The Stolen Hours: The Memory Keeper Book 2

In Millbrook, memories were once protected. Now they are being stolen. Riley Bennett is no longer entirely human. Bound to a convergence point beneath a quiet town, he serves as its Memory Keeper-guardian of pain people can no longer carry. But when residents begin losing days, weeks, and even months of their lives, Riley discovers something far worse than grief at work. Someone is ripping memories away by force.
As the victims multiply, Riley uncovers a chilling truth: their stolen memories are being sold on a black market to wealthy buyers who crave the experience of love, trauma, and joy without living the consequences. The thief is no stranger. She is Meredith Kemp, a former keeper trained by Riley's predecessor-and the daughter he believed died years ago. Trapped within the walls of his shop and unable to leave without losing himself completely, Riley must outthink an enemy who knows his power, his weaknesses, and the secrets of memory extraction.
To stop her, he must lure her back to Millbrook, risk everything he protects, and confront the dangerous truth that some memories-once stolen-can never be fully returned. Dark, emotionally gripping, and ethically unsettling, The Stolen Hours explores identity, consent, and the cost of turning human experience into a commodity. This second installment in The Memory Keeper series raises the stakes, asking how much of ourselves we can lose before we are no longer whole.