Unspoken Hearts: A Steamy Small Town Western Romance

She came for the story. He was the part she never planned for. Nora believed she knew how to frame a small town, how to hold her own in places where trust was earned grain by grain. But in Maple Ridge, a county where loss lingers in the quiet corners and the camera sees what words can't, direction met resistance in the shape of Theo-a cinematographer who lost someone and rebuilt himself around the lens. Bound by deadlines and the slow work of creation, their tension shaped the film: sweeping ridges or the coffee ring left on old wood, distance or closeness-each learning to see a bit more through the other's eyes. Every quiet coffee on an equipment case, every silence she stopped trying to fill, pulled her closer to a man who was learning to see beyond the frame. When it matters most, Nora must decide what's worth risking. Some stories are told; some are lived-side by side.

Pagina's: 182, Paperback, Independently published