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The Midnight Stars Saga, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Abigail Reno
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Matt Haynes
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By:
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Tess Thompson
About this listen
1921
Estelle
Cast out and alone, I lost everything weeks before my wedding—my betrothed, my family, my future. With nowhere to turn, I accept the help of a compassionate stranger, not knowing it may lead me towards a path I swore never to tread.
Percival
After my wife succumbed to a psychotic break, I placed her in an asylum, a decision that haunts me as I raise our daughter alone. Hope for her recovery wanes with each passing year. I've vowed to uphold my marital duty, yet the arrival of a mysterious woman tempts me with forbidden possibilities. My father’s dishonorable legacy is a constant reminder of the man I refuse to become.
Set in the tumultuous early 1920s, When Stars Fall at Midnight is the first installment in USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson’s romantic family saga—a tale of resilience, redemption, and unexpected love, where second chances arise from the ruins of tragedy, and newfound bonds forge new a family.
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- Bernice Q
- 04-19-25
Kind of surprised
I love this author but, and without spoiling anything, she doesn't usually have these kinds of endings, at least not with the books I've read and listened to so far. I love the back and forth with the characters from each point of view. The narrator was great and I look forward to future books in the series.
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