Where the Ashes Remember: A Love Bound by Duty, Haunted by the Past

By Dr Cereal

WHERE THE ASHES REMEMBER

A Love Bound by Duty, Haunted by the Past

What if the life you were raised to live was built on a lie?
What if the one person who sets you free could cost you everything?

Alaric Voss has always done what is expected of him.
Heir to a powerful legacy, bound to a future chosen long before he had a say, his path is clear-secure the family name, honor the arrangement, and never look back.

Until he meets her.

Elowen Hart is not part of his world. She is self-made, steady, and quietly strong-a woman who refuses to be owned by anyone's power or promises. When their paths cross, the connection is immediate. Unexpected. Impossible to ignore.

What begins as a single conversation becomes something deeper. Something dangerous.

Because Alaric is already promised to another.
Because his family's influence depends on his obedience.
Because the past he was taught to forget is beginning to return-piece by piece.

As the pressure to marry grows and the truth behind a long-buried tragedy begins to surface, Alaric is forced to make a choice that will define the rest of his life.

Duty or desire.
Power or freedom.
Legacy or love.

And the closer he comes to the truth, the more he realizes that some secrets were never meant to survive the light.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GPDRV2YW
• ISBN13: 9798249085360
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"