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1830s London is rich with promise ... and fraught with peril. Rachel Dunne and James Edmunds are about to discover that love is too. Rachel Dunne has always been a healer ... until she’s accused of causing the death of a child under her care. Acquitted but shunned, she flees Ireland in search of a new life, convinced that she’ll be fine so long as no one in London learns of her disgrace - or forces her to ever sit at another sickbed.

Having finally discovered the truth of her birthright, Julia Elliston is determined to outwit Chance Macy at his own game. Holding a secret he'd kill to keep, however, is proving more difficult than she imagined. Just when Julia thinks she's managed to untangle herself from Macy's clutches, he changes tactics with a risky ploy. As the scandal of the century breaks loose, drawing rooms all over London whisper what so far newspapers have not dared to print: Macy's lost bride is none other than Lord Pierson's daughter.

The year is 1838, and seventeen-year-old Julia Elliston's position has never been more fragile. Orphaned and unmarried in a time when women are legal property of their fathers, husbands, and guardians, she finds herself at the mercy of an anonymous guardian who plans to establish her as a servant in far-off Scotland. With two months to devise a better plan, Julia's first choice - to marry her childhood sweetheart - is denied. Then, a titled dowager offers to introduce Julia into society, opening a realm of possibilities.

In Victorian society, where even a whisper of scandal can ruin a life, Julia Elliston much watch her step. London is said to be the glittering jewel of society, a world unto itself, but to Julia Elliston, it is a city of shadows. Now under the protection of Lord Pierson, she is caught up in his desperate plan and thrust into the public eye as his rightful heir. She’s the toast of London, a celebrated curiosity, but with the entire city clamoring for more news of the Emerald Heiress, Julia quickly finds it difficult to maintain the illusion.

In five disparate tales, introspective women at key turnings points face otherworldly experiences which force them to consider who they are and who they might have been. An ex-figure skater is haunted by her best friend’s ghost in “The End of All Things.” The frontwoman of a rising punk band navigates a strange liminal space towards a mysterious train in “Our Lifelong Dreams.” In “I’ve Been Here Before,” a nihilistic college student experiences vivid memories of a past life that ended in a tragic roller coaster accident sixty years before.

She thought she’d found her happily ever after. But darkness never disappears—it waits in the shadows. In the final chapter of the Hours trilogy, Lauren is no longer running. She’s done surviving quietly. She’s done being hunted. The force that has tormented her for years feeds on fear and trauma—but Lauren has learned its weakness. Stronger, sharper, and unwilling to be a victim again, she is ready to fight back. To end the darkness once and for all, Lauren must make an unthinkable choice: betray the people she loves and become the one thing it never expected—someone who isn’t afraid.

In Hours of Darkness, the first novel in the trilogy by V.F. Molloy, listeners follow Lauren Daniels, a stunning yet introverted teenager. Her life takes a surprising turn due to financial constraints, forcing her to leave her private school and enroll in affluent Reddington High School. Little did anyone know, this decision would change Lauren's life forever. Lauren Daniels, a seventeen-year-old, shares an inseparable bond with her beautiful mother, Jennifer Daniels, who is also her best friend.

Calista “Cali” Lindquist is a final girl. She once had to fight and destroy an unkillable beast. Now, she and her mother hunt monsters. On a crusade to ensure no one else experiences such horror and loss, Cali and her mother travel to Philadelphia to track a depraved soul who uses face paints and magic tricks to prey on the innocent. While hunting that monster, they cross paths with Collin, a faithful and treacherous follower of the enigmatic figure, Master Poppie.

Continue your journey into Lauren's life in Hours of Light, the second captivating installment that will grip you from the beginning to the end. Lauren embarks on a journey of self-discovery and resilience following a profound loss and her darkest hours.