Even the Silence Knows
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Sent to a secluded island to recover, Denara Velarde expects silence, not secrets.
But the calm is too perfect, the rules too quiet and then there's him. Lucien Reyes: composed, distant, always watching from the shadows.
As Denara searches for peace, she uncovers something far more complicated, a hidden past, a locked-down truth, and a man whose silence says more than words ever could.
Healing was supposed to save her.
But what if love is what sets her free?
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