Chasing Tigers Through Silence and Sound

A music journalist falls for a woman he's never met-through a song that knows him better than anyone ever has. When he finally meets the artist behind the voice, desire, danger, and recognition collide in ways neither of them is prepared for.Craig Stilwell makes a living listening to other people's music, not living inside his own life. He understands sound, silence, and emotional architecture better than most-but when it comes to intimacy, he stays carefully on the sidelines. Until one song changes everything.Lizet is a rising musician whose work is raw, controlled, and devastatingly honest. Her songs are built from ache, restraint, and the kind of wanting that leaves scars. Craig doesn't just hear her music-he recognizes himself inside it. And when fate puts them face-to-face on the California coast, the connection is immediate, unsettling, and impossible to ignore.Lizet warns him. She doesn't hide her darkness or soften the truth. She tells Craig she will hurt him-not out of cruelty, but because it's what she does when love gets too close. Craig believes her. And still, he stays.As late-night conversations turn into stolen moments, and silence becomes its own language, both of them are forced to confront what it means to choose risk over safety. With Craig's sharp-tongued sister Delain acting as witness and guardrail, the story unfolds as a meditation on art, vulnerability, and the kind of love that doesn't promise survival-only honesty.Chasing Tigers Through Silence and Sound is a sensual, emotionally charged romance about recognizing yourself in someone else's voice, falling for the danger anyway, and discovering that sometimes the most devastating thing you can do is finally feel alive.

Pages: 112, Paperback, Black Orchid Press