The Husband Who Painted His Ex

After five years of being overlooked, Gracie attends her celebrated painter husband's biggest show only to find Mal has unveiled a portrait of his ex, then catches him admitting their marriage is no longer the same.

The quiet boy who once filled canvases with her image disappeared into fame, and she had already given up her work as a vet, her Texas farm, and even her own name while months of late nights she thought were studio work belonged to another muse.

She sets her ring on his desk, heads back to Texas, and starts the clock on a divorce—pregnant with his twins and unwilling to remain an afterthought.

Mal appears at her gate, hat in hand, volunteering to work her land without his money or his reputation if she will let him try to deserve her again.

Against her anger, that groveling begins to take hold, and she feels herself warming to the husband she meant to leave.

Power sits with her now, yet his former lover will not step aside, and the twins Gracie has not announced cannot stay a private matter forever.