Sleepbound (free)

Lady Pembury begins her campaign at seven — six hours to make the Brook Street drawing room look as though it has never been touched. The Chinese screen hides the damp patch. Sir Marcus is given his instructions about what not to discuss. And Patrick arrives five minutes early, clutching narcissi from a street barrow. There is no vase.

Includes mentions of: Beverages, Food, Mention of Debt, Romance.

About Sleepbound Premium

Bedtime stories for grown-ups. Sleepbound is the chapter-a-night audiobook — original stories, classic literature, and hidden gems, narrated calmly to drift you off. As a Premium member, you get the entire back catalogue ad-free, plus new chapters before they hit the public feed.

Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams.

— Ian

The gown has already served two women before Violet Pembury pulls it on — her mother, then her married sister. Tonight she takes it to Lady Whitmore's ball on Grosvenor Square, London, May 1860, where she reads the room with the cool eye of a girl who knows the mathematics of beauty, wit, old blood, and no money.

Includes mentions of: Beverages, Gaslit settings, Romance, Financial pressures, Period social customs.

About Sleepbound Premium

Bedtime stories for grown-ups. Sleepbound is the chapter-a-night audiobook — original stories, classic literature, and hidden gems, narrated calmly to drift you off. As a Premium member, you get the entire back catalogue ad-free, plus new chapters before they hit the public feed.

Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams.

— Ian

Dr. Clara Lennox has spent eight years cataloguing the spectres of the British Isles. Tonight, she steps off a ferry onto the Isle of Arra with a mummified manuscript, an academic rival she's been avoiding, and a ginger cat who has hated this expedition since Oban. The islanders don't speak of the Grey Walkers. One just did.

Includes mentions of: Animals, Bodies of Water, Beverages, History, Light Peril, Travel, Weather.

About Sleepbound Premium

Bedtime stories for grown-ups. Sleepbound is the chapter-a-night audiobook — original stories, classic literature, and hidden gems, narrated calmly to drift you off. As a Premium member, you get the entire back catalogue ad-free, plus new chapters before they hit the public feed.

Connect

Website: https://headphonesaudiobooks.com/sleepbound/

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@sleepbound

Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams.

— Alex

Dr. Clara Lennox has spent eight years cataloguing the spectres of the British Isles. Tonight, she steps off a ferry onto the Isle of Arra with a mummified manuscript, an academic rival she's been avoiding, and a ginger cat who has hated this expedition since Oban. The islanders don't speak of the Grey Walkers. One just did.

Includes mentions of: Animals, Bodies of Water, Beverages, History, Light Peril, Travel, Weather.

About Sleepbound Premium

Bedtime stories for grown-ups. Sleepbound is the chapter-a-night audiobook — original stories, classic literature, and hidden gems, narrated calmly to drift you off. As a Premium member, you get the entire back catalogue ad-free, plus new chapters before they hit the public feed.

Connect

Website: https://headphonesaudiobooks.com/sleepbound/

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@sleepbound

Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams.

— Alex

We begin tonight in a Jerusalem dungeon — the twelfth century, torchlight on cold stone, and two prisoners with one plan between them. One is Robin of Locksley, an English lord. The other is Azeem. By the end of this chapter, a debt is struck that will carry them both home to England.

Includes mentions of: History, Captivity, Light Peril, Mild Violence, Mention of Loss, Travel.

About Sleepbound Premium

Bedtime stories for grown-ups. Sleepbound is the chapter-a-night audiobook — original stories, classic literature, and hidden gems, narrated calmly to drift you off. As a Premium member, you get the entire back catalogue ad-free, plus new chapters before they hit the public feed.

Thanks for being here. Sweet dreams.

— Ian