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In the Lonely Hours

By: Elle Alexanda
Narrated by: Abby Craden
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Summary

What if the line between irritation and attraction is thinner than the wall between you?

After another brutal night in the ER, Dr. Theodora Brennan wants one thing: sleep. What she gets is a new neighbor, Catherine Matthews, a former concert pianist with a rigid routine and music that bleeds through the walls at two in the morning.

What begins as a wary standoff becomes something neither of them expects. Catherine has spent years perfecting the distance between herself and the rest of the world. Theo has spent years running toward everyone else's emergencies to avoid her own. In the quiet hours between their apartments, when defenses slip, something shifts.

In the Lonely Hours is an emotionally intimate slow burn about two women who have spent years avoiding the very thing they are now being offered. Wry, tender, and quietly charged, it explores control and vulnerability, the wounds we carry in private, and the unexpected ways people find each other in the dark.

For those who love character-driven romance, slow-burn enemies-to-friends-to-lovers tension, and second chances that ache before they heal.

©2026 Elle Alexanda (P)2026 Podium Audio Contemporary Romance
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I really enjoyed this, 2 women who are similar in so many ways, even tho they are also very different. The story of allowing our strength to overcome our fears. To be brave to change and love and be beautifully vulnerable.

Loved this. The sound track is perfect

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Wow, I didn't expect how powerful this would be. Can't go past a slow burn with real depth. Loved the character development, and, of course, I loved the narration. That voice!

Slow burn with depth

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