The release date for the English version of 'From the Embers' by
Aly Martinez is Apr 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
What sticks in your memory after a disaster is peculiar.
The home blew up with an unbearable bang.
The overwhelming terror while looking for my wife.
I carried her out, the bright smoke searing my eyes.
But the crushing knowledge that the lady I held wasn't my wife would be etched in my memory for ever.
The only people who survived were Bree and myself, not that we were really alive after that night. I went into her guest home as a single parent who had nowhere else to go. And yet, we became an odd partnership amid the anguish and shame.
Years passed, but I eventually saw her grin slowly come back, changing her life.
We could converse for hours on end while sitting outdoors, and it gave the enormous void in my chest fresh life.
In actuality, Bree rescued me even if I may have helped her escape the fire.
The lies and secrets from the past lingered in the ashes, waiting to catch fire again as we recovered.
From the embers, our love was created, and together, we would burn up.