The Wrong Kind of Quiet

THE WRONG KIND OF QUIET A Slow-Burn Second Chance Romance by Clara Bennfield Ten years ago, Maren Voss packed two suitcases and left her island hometown in the middle of the night, certain she'd already lost the boy who once felt like her whole future. Now her father is gone, his beloved bookshop needs a decision she isn't ready to make, and the first person she sees stepping off the ferry is the one she never quite stopped loving. Eli Osgood built a quiet, steady life on Pelican Cove - raising his orphaned niece, tending the old lighthouse, keeping his heart carefully out of reach. He told himself he'd made peace with how things ended. He was wrong. As Maren works to settle her father's estate, she and Eli are pulled back into each other's orbit - a leaking dock, a storm that strands them together at the lighthouse, a fifteen-year-old matchmaker with strong opinions and zero subtlety. But the real reckoning comes when Maren finds the one thing that could rewrite everything they thought they knew about why she really left. WHAT'S INSIDE: - A slow-burn second-chance romance built on ten years of unfinished feeling- A charming coastal Maine town, a beloved secondhand bookshop, and a lighthouse worth the walk- A devastating decade-old misunderstanding - and the letter that finally sets it right- A found-family subplot with a niece who refuses to let two stubborn adults miss their second chance- A tender, earned happily-ever-after (closed-door - all heart, no explicit scenes) PERFECT FOR readers who love slow-burn small-town romance, lighthouse settings, bookshop stories, and second chances that feel like coming home.