<h4><em>Now in a special dark edition...love doesn't always stay but it it always leaves something behind.</em></h4><p></p><p></p><p><strong><em>The Silence Between Heartbeats</em></strong> is a collection of sixteen bittersweet stories about love found in fleeting moments-on late-night bus rides in quiet hotel rooms across crowded cities and between strangers who were never quite meant to stay.</p><p></p><p>Told in whispers and memories these tales follow people who meet by chance love without promises and part with the kind of ache that lingers long after the last word. A ghost who waits at the terminal. A wedding guest who never belonged. An assassin softened by flowers. A boy who cooks love into every dish he will never serve her again.</p><p></p><p>These are not stories of grand gestures or forever. These are stories of <em>almosts</em> of <em>if-onlys</em> of <em>one last time</em>.</p><p></p><p>And sometimes that's all love ever needs to be.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Some themes may be emotionally intense. Recommended for readers 16 years old and above. Also available in discreet and illustration editions.</em></p>