The Slow Way

di Derek J. Perna (Autore)

Victis Systems, 2026

Mia knows exactly what it looks like when someone gives you everything. She grew up watching it — a father who built a fortune around never letting his family feel unsafe again, a household that runs on devotion so total it has its own name. She was offered a version of that once. She said no. Now her mornings start at six, alone, flour on her forearms and gold light coming through the café windows before the world has decided what kind of day it's going to be. Eli isn't extraordinary. He fixes pipes, falls asleep some nights before he means to, misses the dinner she stood over for six hours. He is, simply, a good man trying — and some mornings, trying is the whole of what love actually looks like. Some men are a place to live. Some men are just a really good visit. Mia spent a long time not knowing the difference, and longer still not trusting herself to want the quieter one. No danger waits in this book. No secret, no betrayal, nothing hidden in the walls. The tension is entirely inside her: whether an ordinary life is enough for a woman who once stood close enough to see what total devotion costs, and walked away from it, and has to keep walking away from it every time she remembers what it felt like. Book Five of the Victis System is about choosing ordinary on purpose. Two people, a garden that needs staking, a plate left in the fridge, and the daily unglamorous work of showing up anyway. A quiet love story about what it costs — and what it's worth — to want an ordinary life.

• Autore: Derek J. Perna
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: Victis Systems
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798235146136