A Rose Among Ashes
When life burned her world to ashes, she chose to bloom.
Kiera Sinclair’s life was built on pain and survival. After losing her family in a devastating tragedy, she’s left in the hands of a cruel guardian who treats her like a possession instead of kin. Years of torment leave her scarred but unbroken until she’s forced into a marriage of convenience with Ryan Montenegro in place of her cousin who ran away at the altar, a cold and emotionally distant billionaire bound by his late father’s will. She marries him under the identity of her cousin not knowing that Ryan actually recently had an encounter with her.
To the world, Ryan is the perfect heir: disciplined, calculating, and untouchable. But beneath the surface lies a man haunted by guilt and loneliness. His marriage to Kiera was meant to protect his company’s legacy, not his heart. Yet, as their worlds collide, the walls between them begin to crack revealing the fragile humanity they both tried to bury.
Their uneasy union, however, draws the attention of Luciana Salvador, Ryan’s actual girlfriend and the model he intended to marry but she couldn't sacrifice her body to bore him a child. She is the daughter of one of Ryan’s mum’s late friends. Luciana has struggled with severe psychological instability since childhood. An illness carefully hidden beneath beauty, charm, and medication. Behind her flawless facade lies a darkness that thrives on manipulation, jealousy, and control. As her obsession with Ryan spirals out of control, Luciana turns her vengeance toward Kiera, determined to destroy her piece by piece.
Luciana enlists Alex in her schemes, making her attacks on Kiera more strategic and emotionally cruel, creating a layered psychological threat that tests Kiera’s resilience.
In the midst of this chaos stands Xavier Montenegro, Ryan’s older cousin who is a man of quiet strength and empathy. He becomes Kiera’s confidant and emotional anchor when her world begins to collapse. But their growing closeness exposes buried truths about the Sinclair family, the Montenegros, and the tragic night that changed everything.
When the past resurfaces and Luciana’s madness reaches its peak, love, betrayal, and vengeance intertwine in a battle that tests the limits of forgiveness and survival.
Caught between revenge, heartbreak, and buried family secrets, Kiera must decide: will she rise from the ruins or let the past destroy what’s left of her heart?