From the ashes of great tragedy rises a great love...
After fourteen years, Laura and Richard now stand face to face, equals, at the same place in their lives.
She is no longer that girl, separated by time and violence from the only man she has ever loved. He no longer stands alone, a young man devastated by betrayal and his own terrible folly.
But the world is not so easily forgotten. Even as Richard begins to dismantle the past that blocks his future, he struggles to open his heart to the last love of his life. Laura chafes against her place on the edge of his life, wanting so much more, no longer willing to settle for less.
"I won't be the woman you can't admit to."
Enemies challenge the life they are struggling to build together. An estranged wife seeks to smash the man she hates so fiercely. A younger brother rages against the man who bested him in life and in death.
"Something always gets broken...."
Secrets unravel. A world begins to shatter when a reporter stumbles across Laura's secret. Then a sliver of bone resurfaces in a place of great sorrow, and a ghost of a girl rises from the past....
Book Two in the
Ashmore's Folly
Trilogy.
190,000 words.
Contains cast of characters, family trees, and maps. Includes QR codes and links to back-story timelines and other supplemental material on www.ashmoresfolly.com
Author's note
Please read
All Who Are Lost
first! Some trilogies can be read out of order -- this isn't one of them. This is not a standalone story; it picks up the day after
ends. Oh, and this one also ends on a cliffhanger! Rest assured, I am all about the HEA, and I am halfway through writing the third book. Look for it in early 2016.