Series: The Silent Hours, Book One

Author: Munroe Blooms

Genre: Dark Romance w/ Crime Elements

Release Date:  August 28, 2026

Tropes:

Neo-Noir Romance

Obsessive

Betrayal

Slow-Burning

Luxury Criminal Underworld

Touch Her and D!3

Morally Gray Characters

Forbidden Attraction

Stalking

He falls first...but it's not the husband

Feminine Rage

Betrayed Wife

Vigilante Justice

Psychological Tension​

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About the Book:

Julia Marcelli traded pieces of herself for a life nothing like the one she once imagined.

A powerful husband.

A beautiful home on the Miami coast.

Twin daughters she loved more than herself.

While Ethan Marcelli built his empire inside courtrooms and backroom deals, Julia built a life around him—softening her edges, quieting her ambitions, becoming the perfect wife standing beside him.

For eleven years, she believed love meant loyalty.

Until the silence between them started to rot.

Late nights. Careless lies. The lingering scent of another woman where it didn’t belong. And beneath Ethan’s polished charm, Julia begins to uncover something far uglier than betrayal.

Because in their world, secrets have a way of turning deadly.

As the life she built begins to fracture, Julia finds herself pulled toward a darker world waiting beyond her husband’s carefully crafted illusion—a world of obsession, power, violence, and dangerous men watching her far too closely.

🖤 Author Note 🖤
The Silent Hour begins with a marriage, but it does not stay confined to one.  This is not a traditional romance. Julia’s story is about loyalty, power, the cost of silence, and finding herself again inside a world built on secrets. And yes, eventually, it is about learning what love can look like after trust has been broken. This book contains content some readers may find upsetting, so please check the warnings inside before reading