Cain: A Short Story (Regretfully Yours #3)
Maya Alden
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
4.20
· Steam/Spice level: 3 of 5
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· 10 ratings · 158 pages · Published: 15 Aug 2025
When Faith Baker takes a job at Cain Ripley's restaurant in small-town Oregon, sparks fly—and so does the cash drawer. Accused of stealing, Faith is arrested, humiliated, and betrayed by the man she trusted most.
Cain says he’ll drop the charges if she returns the money. Only one problem: she doesn’t have it, because she didn't take it.
As Faith's name is dragged through the mud and her future crumbles, Cain clings to his version of the truth—until a deeper betrayal is uncovered.
But it may be too late; Faith is not the same woman Cain wronged, and forgiveness has a price.
Cain is part of Regretfully Yours, a short story series full of heartbreak, redemption, and heroes who grovel their way to a happily ever after.
Tropes
🩶 Second Chance
🩶 Small Town
🩶 Wrongly Accused
🩶 Other Woman Drama
🩶 Betrayal & Grovel
🩶 Short Story/Novella (35k words)
Trigger warning: This story contains depictions of domestic abuse, including physical violence, emotional manipulation, and references to past trauma and assault. Scenes involving memories of past beatings, gaslighting, and psychological distress are portrayed in the context of the main character’s recovery journey. If these topics trigger, please do not read this book. Your mental health and well-being are important, and I request that you take care of yourself.
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Tagged as:
- workplace/office 4
- contemporary 4
- m-f romance 4
- second chances 4
- small town 4
- other man/woman 4
- poor heroine 4
- age gap 3
- boss & employee 3
- multicultural 3
- insta-love 3
- betrayal 3
- tortured heroine 3
- latinx mc 2
- cruel hero/bully 2
- independent heroine 2
- take-charge heroine 2
- competent heroine 2
- good grovel 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- past abuse 3
- third party abuse 2
- mental trauma 2
- graphic violence 2
- slut shaming 2
- misogyny 2
- victim blaming 1
- past child neglect 1
- geography
- oregon 3
- north america 2
- Format
- dual pov 3
- first person pov 2
romance tags
The 'Regretfully Yours' series
4.20 · 10 ratings
strong heroine · age difference · misogyny · length-short · poor heroine · independent heroine · grovel · latinx-mc · cruel hero · past-abuse · other-man-woman · first-person-pov · tortured heroine · graphic-violence · mental-trauma · second chances · open-door · insta-love · abuse-non-mc · past-child-neglect
Regretfully Yours reading order and complete book list ❯
