The Affair

By Carmen Noire

Claire Mercer owns a small bookstore on Tybee Island.
Thomas Mercer builds houses that outlast storms.
They have a long marriage, a steady life, and a home held together by routine, politeness, and years of shared history.
From the outside, everything looks solid.

Inside, something has gone quiet.

When a late night app and an anonymous conversation offer the one thing neither of them has felt in years, being seen, what starts as harmless distraction becomes a private lifeline. Messages turn into confessions. Confessions turn into longing. And the line between fantasy and reality begins to thin.

Because desire doesn't disappear with time.
It just waits for an opening.

Set between the humid stillness of Tybee and the neon glow of Savannah nights, The Affair is a slow burn, character driven novel about marriage, secrecy, and the dangerous gravity of feeling alive again.

Some betrayals happen in the body.

The most devastating ones start with words.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HNGRMLHS
• ISBN13: 9798163187911
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"