Betrayal in Recovery

She came to heal others. She didn't expect to crack open herself.
Marisol James is no stranger to brokenness—she carries her diagnoses like a quiet badge of survival. When she begins work at Serenity Crossroads, a detox facility nestled at the edge of a weary city, she's determined to make a difference. But between whispered confessions, flickering fluorescent lights, and the unpredictable tug-of-war in her own mind, the job becomes far more than clinical—it's spiritual, volatile, and intimate.

Inside these sterile halls, stories bleed out. Marisol listens. She absorbs. She gives pieces of herself away, one empathetic gesture at a time. Her vulnerability makes her magnetic, but it also makes her a target. And when she finds an unexpected bond with Kayla, a vibrant coworker with secrets of her own, everything starts to shift—from quiet redemption to emotional reckoning.

The Weight of Quiet Things is a visceral meditation on identity, trust, and survival. Raw, lyrical, and deeply immersive, this novel asks: what happens when the healer begins to unravel?