Beneath The Rain

Elira crossed an ocean to disappear.

After leaving New York and transferring to the University of Edinburgh midway through the semester, she hopes the city's endless rain and ancient streets will give her something she's never had before: a chance to start over.

No questions.

No expectations.

No reminders of the life she's trying to leave behind.

Then she meets Alexander-a warm-hearted Scottish student who makes Edinburgh feel like home before she's ready to admit she needs one.

And Adrian.

Quiet. Reserved. Impossible to read.

The Italian-American student keeps everyone at a distance, yet somehow sees through every wall Elira has spent years building around herself.

As friendships deepen and feelings become impossible to ignore, Elira finds herself torn between comfort and chaos, safety and vulnerability, the life she's trying to build and the past that refuses to stay buried.

Because some wounds don't disappear just because you run from them.

And some people have a way of finding you beneath the rain.

Beneath the Rain is a poignant New Adult romance about grief, healing, found family, and discovering that sometimes being truly seen is the most terrifying-and beautiful-thing of all.

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His hand slides from my jaw to my waist, fingers curling there slowly, deliberately.

"Does he touch you like this?" he whispers. The touch alone makes my breathing stutter. "No." I breathed out and his eyes don't leave mine.

"Does he make you look at him like this?" His other hand trails up my arm, slow enough to make every nerve in my body pay attention.

"Does he make your breathing go like that?"

I hate how quiet my voice sounds.

"Adrian-"

"Tell me."

His hand tightens slightly at my waist, pulling me closer until there's barely space left between us.

"Does he feel like this?"