BLURB
In a quiet London bookshop, time is measured in the turning of pages, not the ticking of clocks. But for one woman, a single customer is about to change everything.
Elara Thorne is the keeper of forgotten stories, content in the hushed, paper-scented world of her family's antiquarian bookshop. Her life is ordered, predictable, and safe—until a storm, in the form of a man named Leo Sterling, walks through her door.
Leo is a master restorer of antique clocks, a man who thrives on precision and bringing silent mechanisms back to life. He is seeking one specific, obscure volume—a quest that leads him to Elara's door and to a book she has never intended to sell.
Their connection is as instant as it is unnerving: a spark that flashes in a glance and a fleeting touch. He is all sharp edges and restless energy; she is quiet reserve and curated calm. He needs the book to complete his most important restoration. She refuses to part with it, a guardian of her shop's legacy.
