Wanting My Husband by Lexi Amber & Bec Benson
Love Without Labels #3
MM Small Town Romance
Release: June 10, 2026
Cover Design: Story Styling Cover Designs
Photography: Wander Aguiar
Model: Paul
Discreet Cover Design: ang(k)i
John
I’ve never met anyone who bothers me more than Chad Sinclair.
He’s always smiling, always happy — excited about life in a way I truly cannot comprehend. A spoiled city guy who acts like he’s never heard the word no before.
I can’t believe I drunkenly married him in Vegas.
Or that he showed up at my farmhouse, ready to give up his whole life to play happy husbands with me in the middle of nowhere.
Chad might have convinced himself we’re meant to be, but I gave up on that kind of future a long time ago.
Chad
I’ve always believed things work out for me — and getting my husband to admit he wants me is no exception.
John Sullivan might be grumpy, closed-off, and determined to pretend this means nothing, but he still chose me. He married me. He said I do, and I’m not ready to let that go just because he’s pretending he is.
He can say there’s no way we can work, but I’m stubborn enough to stay and keep proving him wrong.
A grumpy/sunshine MM romance about a woke-up-married couple navigating life after loss, small-town living, and the kind of heat that burns slowest when you’re trying your hardest to resist it.
*** Please note that this is a standalone spinoff of their Love Without Labels series and that it does not take place on the reality show. It can be read solely on its own.
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“Good morning, husband.”
I groan again, hating the way my stomach flips at the label. I can’t be happy about this. It isn’t real. I drop my face into his shoulder and mumble, “I am never drinking again,” against his skin. I shouldn’t even be leaning on him like this. I’ve never been a fan of casual touches, so I don’t know why pulling back and getting out of bed feels like a hardship, but I do it anyway.
“What? No! Where are you going, John?” he asks, sounding panicked.
Just another confirmation that he doesn’t actually know me. I don’t want to sit here cuddling. Even if I let Chad get away with touching me all weekend. He casually grabbed my hand when he was drunk to hold it, he leaned on my shoulder in the cab ride home last night, and I didn’t stop him. Hell, he even booked us a couple’s massage for some reason. But I didn’t say anything, because I didn’t want to cause a scene, and I was out of my normal element, so I thought maybe I could try to have a little fun. I needed to be there for Liam after all, I am his best man.
But who I was this weekend isn’t who I really am. If Chad did know me, if he knew how boring and monotonous my life is, there’s no way he would be so distraught about putting distance between us. He’d thank me.
Really, I’m doing us both a favor by shutting this down now. I know I could only disappoint him. There’s no use in drawing this out, getting his hopes up for a happy future that could never exist between us. Chad deserves that future. It’s obvious he wants to live out his happily ever after with someone. I want him to find that person too. He deserves a partner who can build something real with him. Not one who’s stuck in the past, hung up on the idea of a life with someone who died nine years ago.
Last night, when I was drunk at the altar, Chad was encouraging me to have fun, teasing me the way that Luke used to. I was distracted by how attractive he is with his defined muscles, perfectly styled light brown hair, and big blue eyes shining at me like I was someone important, like I’m someone worthy of being at his side. I was weak and selfish, so I gave in to the fantasy he was spinning of us making each other happier. I was able to convince myself for a couple of hours that maybe things could be different for me, that I could have more. That my life could have things like joy and fun in it again.
But that isn’t me, and it isn’t fair for me to pretend to be someone I’m not when Chad is talking about forever.
I need to shut this down.
“I need coffee…” I start, quickly trailing off. Fuck why is this so hard? I take a deep breath and force myself to say what needs to happen. “And a lawyer. This can be annulled. Probably easily around here. I’ll find someone at the front desk. There’s always paperwork for this shit. We’re probably not even the first people staying here to make this mistake this weekend.” I try to sound casual and confident. Even if I don’t feel that way at all as I look at the devastation clearly written all over Chad’s perfect features.
“But I don’t want to pretend our wedding didn’t happen,” he attempts to reassure me.
No matter how desperate he looks, I know I need to stay strong. He might be upset now, but I know I’m doing the right thing. One day, when he’s married for real, to someone he loves, he’ll thank me for this. Or more likely, he’ll forget all about our drunk wedding. He’ll be fine without me.
And I’ll be fine without him.
I’m better off alone anyway.
Wanting My Husband by Lexi Amber
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Chad and John, in Vegas for their best friends wedding, jump the gun and get married themselves. John, the grumpy one, wants no part of the “husband” thing. He assumed the Chad would eventually get bored and disappear. No such luck. Chad invades every part of his life. John is a curmudgeon. After losing the love of his life he shut down. He doesn’t want to live with Chad, let alone be married to him but Chad wants his “Hubby” and he keeps making inroads into John’s life and he can’t seem to stop him. Chad is a lovable, silly, doofy puppy that John calls “Princess”. He decided after their first kiss at the alter that he was probably gay and already half in love with his husband.
I though this was a light fluffy story for the most part. Chad was so over the top it was hard to take him seriously at times. His absolute inability to see that John didn’t want him did give his character a certain sweetness without being too cloying. Chad adapted well to the Bdsm tenets that John insisted on.
There are supporting characters that helped the story along. Especially Chad’s best friend who was very happy to educate him in the ways of being “gay”. And the donkeys were fabulous. I found this story annoying at times and sweet at others which made me go back and fourth between 3 and 4 stars. I think the donkeys pushed it to a 4.
Review Copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads.
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