{"product_id":"the-love-i-deserved-was-t-b-coley-9798295645433","title":"The Love I Deserved Was Never in Him","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Love I Deserved Was Never in Him by T. B. Coley is a raw, intimate nonfiction healing journey for women who loved deeply in a relationship that never truly loved them back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its core, the book explores what it feels like to be emotionally starved while still emotionally loyal-living through mixed signals, silence, one-sided effort, and the slow loss of self that happens when you keep trying to \"earn\" what should be freely given. Each chapter reads like a confession and a mirror: the narrator moves from denial to clarity, from self-abandonment to self-respect, and from grieving a fantasy to reclaiming her identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than focusing on the man, the story steadily turns inward-naming hard truths (\"he didn't even like me,\" \"he wasn't trying,\" \"I carried the relationship alone\"), and then building toward freedom: boundaries, self-worth, emotional maturity, and a new definition of love that feels safe, consistent, mutual, and peaceful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book closes with an epilogue and reflective sections-Reflection Questions, a Letter to My Past Self, and a Letter to the Woman I Am Becoming-designed to help readers process their own experiences and choose themselves without apology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e T. B. Coley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295645433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e T.B. Coley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"T. B. Coley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665271263487,"sku":"9798295645433","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-love-i-deserved-was-t-b-coley-9798295645433","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}