LustLine

Antonio is 35, plays poker for a living in Los Angeles, and thinks he has his life sorted until he meets Catalina, a woman from Mazatlán who doesn't fit into any of his plans. The story is based on true events, and it plays that way: quiet, patient, more interested in what love and loyalty cost than in getting anywhere fast.

The setup is simple but not light. Antonio has to weigh what he wants against what he's already built, and Catalina isn't a plot device waiting to be won, she's the reason the rest of his life stops making sense. Temptation and cheating aren't background noise here, they're the actual subject.

You follow Antonio in first person through conversations and decisions that build slowly, choice by choice, with nothing handed to you early. The pacing matches the premise, this isn't a game that lets you skip to the payoff.