Ashes and Desire

The world went dark five years ago, but it wasn’t until now that Tessa Calder lost everything: home, family, Safety.

Five years after the Burn that left the world a ghost of what it once was, she has nothing left but a small pack of meager supplies, a failing body, and the kind of guilt that follows her through the ash like a second shadow. Then one desperate mistake puts her in the path of five ruthless survivors with everything she’s starving for: food, water, shelter. And worse, the men who look at her like she’s trouble worth keeping.

Desire is a weapon, and trust is a liability. Tessa isn’t sure she’ll survive the five dangerous men determined to make her theirs. But she knows she can’t survive without them.