Sandra Alex

A silent man.  A woman with as many scars.  An undeniable attraction.  And a love so bold and pure, words aren't needed, just hearts.  Brook has just been given the keys to her new apartment, which is over her family's restaurant.  She's the head chef, the owner, and she's in charge.  Ironically, her real life is completely out of her control.  With a broken heart, a painful past, and a secret photo that unlocks a story that nobody else knows about, Brook finds herself hiding behind a veritable curtain of hurt.  Until she's peeking out of her own curtains and sees something that changes her life forever.  After tragedy strikes in Hudson's already frail life, he ends up in a place he thought he'd never be.  Until Brook takes mercy on him one night from her apartment.  When she finds out what this man has truly been through, her heart breaks for him.  But what is at first just a good Samaritan at work, turns into a love that is all-consuming and indescribable.  Hudson doesn't need his voice to prove how much he loves her any more than Brook needs to hear it from his mouth.  But sometimes love isn't enough.  And Brook learns that to give Hudson everything that he deserves, if she truly loves him, she must tell him about her past and how it ends any future that they may have together.