Out of Left Field - Protecting Hope - Hope Series, #2

Dr. Richard Wilson was on the verge of having the life he had worked so hard to achieve.  The career, the lifestyle, the respect he felt he had rightfully earned was all within his grasp.  Now the only thing missing was Hope.  Never accepting her choice to leave, he had to confront her, he had to get her to come home.  He knew deep down that she would come home to him. Hope had moved on with Matthew.  Her life seemingly had only just begun again.  That was until Richard re-emerged and started to turn everything upside down.  She realized in order to keep hold of her new life with Matthew, she would have to fight for it.  She just didn't realize how bad of a fight it would be. With Matthew by her side, Hope felt she could finally break free of Richard and have the love story she had only read about in books.
The question was, were happily ever after stories all fiction in the end?