Skin Deep, Soul Deeper

By Joshua Lawrence

Skin Deep, Soul Deeper is a quiet, unsettling love story about the dangers of intimacy when desire meets self-protection. When a reflective narrator becomes drawn to a person whose beauty feels more like armor than gift, attraction quickly gives way to something more disorienting - a relationship built on attention, withholding, and the ache of being partially seen.

As the connection deepens, both characters begin to change in ways they do not fully control. What begins as fascination becomes vigilance. What feels like love begins to feel like loss. Beneath the tenderness lies a tension between wanting to be known and needing to remain hidden, between longing and self-preservation.

This novel explores how people perform themselves to survive, how love can quietly reshape identity, and how sometimes the most intimate act is not staying - but letting go.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5509971452
• ISBN13: 9785509971457
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Grand Studio
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"