{"product_id":"the-marriage-i-broke-claire-donovan-9798253406540","title":"The Marriage I Broke: A High-Stakes Marriage-in-Crisis Romance About Power, Betrayal, and Redemption","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Marriage I Broke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA High-Stakes Marriage-in-Crisis Romance About Power, Betrayal, and Redemption\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI built an empire on control.\u003cbr\u003eI just didn't see the cost until my wife walked away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian Ashbourne was raised to lead, to dominate, to protect what was his. As heir to a powerful London dynasty, he learned early that love meant provision and permanence. He gave Isabella everything-wealth, influence, security.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverything except presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor years, Isabella Ashbourne lived inside a flawless illusion. Marble halls. Public admiration. A marriage admired from the outside. She told herself that emotional distance was maturity. That stability was enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil she discovered the truth her husband had carefully divided into compartments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe doesn't fight.\u003cbr\u003eShe doesn't plead.\u003cbr\u003eShe leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Seabrook Harbor, far from boardrooms and headlines, Isabella begins rebuilding a life that does not orbit a powerful man. A life that belongs to her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian is certain she will return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe doesn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen control fails for the first time in his life, Adrian discovers that money cannot negotiate silence, influence cannot command love, and power cannot repair what neglect has broken. And when a corporate crisis offers him the chance to reclaim his throne and restore his dominance, he must decide who he is without the empire that defined him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a story about a perfect husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's about a powerful man forced to confront the emotional legacy he inherited-and a woman who refuses to disappear inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Marriage I Broke\u003c\/b\u003e is a high-stakes contemporary marriage-in-crisis romance filled with betrayal, emotional reckoning, and a hard-won redemption that must be earned, not assumed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who crave emotionally intense contemporary romance, mature second chances, powerful heroines who walk away, and heroes who must truly change to deserve them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Donovan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798253406540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Claire Donovan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173930574079,"sku":"9798253406540","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_09fb2d44-8f53-43c9-bec6-2ec08f034368.jpg?v=1788957104","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-marriage-i-broke-claire-donovan-9798253406540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}