non-communication

Candy Bonnet has it all-wealth, beauty, and the unwavering devotion of her parents. But at seven, a congenital tumor stole her voice, leaving her trapped in a world of silence. Her life, dominated by her parents' religious strictness and emotional manipulation, has become a gilded cage. Freedom feels like a distant dream, and happiness even further.

On a cold August night, the weight of it all becomes too much, and Candy walks into the icy depths of a 300-foot lake. But just as she's about to sink to the end, a mysterious boy named Caine Bordeaux pulls her from the dark water. Caine is a brooding enigma, haunted by a past that has numbed him to the world-except for the solace he finds in books.

To Caine, Candy is a puzzle, a story he can't resist unraveling. Her silent smile stirs something in him that he thought was long dead. He doesn't believe in love, not anymore, but there's something about Candy that makes him question everything.

In Noncommunication, two teenagers, bound by their broken voices and fractured families, find an unexpected connection. As they navigate the unspoken words between them, they discover that sometimes, the loudest cries for help are the ones that aren't spoken at all.