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"When the clock strikes thirteen, the world doesn't just stop—it breaks." Lucian Cross is a Courier in the city of Ouroboros. By day, he fixes antique watches; but in the "Hollow Time"—that impossible space between midnight and a new day—he moves the things the daylight world refuses to acknowledge. In a world of frozen raindrops and charcoal shadows, Lucian follows one rule: never stop moving. But when he finds a ten-year-old girl who should be a statue but is instead crying for help, the rules of the 13th Hour are shattered. She is an "Awakened," a natural-born paradox that the Chronos-Eaters—featureless, porcelain-masked monsters—are desperate to consume. Now, hunted by the janitors of reality and burdened with a binding contract he cannot drop, Lucian must protect the girl until the sun rises. But in a city where time is a weapon, the greatest threat might not be the monsters in the shadows, but the man standing at the end of the tunnel. The clock is ticking. And the thirteenth hour is hungry.
The city of Ouroboros did not sleep; it merely paused to reload.
Lucian Cross sat in the high-backed lea...
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Marie: Sweet story.. could be expanded easily ... greatjob!
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karenfancp: I have noticed a few typos, the story line is good. I can’t put this down.
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Kritta_820: I enjoyed the storyline immensely and felt that it devolved from the average "small puny female wolf finds a royal mate." Sometimes the jumps between scenes and plots jumped ahead a little too far for my taste. For example when MC heard the update about her first mate the book suddenly changed to th...
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Maggie Varnum: Like that it was fast paced and suspenseful...loved the romance up ended a little to fast ...would have been better if there was a Luna ceremony chapter and a birth of son with name chapter with Cole as a dramatic dad in the delivery scene .... Overall I enjoyed it very much!
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Felicia: This is the 2nd book im reading of this writer. And I enjoyed it just as much as the first, Marked while we slept. Worth the read. Very good writer
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Cynical Optimist : You can never go wrong with a B. E. Harmel story.The plot is intriguing and the protagonists are mature and sensible.I was a little disappointed with the stylized writing. Harmel, a gifted storyteller easily draws the reader in by creating characters thatbwe can connect with emotionally. Hwre, she...
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dilosch: Heartwarming story !!! A strong, independent, clever woman!!! And the male characters always respected woman(Not so much smut/spice - not that detailed)Nice plotNice writing style Nice character development
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