Embers Beneath the Ashes

By Mark Wade

In the pristine, manicured world of Serenity Hills, every lawn is perfect, every family is flawless, and every secret is buried deep.

Eleanor Vance is the architect of this perfect world. As the powerful president of the community association, she has built her life on a foundation of order, rules, and absolute control. Her kingdom is flawless, until the day a beat-up station wagon and its two occupants-a mysterious, nomadic artist named Ava Reed and her sullen teenage daughter, Luna-arrive to rent her garage apartment.

Ava is everything Eleanor despises: a free spirit who represents chaos, unpredictability, and a past she is clearly running from. The two women are immediately locked in a battle of wills, a quiet war fought over community bylaws and unspoken judgments.

But when a newborn baby is abandoned at the local fire station, the town's carefully constructed facade begins to crack. The scandal threatens to expose the dark underbelly of Serenity Hills, and Eleanor finds herself at the center of a storm. As she is drawn deeper into the mystery, she discovers that her new tenant's secrets are intertwined with the town's own hypocrisy in ways she could never have imagined.

Forced into an impossible alliance, two women from opposite worlds must confront a devastating truth that could destroy them both-or set them free. Embers Beneath the Ashes is a gripping, suspenseful novel about the secrets we keep, the lies we tell ourselves, and the little fires of rebellion that can burn down a perfect life to reveal something more true.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G2BWJY54
• ISBN13: 9798274467506
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"