She was reborn on her wedding day with one perfect memory: how her husband destroyed her. Isabella Moreau wakes in the bridal suite with four years of prison memories crashing through her mind. The trial. The betrayal. The affair. And the death that came while Marcus Crawford celebrated his freedom—all because he let her take the fall for his crimes. This time, she's not walking down the aisle. She's walking straight into the arms of his fiercest rival. Ezra Kane is dangerous, brilliant, and has been waiting years for a chance to destroy Marcus Crawford. When Isabella appears in his office offering insider knowledge and cold-blooded strategy, his wicked smile says everything: finally. But their calculated alliance becomes something neither expected. As they systematically dismantle Marcus's empire, Isabella discovers that Ezra carries a compass necklace she gave him as a child—a moment she'd forgotten until now. A connection that suggests this wasn't coincidence. It was fate. Then Sienna Hart, Marcus's mistress, recognizes the threat and makes her move to seduce Ezra as an escape route. And Isabella faces a choice: become the monster she swore revenge would make her, or discover that power doesn't require annihilation. In a world of lies, betrayal, and calculated destruction, two people designed to burn find something worth building instead. Dark. Intense. Dangerously sarcastic. Crown of Ashes is a slow-burn dark romance about what happens when vengeance meets love—and neither emerges unscathed.

I shoot to my feet and practically scream, “She?!? They’re sending a woman?” I suddenly hear the sound of heels clicking on the floor, and turn to see a pair of eyes I never thought I’d be seeing again. “Yes, Tate, they sent a woman. I’ve been hired to save your sorry ass,” she calmly states with a look of disgust in her ocean blue eyes. **** What will happen when Ashton Tate, the scandal-ridden MVP second baseman, comes face-to-face with his ex-girlfriend, Elizabeth Mason, whom the team has hired to salvage his reputation and career? Sparks are sure to fly when the two of them are forced to spend every waking moment together, in an effort to revamp his bad-boy image. Unresolved grudges, past heartache, and malicious former flames and rivals block the path to redemption at every turn. Can Elizabeth help Ashton find his way back to the man he once was, or is this his last strikeout?