The Marriage License: Renew or Release

By Marcus Smith and Courtney Hayes

Marriage isn't failing.
People are just no longer willing to stay trapped in broken vows.

In Atlanta, a revolutionary policy changes everything: marriage licenses now expire. Couples must legally decide to renew their marriage-or release each other-before time runs out.

Renew or Release follows multiple couples as they face this impossible choice. What happens when love is no longer protected by permanence-but tested by truth?

As renewal deadlines approach, carefully hidden cracks begin to surface: Emotional abandonment masked as stabilityFinancial secrets buried beneath shared successAffairs that weren't accidents-but exitsSilent resentment from years of choosing peace over honesty

Some couples fight for renewal, rewriting the terms of love with transparency and intention. Others realize that holding on has cost them their identity, their joy, and their future.

This first installment introduces the system, the rules, and the relationships, laying bare one powerful truth:

Love shouldn't have to beg to be chosen.

Renew or Release is a bold, intimate exploration of commitment, autonomy, and the courage it takes to walk away-or stay-for the right reasons.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FVBCKW99
• ISBN13: 9798268445640
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"