“At night, when it was dark and quiet, the nightmares came flooding back. The dreams would start the same, I'd imagine making love to him, remembering how my body would sing at his touch, and I could feel myself being burned alive with love. Then suddenly, my airway would close and whatever room we were in melted into the interior of a coach bus. I'd gasp and try to scream as something tightened around my head, screaming for Adam to save me. Each time, I was left alone to figure out how to save myself. I'd wake up in a pool of sweat, shaking and aching, and my little hideaway in Georgia's attic would suddenly feel as if I was right there again, trapped and helpless. But I wasn’t fourteen anymore. I was an adult and I was the only one who could do something to get me off the bus my mind was trapped in. I was paralyzed. Weighed down by my depression and grief, all I could do was lay on the deflated air mattress and wonder what kind of woman I'd have to be to get off the fucking bus, and what kind of life would be waiting for me if I was brave enough to do it."
After her life implodes, Millie Clare moves to Rippling, Minnesota, a small town complete with nosy neighbors, a gazebo in the town square and a hunky mailman, to grieve and rebuild. There, Millie must sift through the ashes left from her and Adam before she able to find out who she is, what she wants, and who is worthy of her love. Deep down, Millie knows that she deserves the world, she just has to figure out how to get out of her own way, open her heart again, and turn the ashes into diamonds.
Ashes is realistic new adult fictional romance book written in a time hop style in which we follow Millie in her early twenties and features explicit 18+ scenes intended for mature audiences only. A full list of triggers is available on our website.
It was a wonderful thing to see how Millie came into her own after being so utterly crushed by everything that happened between her and Adam. This book definitely takes you on a wave emotions.. from being sad to hopeful, to excited, to just being happy and cheering Millie on! I can’t not wait for Diamonds to be released!