The Veil

By: Rachel Harrison

Narrated by: Louisa Krause

Sally has recently left an unfulfilling job to volunteer at a living history museum, where she is assigned to the Death House. Every day, she dons Victorian mourning garb and describes traditional funeral services to tourists. It sounds depressing as hell, but for Sally, it’s less depressing than her tepid marriage to her childhood sweetheart.

This becomes all too clear when she accidentally travels through time and space to a liminal world where the ghosts of the living history museum haunt its grounds. There, she meets and falls hard for Victorian-era pretty boy Nathaniel. Their heady, romantic encounters douse Sally in the sad reality that her marriage is anything but and leave her tempted to join Nathaniel permanently in his realm.

Is Sally’s marriage literally a fate worse than death, or is there another way altogether?

©2021 Rachel Harrison (P)2021 Audible Originals

Nice romantic ghost story

I liked it. Nice lesson about independence and love. The narration was great and I would recommend. I listened while I made dinner.

Original and fun!

This was a fun little fantastical story combining old fashioned romance with modern relationship complications and a little extra steaminess for good measure. Charmingly original concept, accomplished with enough realism to ground the tale and a delightfully humorous tone. The reader was great, handling the transitions between the characters (even the British accent) beautifully. I enjoyed this one a lot!

Cute Short Story

This was an enjoyable, cute short story geared toward younger listeners (15-29 year olds).

Quick and enjoyable

This was a nice break in between books. I thought the narration was well done and the story held my interest. While nothing spectacular, it was still worth a listen.

Cute

Short but cute story.
Simple message, but one that a lot of people over look.
Good short story.