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I Saw Mommy Kissing My Ex's Dad by thoughtsaboutshows
Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros
26 Apr 2026
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What does one do when you begrudgingly agree to spend Christmas with your mom and her new fiancée you haven’t met in his storybook hometown, and you show up to discover that he is the father of the man you could never forget? What comes next when you’re face to face with the guy whose heart you broke? The one who shattered yours? And you’re about to be step-siblings??
No really. What do you do? Asking for a friend…
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Violet travels to Aretia for Christmas to meet Fen, her future step-father, only the marriage brings more than she bargained for. Including a new step-brother who she once thought was the love of her life.
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Violet is fine.
She's completely, one hundred percent fine.
So fine that her best friend has dragged her on an emergency vacation to Mexico to attempt to bring her back to the land of the living.
Not that she needs it. Of course not.
She also absolutely does not need to be railed to within an inch of her life by the gorgeous stranger who she can't quite manage to stay away from.
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When the King sees an opportunity to infiltrate the newly reinstated Tyrrish nobility, Lilith assures him that her daughters are up to the task. They, along with a contingent of young nobles from Basgiath, are sent to participate in Tyrrendor's debutante season. While they dance and dine and flirt, Violet and her friends must uncover what the newly appointed Duke of Tyrrendor is up to. And she must navigate the social landscape of matchmaking and politics, all while trying not to fall for the mysterious man with onyx eyes.
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“I think you’ll find she is anything but vulnerable. You just insist on seeing her that way. But that is your failing, not hers.” His gaze shifts to Dain as he says it, but before it does, he catches an open expression on Violet’s face, which almost looks like pride.
Or: Violet's a debutante, and Xaden's an eligible Duke, but they both have secrets, and sometimes love takes a while. -
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Violet Sorrengail has always been a fighter. When she crosses paths with Xaden Riorson, a single father with his own burdens, an unexpected connection sparks between them. As their lives intertwine, Violet is forced to confront her own vulnerabilities, the pressures of her sport, and the reality of becoming part of Xaden’s world. With her health in jeopardy and the weight of her choices looming, Violet must decide whether she can balance her dreams, her love for a man and his daughter, and the life she’s worked so hard to build. Will they survive the storm, or will it destroy everything they hold dear?
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The AU in which Violet is a gymnast, Xaden a single dad raising his daughter and their worlds collide thanks to a good friend of both.
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At 18, Xaden's future is bright. He's following in his father's footsteps, his friends are more like family, and he has a girl he loves more than anything.
At 33, Xaden has it all, on the outside looking in. He's a firefighter. His friends are more than family. He has a beautiful woman on his arm. But he's drowning in recent grief, his father is long since gone, and the girl he loved more than anything? He hasn't seen her in 15 years.
When she's suddenly back in his life, can he find a way back to himself? Can he find a way back to her?
Series
- Part 2 of From The Embers

