A Marriage of Misfires

Written by Vanessa Dawn Jones

Narrated by Paul

Length

1h 13m

Amid the sharp angles and soft rain of Bristol, Maggie Kross moves through life with a beauty that opens doors—and slams others shut. Her elegance invites admiration, but also assumptions that cut deeper than words. When a spilled drink and a quiet apology bring her face-to-face with Martin Thompson, a man who sees beyond surfaces, Maggie finds herself unmoored. He’s nothing like the world she’s built walls against—steady, sincere, disarmingly kind. Yet in a city that never stops watching, every glance between them feels like a gamble. As Maggie wrestles with the weight of perception and the pull of something real, she must decide whether she’s ready to be seen—not as they expect, but as she truly is.