The forest has rules.

Cypress Malone has accepted a five-year contract as Section B Officer at Tubman National Park, a vast and isolated wilderness stretching deep into the Appalachian Mountains. With a PhD and a career built on studying ecosystems, this position should be the opportunity of a lifetime.

But Tubman National Park is different.

When Cypress arrives, she’s handed a short list of rules that begin at 7:00 p.m. each night—rules no one fully explains, but everyone follows.

And then there’s Thomas Newsby. Calm. Observant. A man who moves through the forest like he understands it in ways others don’t.

As the nights grow stranger and the woods begin to reveal their quiet, watchful presence, Cypress learns that the rules are not suggestions.

They exist for a reason.

And the forest is always listening.

This special audiobook performance of The Black Veil from Love Letters in the Dark features Ahmad Houston as Thomas Newsby and Tierra Cox as Cypress Malone.

Welcome to the forest.

Just remember the rules.

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