Scandal creeps through Hawksmere in Chapter Three: The Carving & The Cross 🕯️. Poor Bess lies between life and death 💀 as Lady Alianor grinds forbidden herbs 🌿, each breath heavy with desperation. But when Sir Roland de Mowbray arrives unannounced 🚪, his honeyed words 🍯 conceal chains of marriage and control ⛓️, pressing Alianor toward a gilded cage she cannot bear 🕊️. Yet, in the dark Hollow 🌲, a different story is carved — symbols scratched into oak, a crude bird 🐦, and a gift more intimate than a kiss 💌: her face, captured by the Thorn’s skilled hand. Two men, two prisons, one trembling heart ❤️ caught in the shadows. Will Alianor choose silken shackles 🎭 or perilous freedom? ⚔️
The Scandalous Hours ⏳ invites you deeper into the intrigue. Lean close 🤫, for scandal is not shouted in the open — it is whispered in the Hollow 🌙, carved into bark ✒️, and left upon a windowsill 🌹. Listen now 🎧, and let Lady Aurelia Ravenshade guide you through the secrets Hawksmere dares not speak aloud…
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The Hollow Beckons Chapter 2
In this third episode, Lady Alianor slips beyond Hawksmere’s ivy-choked walls into the sodden wilderness. Driven by desperation for her maid Bess, she braves mud, mist, and the judgment of every shadow. The path west grows wild and cruel, leading her into Thorne’s Hollow — a place whispered of in kitchens and cloisters alike, where silence presses like a hand against the heart. With every step the forest tightens its grip, until at last a sound breaks through the dripping gloom: the steady thump of a mallet. In the clearing, smoke coils from a charcoal mound… and there, she beholds the figure who haunts every whisper of scandal. The Hollow has revealed its keeper. But is he man, monster, or something in between?
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The Widow of Hawksmere Chapter 1 Part 2
In Part Two of Chapter One, Lady Alianor’s world darkens. Though Sir Roland’s claim still lingers like a brand upon her skin, it is not his shadow that most threatens Hawksmere’s halls. Within her chamber, her loyal maid Bess lies fevered and fading, and Alianor’s remedies prove powerless against the creeping sickness. Desperation drives her to the one place she has sworn never to tread — the forbidden woods, where whispers speak of an outlaw healer, Eamon Thorne. Ash-stained, hunted, and feared, his name alone could condemn her. Yet with every faltering breath from Bess, Alianor’s choice grows cruelly clear. Step once more into the scandalous hours, where protection bears a price, loyalty becomes peril, and a widow dares the darkness in search of salvation.
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The Widow of Hawksmere Part 1
Episode 1: The Widow of Hawksmere – Part I
The year is 1365. Rain lashes against the crumbling stones of Hawksmere Keep, where grief and danger walk hand in hand. Sir Godfrey de Clervaux is dead, and the bells toll their final mournful notes across the countryside. Yet for his widow, Lady Alianor, the true peril begins only now.
Amid the flickering torches and whispered prayers of the funeral, eyes follow her every move — none more venomous than Sir Roland de Mowbray, a man whose charm conceals claws of iron. With Hawksmere weakened and her household divided, he offers protection at a price: her hand, her freedom, her very destiny.
But Alianor’s heart beats with defiance. As shadows gather in the keep’s drafty halls and her loyal maid Bess falls gravely ill, whispers lead her to an outlaw — a healer feared and shunned, known only as The Thorn. To seek him out is to risk ruin. To ignore him is to risk everything.
This is where the scandal begins. In The Scandalous Hours, sorrow becomes a weapon, desire becomes defiance, and the fire of one woman’s choices will ignite a tale of betrayal and forbidden love. Lean closer, darling — Lady Aurelia Ravenshade has opened her archives, and the first page drips with intrigue.
Step into a world where shadows whisper, secrets linger, and tales unfold with the elegance of candlelight in a grand parlor. Lady Aurelia Ravenshade Presents is more than a podcast—it is an immersive storytelling experience. From period dramas steeped in scandal and romance, to haunting narratives that blur the line between history and imagination, each series draws you into a universe of intrigue, passion, and unforgettable characters.
Guided by the refined voice and vision of Lady Aurelia Ravenshade, this podcast revives the art of timeless storytelling for a modern audience. Expect variety: gothic mysteries, forbidden loves, shocking betrayals, and the kind of tales that stay with you long after the final word is spoken.
Whether you listen in the stillness of night or on a quiet afternoon, Lady Aurelia Ravenshade Presents promises to transport you into a realm of elegance, suspense, and wonder.
Dare to enter her world.
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