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Romantic audio stories to fall asleep to

Short, soft and warm, with a sleep timer. How to listen in bed without lying awake.

A lot of people listen to something to fall asleep: rain sounds, a podcast they have heard before, an audiobook on a low volume. A soft-spoken romantic story does the same job with a little more warmth: someone talking to you kindly, in a calm place, while you drift.

Picking a story for bed

Not every romance is a bedtime story. Jealousy and suspense keep you awake. For sleep, look for comfort and quiet settings:

• Last Train: rain on the windows, a stopped carriage, his jacket around you. Tagged for sleep, about five minutes, and free.
• The Keeper: a storm outside, a fire inside, a man who wants you to rest. Free.
• Snowed In: a snowed-in cabin, a fireplace and your oldest friend.

FreeLast TrainComfort · 5 minFreeThe KeeperFantasy · 7 minMoonvale+Snowed InFriends to lovers · 7 min

Setting up

• Use the sleep timer. The sleep timer in the player stops the story after the time you pick, or at the end of the scene, so it will not carry on while you are asleep.
• Turn the screen down. The player is dark by design, and on a phone you can lock the screen once the story starts.
• Headphones or a pillow speaker. The ambience is quiet and sits under the voice; it is lost on a phone speaker across the room.
• Do not worry about the questions. If you drift off at one of them, nothing loud happens: the story waits, or on a timed question he carries on gently.

Why short helps

Stories run five to seven minutes, which is about right for the time between lying down and getting drowsy. If you are still awake at the end, play another, or play the same one again and answer differently.

A gentle habit, not a chore

Some listeners keep one story as their bedtime story and play it most nights, the way you might reread a favourite chapter. Familiar is good for sleep: you know where the quiet parts are, and you do not need to stay awake to find out what happens.

All Moonvale stories are romantic, never explicit, and made for listeners 18 and over.

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