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All Emilyn Collins wants is to see her brother. In a world full of war and global separation, it's hard to get around safely. Emilyn's father left her family when she was young to train her brother to become a soldier, and she's made it her life's mission to find him. It's a shame she has to bring the only man she's ever hated along with her. ~~~ extremely slow updates

Somewhere between silence and paperbacks, she found a photograph. Somewhere behind a lens, he saw her before she ever saw him. In a tucked-away bookstore in London, two people with quiet hearts and noisy pasts build something fragile, unexpected... and real. 𝗔 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄-𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀. 𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙖 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙚 lives in a quiet London, running her own little bookstore-a space filled with stories, secondhand dreams, and the soft rhythm of healing. But then 𝙍𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙩 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙣 walks in-quiet, observant, and carrying an silence louder than storms. A man who doesn't speak much, but looks at her like she's the only story he's ever wanted to read. This isn't a tale of chaos. It's one of late-night rain, shared silence, and two souls who find each other where the world feels too loud. 𝙏𝙍𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙎 Slowburn GrumpyxGrumpier Romance Bookstorelove Photographer Emotionalbaggage Healinglove Foundfamily Aestheticromance Londonlove