The Last Rose of Ashwood: Volume One: The Mystery Above

Aelira was supposed to be dead.

For ten years, the last heir of Ashwood has hidden beneath a false name, carrying the memory of a murdered family, a ruined kingdom, and the general she believes helped destroy them both.

Seren was supposed to be a hero.

When villages begin vanishing without blood, bodies, or warning, Seren is sent North and forced into an alliance with a beautiful, dangerous woman who knows far too much about the ancient roots waking beneath the Earth.

Aelira wants revenge.

Seren wants the truth.

Neither of them expects desire to become the most dangerous thing between them. As buried magic stirs and the lies of the past begin to unravel, villain and savior must decide what they truly are to each other - enemies, weapons, or the only two monsters capable of stopping what waits below.