A Fire Unbound

Written by Sarah Chisum

Narrated by Olivia Bennett

Length

1h 1m

In 1925 Bristol, Rachel Owen has nothing but her calloused hands, her stubborn pride, and a fire that refuses to be tamed. Escaping an arranged marriage, she trades the quiet fields of her village for the clamor of the city docks, where sweat and iron are the price of survival. Every crate she lifts defies the expectations of men who say a woman’s strength should be invisible. But when she meets Vincent Hale, a gentle engineer with tragedy in his past, Rachel faces a new battle—the one between her heart and her hard-won freedom. As the tides of industrial change and social reform rise around them, both must choose what to keep and what to surrender. A Fire Unbound is a sweeping, slow-burn historical romance about courage, dignity, and the fierce cost of love in a world on the brink of modernity.