The Quiet Between Us

di T. B. BAPELA (Autore)

T. B. BAPELA, 2026

Some love stories are built in conversation. Others are built in the quiet. When Eleanor meets Marek, she is drawn to his gentleness, his restraint, the way he seems to listen more than he speaks. Their connection grows slowly, shaped by intimacy that feels careful and safe—until grief resurfaces and the silence that once protected them begins to hollow something out instead. Marek has learned how to survive by staying quiet. Shaped by an unspoken loss, he mistakes distance for control and restraint for strength. Eleanor, steady and perceptive, begins to realize that love cannot survive on patience alone. As words arrive too late and absence becomes practiced, both are forced to confront what happens when care is present—but courage is not. Told through alternating close perspectives, The Quiet Between Us is a psychologically rich, emotionally intimate novel about grief, communication, and the quiet ways people choose—or fail—to show up for one another. As time passes and paths cross again, the story moves toward reckoning rather than reunion, asking whether love can endure without certainty, and whether healing requires being witnessed. Tender, raw, and quietly hopeful, this debut novel explores the cost of silence, the discipline of distance, and the brave, ordinary choice to speak without apology. It is a story for anyone who has loved deeply, held back out of fear, and wondered what might survive if they finally stayed.

• Autore: T. B. BAPELA
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: T. B. BAPELA
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798224402984