[✓] Through The Ashes

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'Through the ashes, the Phoenix rises'
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When Maxine comes home one day to find her living room full of her brother's friends, she discovers that Nicholas, her brother, has been hiding a dangerous secret- he's gone back to fighting. The revelation shatters her world, stirring up the fear and trauma of their past, and she's overwhelmed by the thought of losing him again.

Desperate to keep him safe, Maxine refuses to let him fight without her by his side. She steps into the gritty, unpredictable world of underground fighting, where she grows closer to his tight-knit group of friends. As she becomes more involved, Maxine starts to realise that there's more at risk than just her brother's safety, she's falling for Kit, the closed-off bad boy who's hiding his own wounds.

Torn between her loyalty to her brother and the pull of a love she never expected, Maxine is forced to confront her deepest fears and the darkness within herself.
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