Ten years ago, Amelia George’s world crumbled. Her mother grew ill. Her best friend broke a promise. And Collins Adeyemi, the boy she trusted most, left without warning after taking the scholarship they once promised to reject together. Now Amelia is back in the village she tried to forget. Her mother is gone. The house feels too quiet. And Collins is standing in the middle of her grief, looking at her like time never moved. But it did. And so did she. Collins is not the only one waiting. Jonas, the boy who stayed behind, never stopped watching over her. While Collins brings the past, Jonas offers something steady. Something she never asked for but might need. Secrets buried for years. Letters that were never sent. A love that was never given a proper ending. Amelia must choose. Will she reopen the wounds Collins left behind or take a chance on the heart that never walked away? When Ashes Bloom is a deeply emotional second-chance romance about trust, heartbreak, and finding strength to begin again when everything you once knew has fallen apart.

They told her to forget. Forget the night that changed everything. Forget the body they buried. Forget the boy with the storm in his eyes. But Tenisha Cole doesn’t forget. Not the betrayal. Not the pain. Not the blood on her mother’s hands. Ten years later, she's back in the town that swallowed her secrets and spit her out. Only now, she's no longer the quiet, broken girl. She's bold. She's beautiful. And she's here for revenge. But when the boy from her past returns with a secret that could ruin them both, Tenisha must choose unravel the truth and risk losing everything, or keep quiet and play the perfect daughter once again. One town. Too many secrets. And a girl who remembers everything.