Dominic: A Short Story (Regretfully Yours)
Maya Alden's Dominic opens with a premise that's equal parts thrilling and uncomfortable: a spy who targets an innocent woman to get close to her father. Dom Delacour is a covert operative on a high-pressure mission to expose a diplomat with suspected ties to foreign agents. His plan? Charm the man's quiet, overlooked daughter, Enya Cahill. Cold, calculated, and efficient. At least, that's how it was supposed to go. Enya has a way of upending plans. She's gentle and genuine, the kind of person who makes calculated men feel suddenly exposed, and what began as pure manipulation quietly becomes something Dom can't explain away. Then Enya discovers the truth, and everything collapses. What follows is the emotional meat of the story: a betrayed woman choosing to face an unplanned pregnancy alone, and a man who must decide whether love is worth destroying the life he's built around secrecy. Dom's grovel is not a half-hearted apology. It costs him. This is a compact read, a novella rather than a full novel, but Alden keeps the pacing tight and the emotional stakes surprisingly high for the length. It sits within the Regretfully Yours series, a collection of angsty short romances built around flawed heroes who earn (or attempt to earn) their second chances. If you enjoy secret identity stories, surprise pregnancy plots, and a hero who has to truly reckon with the damage he's caused, this one's worth your afternoon.
- Author: Maya Alden
- Genre: Short Stories
- ISBN: B0GDNNLMJL
- Pages: 230 pages