The Second Family Hidden Behind His Business Trips
A Marriage of Betrayal, Infidelity and Revenge RomanceBy Whitney Cortez
Length8h 23m
About this audiobook
For fifteen years, Britta Halvorsen believed she knew exactly where her husband was.
Every flight.
Every hotel.
Every business trip.
Every goodbye.
As one of Alaska's most respected marine surveyors, Britta has built her entire career mapping what lies beneath the surface. She trusts measurements, evidence, and hard facts—not assumptions.
She never imagined the greatest mystery she'd ever face would be her own marriage.
When an unexpected assignment takes her hundreds of miles from home, one ordinary Saturday morning changes everything.
Across a quiet harbor...
A little girl runs into a man's arms.
"Daddy!"
The single word stops Britta's world cold.
Because the man smiling back at that child is her husband.
The husband who was supposed to be attending a business conference in another city.
The husband who has spent fifteen years convincing her that every unexplained absence, every missed anniversary, every late-night phone call was simply the cost of building a successful career.
But careers don't kiss children goodnight.
Business trips don't celebrate birthdays.
And lies don't survive forever.
As Britta begins uncovering the truth hidden beneath years of carefully constructed deception, she discovers that everything she believed about her marriage has been built upon one devastating illusion.
Now the woman who spent her life charting dangerous waters must navigate the deepest betrayal imaginable.
Because exposing the truth will destroy more than one family.
But keeping silent may destroy her.
Set against the breathtaking coastlines of Alaska, where mist-covered harbors, powerful tides, and hidden channels mirror the secrets buried beneath a seemingly perfect marriage, The Second Family Hidden Behind His Business Trips is an emotionally gripping Marriage of Betrayal, Infidelity and Revenge Romance about devastating deception, impossible choices, personal resilience, and discovering that the strongest women are the ones willing to face the truth—no matter how deeply it's been buried.
If you love emotionally powerful marriage betrayal, shocking family secrets, intelligent heroines, satisfying revenge, emotional healing, and unforgettable women who rebuild stronger than ever, this novel will keep you reading long after bedtime.
For fifteen years, Britta believed she had mapped every corner of her husband's life.
She never realized he'd spent those same fifteen years hiding an entire world beneath the surface.
But when the final secret rises from the depths, will exposing the truth finally set Britta free...or will she discover that some betrayals run deeper than even the strongest woman can survive alone?
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, General Fiction
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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