The 5 PM Rule

For Lena, the job at the Orphic Library was a dream: eight hours of paid silence. But the dream has rules. Clock in at 9 AM. Clock out at 5 PM. Not a second early, not a second late. When a ghostly woman from 1986 appears with a frantic warning and the library's charming owner reveals a predatory obsession with the clock, Lena realizes she hasn't been hired—she's been trapped. The books are screaming clues, the shelves rearrange themselves into a maze, and every tick of the clock brings her closer to becoming a permanent part of the collection.