Ashes of Us

Danica Preston thought grief would be the hardest part of losing her husband, Jasper. She was wrong.

After a tragic car accident leaves Jasper brain-dead, Danica prepares to say her final goodbyeuntil a woman from his past shatters everything she thought she knew. A one-night betrayal. A lost child. A desperate request to harvest what remains of him and keep a part of him alive.

Danica refuses, clinging to the last shred of dignity and love she has left. But when Jaspers parents side with the other woman and take Danica to court to seize control of his body, the goodbye she longed for turns into a battle for the right to grieve.

As the walls close in, Danica finds an unexpected lifeline in Alex Westthe boss who once seemed to despise her, but whose quiet loyalty now becomes her only refuge. Caught between heartbreak and betrayal, Danica must decide how to honour her love, her loss, and herself even when everything she believed in has turned to ash.