Iris Lockewood · Coming soon
Whispers in the Ash
Contemporary romance · Healing fiction · wildfire recovery · Medium slow burn
Six months after the Ridgefire, Elena Marchetti returns to Pine Hollow with a grant folder and a practiced smile. Callum Ashford builds furniture from salvage burn wood and refuses pity. Grief, desire, and found family in a valley that still smells of smoke.
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Tropes
- Second chance hometown
- Grumpy soft artisan
- Found family
- Trauma recovery
- Slow burn
Content warnings
- Wildfire trauma and loss
- Grief
- Anxiety
- Intimate scenes (consent forward)
Excerpt
The valley still held the smell of smoke the way a coat holds perfume. Elena parked beside the temporary municipal trailer and sat with both hands on the wheel until the engine ticked itself quiet. Callum's workshop door was open. Inside, a table made from blackened timber waited under shop lights like it had already survived the worst and decided to stay beautiful anyway.
