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.