When the City Learns Our Names

A Modern Romance Novel

By: Kwan Chak Tang

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Lena Hart stopped believing in forever the night her engagement fell apart under the city lights of New York.

Three years later, she’s back—older, guarded, and determined to rebuild her life on her own terms. Armed with a fresh start and a job at a prestigious architectural firm, Lena promises herself one thing: no more love, no more heartbreak.

Then she meets Noah Cole.

Noah is a street photographer with a quiet smile and eyes that see too much. He captures moments most people overlook—grief, joy, longing—because he’s lived all three. After losing someone he loved, Noah chose a life without plans, without promises. Until Lena walks into his frame.

Their connection is instant, undeniable… and terrifying.

As their worlds collide—coffee shops, rain-soaked streets, rooftop conversations at midnight—they begin to fall in love without meaning to. But when the past resurfaces and old wounds demand answers, Lena and Noah must decide:
Is love worth risking everything again?

Because some love stories don’t just change two people—
they change the city that holds them.