She has eight days to prove she's perfect. Then the girl with the tattoo gun walks into her library.Rachel Kim has built her entire life on one rule: nothing messy. At the Harbor View Library, every book is shelved, every schedule is set, and the Head Librarian interview she has worked toward for years is eight days away. Her parents expect it. Her future depends on it. Her heart has never been consulted.Dee Morales runs Inkspire Tattoos on her own terms, keeps her own hours, and has never met a rule she couldn't talk her way around. She is also quietly working toward her GED, and she is the last person Rachel expects to find hunched over a battered textbook in the library's study room after closing.What starts as tutoring turns into late nights, rain on the windows, and a slow burn neither woman saw coming. Rachel could have the life she was told to want. Or she could be seen, fully, for the first time, by someone who writes stories on skin and has never once asked her to be quieter.When Rachel's parents arrive in Honey Bay and the promotion committee starts asking questions, she has to choose between the safe version of herself and the one who is finally learning to speak up.Ink and Quiet Things is the second book in the Honey Bay series and can be read as a standalone. Read more