THE QUIET BETWEEN HEARTBEATS
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MatureComplete Mon, Oct 20, 20251h 19m
A cold, ruthless gangster.
A terminally ill girl who's already made peace with dying.
They never should've met - but when they do, everything changes.
In a world of violence and shadows, she brings him light. In her final days, he learns how to truly live.
But love doesn't stop time. And some endings can't be rewritten.
A haunting, emotional novel about two broken souls who find beauty in the moments that almost slip away.
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