When the Dark Dresses Lightly
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Abi has spent two years in a remote Arctic village, wrapped in silence, routine, and lingering grief. The seemingly endless winter twilight weighs her down, until Kristin moves in next door. Warm, vibrant, and unexpectedly familiar, she disrupts Abi's carefully guarded feelings. As the winter darkness deepens, a welcome friendship begins to unexpectedly bloom into something more. But opening her heart again means facing everything she's buried.
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