As He is - A Sequel - Mekonnen Knife

-READ SOUL SEARCHING (BOOK 1) FOR CONTEXT-

Iliana's life has always been a string of wrong turns. With nothing left for her in the small state of Georgia, she makes the boldest decision of her life: pack a single bag, leave behind her past, and board a plane to Australia. No plan. No funds. Just a fragile hope that starting over might mean something better than the nothing she left behind.

She finds herself in a run-down apartment complex, walls thinner than paper, nights lonelier than she imagined. And worse-her next-door neighbor seems determined to ruin what little peace she has. MK is loud, always on the phone at ungodly hours, chasing an acting career while nursing the ache of being half a world away from his friends back in the States. To Iliana, he's a walking headache. To MK, she's the grumpy girl who can't take a joke.

But proximity has a funny way of breaking down walls. Soon, late-night arguments turn into conversations, and conversations into something softer. MK sees through the armor Iliana carries, and she begins to realize that beneath MK's endless energy is someone just as lonely as she is.

As their worlds collide, Iliana must decide if she's brave enough to stop running from her past-and if MK is ready to let someone in who doesn't just laugh at his jokes, but listens to his heart.

In the city where neither of them quite belongs, two strangers might finally find home-next door to each other.