The Lie That Survived Fifteen Years Of Marriage
A Marriage of Betrayal, Infidelity and Revenge RomanceBy Whitney Cortez
Length8h 23m
About this audiobook
Some marriages end because of betrayal.
Others end because you discover the person you married never truly existed.
On the eve of her fifteenth wedding anniversary, Juniper Vessey stays late in her workshop restoring the frame that holds her favorite photograph.
Their wedding day.
The happiest moment of her life.
When she removes the backing to replace the faded mat, something unexpected slips onto her workbench.
Another wedding photograph.
The groom is her husband.
The bride...
Is a woman she's never seen before.
At first, Juniper tells herself there must be an explanation.
A misunderstanding.
A forgotten family story.
Anything but the impossible truth staring back at her.
But one photograph becomes two questions.
Two questions become a lifetime of doubts.
And every answer she uncovers destroys another piece of the man she thought she'd known for fifteen years.
The stories he told about his childhood.
The family history she never questioned.
The land they built their future on.
Even the name he asked her to trust.
One by one, the foundations of her marriage begin to disappear, leaving Juniper wondering whether she ever truly shared a life with her husband...or whether she simply spent fifteen years believing in a beautifully written fiction.
As a master builder of handcrafted bamboo fly rods, Juniper understands that the finest thread is often the one carrying the greatest strain. Invisible to the eye, it quietly holds everything together—until the moment it finally snaps.
She never imagined her own life had been hanging by a thread all along.
Now the woman who has spent a lifetime creating heirlooms meant to last for generations must decide whether some things deserve to be rebuilt...
Or whether the strongest thing she'll ever create is the future she builds without the man who invented the past she believed.
Set against the breathtaking rivers, forests, and mountain valleys of Wyoming, The Lie That Survived Fifteen Years of Marriage is a deeply emotional Marriage of Betrayal, Infidelity and Revenge Romance woven with psychological suspense, breathtaking revelations, quiet resilience, and unforgettable emotional justice. It is a story about identity, truth, and the extraordinary courage it takes to reclaim your life after discovering that the greatest lie was never what your husband hid...
It was the life he convinced you was real.
If you love emotionally layered women's fiction, shocking psychological twists, intelligent heroines, marriage betrayal, and stories where every revelation changes everything you thought you knew, this unforgettable novel will keep you turning pages long into the night.
One hidden photograph shattered fifteen years of certainty.
One forgotten secret will force Juniper to question every memory she ever trusted.
But when the final piece of the puzzle finally falls into place, will she discover the truth about the man she married...or the even more terrifying truth about the life she unknowingly helped him build?
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Mystery and Thriller
Length8 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dear Reader
1917. Pull the Thread
2Prologue: Behind the Frame
2018. The Name Over the Door
31. His Account of Everything
2119. Signed in My Own Hand
42. The Man Who Logs the River
2220. Every Knot Mine
53. Nothing in My Name
2321. She Walks Too
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64. A Smooth, Practiced Answer
2422. Before the Reckoning
75. Chain of Custody
2523. The Edifice Caves
86. The Self He Invented
2624. Permanent Consequences
97. The Other Bride
2725. River-Quiet
108. For Good
2826. Too Late to Be Honest
119. Fifteen Years, No Record
2927. What the Current Took
1210. A Corner to Begin
3028. My Name Alone
1311. My Own Bench
3129. Braided Water
1412. Reading the Paper Truth
3230. Free of Him
1513. What the Record Proves
3331. On True Terms
1614. Two Halves of the Same Lie
3432. Passing the Craft
1715. The Offer to Stay Quiet
35Epilogue: The Tippet I Tied
1816. The River People
36About the Author
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