The Stranger's Voice

She wasn't supposed to fall in love with her next door neighbor “Can you hear me?” Adaline Starling needs a new tenant for the flat above her store, and Callum Hague needs somewhere to live. Adaline is a genius, hiding in a magazine store, she has never opened. She is trying to convince the world that she is whole, that there is nothing wrong with her. Callum Hague likes to fix things, preferably thousands of miles away from his hometown. He’s returned from a year long project in Nairobi where he has built a school. They both have hidden imperfections that have shaped their lives from childhood. If they were left to their own devices, they would both become reclusive. Their best friends think they would be perfect for each other and set about fixing them up. It takes a serious incident for them to confess their invisible flaws, but will they accept each other’s hidden imperfection? With supporting characters that include a cheeky apprentice and an overbearing charity chairwoman. Will Adaline turn a deaf ear to everyone’s advice to own her imperfections?