The Twenty-Fifth Hour

In the fog-shrouded village of Holmer, time itself is a curse. For generations, no one has exceeded the age of twenty-five. When the church bell rings at midnight, another soul disappears - claimed by an invisible hand, leaving behind only silence and sadness. When Eleanor Wren loses her brother to a curse on his twenty-fifth birthday, grief turns to defiance. She is determined to uncover the truth buried beneath the centuries-old Holomer myth - even if it means confronting the darkness that haunts Church Hill.
But when she meets Elias Vale, a mysterious wanderer who knows the secrets of the bell, Eleanor discovers that the curse is not a punishment - ??it is a promise. A deal made long ago between love and time itself. As Eleanor's twenty-fifth year approaches, the bell begins to ring again. To break the curse, she must enter the twenty-fifth hour-a forbidden moment beyond life and death-and choose between saving her soul or freeing those she loves from eternal grief.
Set against the haunting moors of northern England, The Twenty-Five Hour is a gothic fantasy romance about death-defying love, the cost of time, and the quiet strength of a heart that refuses to stop beating-even after the clock has run out.