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A winemaker who built a name worth stealing. A husband happy to take the credit. And the cousin in her robe, drinking her wine, who never planned on her coming home early. Camille Lindqvist rebuilt her grandfather's dying sparkling-wine house into a label the whole valley wants—and let her husband stand in front of it, let her glossy cousin be the face on the bottle, because the cellar was the only place she ever needed to be seen. Then a cancelled flight sends her home a night early, and she finds Sienna in her robe, sipping the prestige wine Camille made, telling her it isn't a good time. In her own house. The affair turns out to be the small crime. The cellar log proves her husband has been signing her wine out by the case, quietly building her cousin a reputation for the day the family replaces her for good. So Camille stops earning her place and starts taking it—the trust, the house, the account, the room. Gabe Strand, her husband's oldest friend and the one man who refused to lie for him, doesn't try to rescue her. He just pours her a drink and watches her load the gun. And in three weeks there's a gala with her cousin's name on the program. ✔ Cousin-and-best-friend betrayal ✔ Cheating husband revenge ✔ Family-business heist she takes back ✔ Better man — the husband's loyal friend ✔ Receipts, a public reckoning, and ex regret ✔ He Falls First ✔ Strong Female Lead Heat Level: Steamy / Open Door Vibes: cold revenge, scorching payoff, earned glow-up Setting: California wine country Ending: HEA/HFN with ex regret · The Betrayal Upgrade Series Book 7 (full standalone, read in any order) Perfect for fans of: short quick reads, revenge-upgrade romance, cheating-husband justice, and woman-takes-the-family-empire stories He toasted the wrong woman. She owns the whole house now.