The Smoldering Hour

By Gabi Ford

She thought the fire was behind her.

She was wrong.

Amara Rowe arrives in Denver hoping for a clean slate-but the shadows she escaped have a way of finding her. A six-day job at a chaotic bakery exposes fault lines in her new reality, and a connection with a carefree co-worker drags her into a world of blurred boundaries and careless risk.

Then there's the apartment complex: the residents watching, the leadership whispering, and the one coworker whose "friendly" comments feel more like warnings.

As Amara settles into her new role, something begins pressing on her from all sides-memories she can't outrun, people who want more from her than she can give, and a past that refuses to stay silent.

In The Smoldering Hour, the heat builds slowly, quietly, until the truth finally ignites.

A tense, intimate psychological novel about survival, intuition, and the danger of ignoring what you already know.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GNN1T118
• ISBN13: 9798248566143
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"