A Week of Borrowed Names - Without names, closeness is easy. Honesty is harder

De Laura Bellini
Ouça com Sir Michael Caine™ e mais de 1.000 vozes
Duração6h 21m

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What if the person who finally sees you for who you are is also the one who could destroy everything you've worked to achieve? At thirty-one, Karina Jarosz knows exactly what she wants: the freedom to create jewelry on her own terms, away from the expectations attached to her father's successful business in Kraków. For years, her surname has opened doors while casting a shadow over her talent. Now she's determined to prove that her work deserves recognition without family connections or special favors. A week-long artists' residency in Tuscany offers the perfect escape. The rules are simple. No surnames. No professional titles. No conversations about status or reputation. For seven days, everyone is free to be someone beyond their achievements. Karina arrives with a carefully arranged schedule, a suitcase full of sketches, and absolutely no intention of falling in love. Then she meets Norbert. Thirty-six, perceptive, quietly confident, and infuriatingly difficult to dismiss, Norbert seems to understand something most people overlook: Karina doesn't need someone to take control of her life. She needs someone willing to stand beside her. When an unexpected change to the residency program forces them to collaborate on an artistic installation, their opposing approaches spark arguments, laughter, and an attraction neither can ignore. Between curved metal, shifting shadows, and the golden light of the Tuscan countryside, they begin creating something neither could have imagined alone. Their artistic project becomes a reflection of their growing relationship. Two independent forms. A shared space. A connection that exists without either surrendering its identity. Soon, conversations turn into lingering glances. Walks among the olive trees become excuses to spend another hour together. And the promise of a single week without expectations grows into a desire for something that might survive the journey home. But anonymity has a dangerous side. Karina has secretly entered an international jewelry competition with a silver ring called The Line of Return. The submission represents more than professional ambition. It's her chance to be evaluated fairly, beyond her family's influence. What she doesn't know is that Norbert's professional life is connected to the very competition on which she's placed so much hope. As their feelings deepen, the freedom of borrowed identities begins to unravel. Questions that once seemed unnecessary become impossible to avoid. And when professional obligations collide with personal desire, Karina must confront a painful possibility: the man who taught her that closeness doesn't have to mean surrendering control may be withholding the truth she needs to make her own choices. Set between the sunlit landscapes of Tuscany and the artistic worlds of Kraków and Warsaw, A Week of Borrowed Names is an emotionally intimate contemporary romance about desire, independence, professional integrity, and the courage to face uncomfortable truths. It's a story of two adults who discover that falling in love without knowing each other's surnames can be wonderfully simple. Staying in love once those names have consequences is something else entirely. Can a relationship built on freedom survive the truth neither person expected? This publication was prepared using tools that support the creative process, including artificial intelligence solutions. The final concept, structure and editing are the responsibility of the author.

Detalhes do audiolivro

GêneroRomance
Duração6 h 21 min
Narrado porOuça com mais de 1.000 vozes
FormatoeBook com áudio
Data de publicação9 de nov. de 2026
IdiomaInglês

Sumário

1INTRO
2Chapter 1 - A Condition Without a Surname
3Chapter 2 - Between Two Lines
4Chapter 3 - What We Hadn't Anticipated
5Chapter 4 - Things You Don't Tell Strangers
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6Chapter 5 - The Right to Say No
7Chapter 6 - The Space Between Us
8Chapter 7 - On the Other Side of a Kiss
9Chapter 8 - The World Outside the Studio
10Chapter 9 - The Risk of Shared Light
11Chapter 10 - The Safe Distance Disappears
12Chapter 11 - The Morning That Changed Something
13Chapter 12 - The Price of Unspoken Truth
14Chapter 13 - Not Everything Can Be Saved
15Chapter 14 - The Price of Truth
16Chapter 15 - The Surname That Changes Everything
17Chapter 16 - A Distance That Cannot Be Closed
18Chapter 17 - With My Own Hands
19Chapter 18 - The Cost of Honesty
20Chapter 19 - What Remains After the Truth
21Chapter 20 - Our Own Surnames
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