The Arid Lips

<p>A novel about defiance of time duty and a challenge to everything but the heart.<br>They met they loved deeply but life tore them apart.<br>Leaving their lips dry barren... arid for a lifetime. Will fate allow them to share another kiss?<br>Years passed! They each lived separate lives built families embraced duties gave love where they could. They are devoted spouses dutiful parents-committed to the paths they had chosen.<br>Yet beneath it all the flame never went out. The kiss withered their lips but not their hearts.<br>And then one day the past returned-not as a memory but as a presence. They met again.<br>Was it betrayal? Was it infidelity? Or was it something more complex more human-an unspoken rebellion against the world's rigid rules?</p>