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Whispers in the Crowd – Part Two


London, 1876.


A carriage ride through fog-slick streets.

A narrow staircase above a tavern.

A door that closes — and with it, the world they know.


In Chapters Three and Four of Whispers in the Crowd, Samuel and Edward cross a threshold neither of them can undo. What began as stolen glances becomes something far more dangerous: intimacy without witnesses, desire without disguise, and a tenderness neither man has ever been allowed to claim.


Above a crowded tavern, they finally see each other in full — not as roles, not as masks, but as men. And in the quiet firelight of that room, restraint gives way to truth.


This episode continues a four-part Victorian-era gay romance about secrecy, longing, and the cost of being known — where love unfolds not loudly, but in whispers meant only for those brave enough to listen.


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Whispers in the Crowd is available as a complete novel on Amazon, worldwide:

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Written and narrated by Dani Hyden

From Whispers in the Dark – Gay Stories for Quiet Hearts

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