Five
16Chapter Sixteen
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6Chapter Six
17Chapter Seventeen
7Chapter Seven
18Chapter Eighteen
8Chapter Eight
19Chapter Nineteen
9Chapter Nine
20Chapter Twenty
10Chapter Ten
21About the author
11Chapter Eleven
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