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Length9h 23m
About this audiobook
Burnout did not just exhaust Mara.
It emptied her.
She escapes to a quiet small town looking for rest, not romance. Space. Silence. A chance to feel like herself again.
What she finds is Evan.
Evan is steady, kind, and rooted. He does not push or demand. He listens. He shows up. And he offers Mara something she has not had in years: safety without expectations.
As Mara begins to heal, their connection grows slowly, built on quiet moments and honest presence.
A gentle small-town romance about recovery, boundaries, and finding love that feels calm, supportive, and real.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance
Length9 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 15, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
42Chapter 41 — The Day After Yes
2Chapter 01 — Out of Office, Out of Breath
43Chapter 42 — What We Carry Out
3Chapter 02 — The Welcome That Isn’t
44Chapter 43 — What We Leave Unsaid
4Chapter 03 — Unpacking Is Optional
45Chapter 44 — What Quiet Feels Like
5Chapter 04 — A Schedule With No Times
46Chapter 45 — What I Am Without Urgency
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6Chapter 05 — Productive Rest
47Chapter 46 — The Old Reflex in a New Room
7Chapter 06 — Optional, Apparently
48Chapter 47 — The Offer That Sounds Like Help
8Chapter 07 — The Thing About Quiet
49Chapter 48 — What Competence Costs Here
9Chapter 08 — The Next Small Thing
50Chapter 49 — The Room That Doesn't Need Me
10Chapter 09 — Learning Curve
51Chapter 50 — The Day Without a Story
11Chapter 10 — Fine, I’m Staying
52Chapter 51 — The Terms That Change the Shape
12Chapter 11 — Morning Without Metrics
53Chapter 52 — When Boundaries Become Visible
13Chapter 12 — A Hobby, Allegedly
54Chapter 53 — What Holds When Support Wavers
14Chapter 13 — The Signal Problem
55Chapter 54 — Staying in the Room
15Chapter 14 — What Comes After Not Answering
56Chapter 55 — The Cost We Agree To Pay
16Chapter 15 — Public Static
57Chapter 56 — Choosing the Direction of Weight
17Chapter 16 — After the Adrenaline
58Chapter 57 — The Call We Don't Answer
18Chapter 17 — The Shape of the Ripple
59Chapter 58 — How We Leave Cleanly
19Chapter 18 — Authority Without the Fire
60Chapter 59 — The Morning After Nothing
20Chapter 19 — The Cost of Staying
61Chapter 60 — What We Choose to Touch First
21Chapter 20 — Different Directions, Same Ground
62Chapter 61 — A Day That Has No Edges
22Chapter 21 — How I Don’t Run
63Chapter 62 — The Shape of an Unused Hour
23Chapter 22 — What I Answer, What I Don’t
64Chapter 63 — The Week Without a Name
24Chapter 23 — What It Costs Here
65Chapter 64 — The Long Middle of the Day
25Chapter 24 — Who I Was Before
66Chapter 65 — Practicing the Absence of Urgency
26Chapter 25 — When the Water Takes
67Chapter 66 — When Nothing Is Watching
27Chapter 26 — Care Is Not a Debt
68Chapter 67 — A Whole Day Without a Thesis
28Chapter 27 — What People Think You Owe
69Chapter 68 — The Shape We Keep
29Chapter 28 — The Offer That Isn’t Free
70Chapter 69 — What Stays After the Noise
30Chapter 29 — The Meeting You Aren’t Invited To
71Chapter 70 — Learning the Weight of a Yes
31Chapter 30 — Who Gets Left Out
72Chapter 71 — A Future That Doesn’t Rush Us
32Chapter 31 — When the System Breaks Loudly
73Chapter 72 — Noticing What We Carry
33Chapter 32 — The Invitation With Conditions
74Chapter 73 — The Ordinary Day We Keep Choosing
34Chapter 33 — What Anger Finally Tells Me
75Chapter 74 — What We Don’t Rush Back To
35Chapter 34 — The Price of Saying No
76Chapter 75 — Enough for Today
36Chapter 35 — What I Lose, What I Keep
77Chapter 76 — Still Here in the Morning
37Chapter 36 — What Staying Asks
78Chapter 77 — What We Let Be Ordinary
38Chapter 37 — We Do Not Pretend Anymore
79Chapter 78 — What We Stop Proving
39Chapter 38 — The Shape of Pressure
80Chapter 79 — What We Trust Now
40Chapter 39 — The Last Shape They Try
81Chapter 80 — And Then We Live: About the Author
41Chapter 40 — What Leaving Begins
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