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My Substitute Wife Is Not on the Return Manifest

The Substitute Wife He Left on the Dock

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

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A Coast Guard pilot signs away his marriage without reading it, then leaves his wife on a dock in a storm to fetch the ex who vanished on their wedding day. She has a week before she leaves for Rotterdam and a name on a vehicle log that she did not earn.

Tropes & themes: military-base · dramatic · contemporary · female lead · redemption arc · beach-town · romance · betrayal · divorce & regret · slow burn

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: The Private Pickup (free)
  2. Chapter 2: Strike My Name (free)
  3. Chapter 3: Storm Rule (free)
  4. Chapter 4: What You Never Asked (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: The Last Boat (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: Not on the Manifest (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: The Count (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: The Commander's Sixty Days (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: Terms (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: The Memorial Wall (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: Grounded (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: The Statement (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: The Second Envelope (free with an account)
  14. Chapter 14: Read My Mouth (free with an account)
  15. Chapter 15: Nobody Sleeps Alone (free with an account)
  16. Chapter 16: The Drive Full of Witnesses (free with an account)
  17. Chapter 17: Ask Me (free with an account)
  18. Chapter 18: Say It Slowly (free with an account)
  19. Chapter 19: Dismissed (free with an account)
  20. Chapter 20: The Call She Didn't Make (free with an account)
  21. Chapter 21: Pull on Three (free with an account)
  22. Chapter 22: Her Name First (free with an account)
  23. Chapter 23: The Whole Station (free with an account)
  24. Chapter 24: Return Manifest (free with an account)

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