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A Novel of Love, Pain, and Second Chances
Amelia Walker has always been the girl who stayed.
After losing her mother at six and growing up with an alcoholic, sometimes violent father, Amelia never ran. She worked long shifts at a local diner, endured the shadows of her broken home, and convinced herself that survival was enough. Until the night her best friend drags her to a rock concert - and everything changes.
Steel Ember is the next big thing in rock, and drummer Trace Evans is all fire and chaos behind the kit. But offstage, there's something about Amelia that disarms him. She's not like the girls he's known - she's real, haunted, different. A conversation turns into a connection, and that connection sparks something neither of them saw coming.
But love born from ashes doesn't come easy.
When old trauma collides with new fame, jealousy, heartbreak, and fear threaten to tear them apart. And as Amelia fights to claim a life beyond survival, Trace must prove that real love doesn't give up when things burn - it stays and rebuilds.
Ashes and Ember is a raw, emotional, and deeply romantic story about healing, passion, and finding a home in someone else - even when the world tries to pull you apart.