Before the Line Went Quiet

Mia Myers has everything she once believed would make a life complete. A loving husband who still looks at her like she is the only woman in the room. A daughter she adores. A beautiful home. A marriage that, after eleven years, still carries warmth, desire, and the comfortable intimacy of two people who know each other completely.Then Evan moves into the apartment above their garage. He is Nathan's closest friend, a man who has been part of their lives for years. At first, nothing happens. A glance lasts too long. A hand lingers where it should not. A conversation becomes more personal than either of them intended. Mia knows exactly what she stands to lose, but knowing does not make wanting him disappear.What begins as attraction becomes secrecy, jealousy, and a second life unfolding only yards from the first. Nathan trusts them both. Mia still loves him. Evan knows exactly whose life he is helping to destroy.Before the Line Went Quiet is an emotionally charged novel about infidelity, desire, betrayal, jealousy, marriage, and the terrible distance between wanting something and living with what it costs. Told through intimate character perspectives, it explores how people can love deeply, betray completely, and discover too late that some choices cannot be taken back.