Some silences are safe. Others are deadly.

Elara retreats to the frozen edge of the world, a cabin above a fjord that never truly sleeps. Beneath the fractured ice, the earth groans with an ancient pulse, and in that haunting rhythm she begins to hear her own-broken, buried, and begging to be released.

Haunted by a past she cannot speak of and a betrayal that stripped her voice from her, Elara pours her secrets into sketches. What begins as quiet creation becomes confrontation: figures rising on paper, defiant and alive, demanding she face what she has long tried to bury.

Inside the studio, another silence waits. Jón, an artist carrying fractures of his own, sees too much in her drawings. His canvas mirrors her unrest, and his presence pulls her closer to the breaking point she fears-and longs for.

As the snow thickens and the fjord groans louder, Elara must decide: remain imprisoned in silence, or let the truth shatter her completely. What she discovers is that silence does not disappear when broken-it transforms. And sometimes, it transforms you.

A lyrical, immersive novel of grief, voice, and survival, The Quiet Between Heartbeats is a haunting exploration of what happens when silence is no longer safe-and the extraordinary courage it takes to break it.

Perfect for readers who crave atmospheric writing, raw emotional depth, and stories that linger long after the final page.