The Weight Of Unsaid Words
Elias has spent years trying to convince himself that he is better off alone. After relationships filled with betrayal, humiliation, and love that always seemed to come with conditions, the Black transgender man has learned to protect himself by leaving before anyone gets the chance to hurt him again.
Then he meets Leia in a bookstore.
What begins with poetry, nervous conversations, and repeated visits slowly grows into something neither of them expected. Elias is drawn to Leia's warmth, humor, and the way she sees him without turning his identity into a question. Leia is drawn to his deep voice, artistic hands, guarded heart, and the kindness he tries to hide behind sarcasm. But both of them carry histories they have not fully escaped.
While Elias struggles with the damage left behind by his exes, Leia is still being manipulated by Mark, a controlling former boyfriend who refuses to accept that their relationship is over. Secrets, fear, jealousy, and old wounds begin to test Elias and Leia before they have even had the chance to build something solid. When Elias sees Leia with Mark, he disappears from her life, forcing them both to confront the words they were too afraid to say.
As their friends-especially Elias's fiercely loyal best friend, Maya-face struggles and hidden dreams of their own, the people around Elias and Leia are pushed to examine the silence they have been carrying. Love, friendship, art, poetry, betrayal, and survival become tangled together as the past threatens to destroy the future Elias and Leia are only beginning to imagine.
The Weight of Unsaid Words is an emotional romance about two imperfect people learning that love cannot survive on assumptions, fear, or silence. It is a story about being seen, finding the courage to stay, and finally speaking the truths that have shaped you in secret.
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