The Hushed Nightingale (Clandestine #1)

Ira Luscinia Soriano had the gift of a golden voice. She was known as a veteran singer in their small town in San Pascual, Masbate. An opportunity knocked on her doors when she joined a singing competition and brought home the trophy. Finally, she thought, her dreams will come into reality! Finally, she'll be able to pull her family out of the gutter!

Then the universe decided to pull out a tricky card on the table. It took only one accident to snatch her gift and her family out of her clutch.

Luscinia, despite being named after a bird that sings its heart out at night, lost her hearing... and her voice. She has become the hushed nightingale.

Waking up one day to find out that her dreams went down the hill, she had no choice but to swallow the harsh reality. She had to endure each day of misery of no longer having the ability to listen to the bustling whispers of the wind, to the harmonious chirps of birds at morning and night, and to the peaceful waves of the ocean.

Until she heard a sound again. Something that never happened ever since she lost her hearing.

She looked around, desperate to hear that low sound that vibrated through her ears. She turned to each corner of the place, to every table of the restaurant she was working at, finding the source of that odd yet familiar sound... until her eyes landed on Sinclair Louis Valmorida, her boss's boyfriend.