Ashes for the Saint

Julian Knox has Mara Vale pinned against the wall, his gun at her temple and his hand locked around her throat. She holds a blade to his pulse—until the fake saint who destroyed her family kicks down the door. Mara was declared dead, but she has returned to Gray Harbor to reclaim her inheritance and expose the massacre buried beneath the city. Julian is the killer’s son and her sworn enemy, yet when Celeste seals the tunnels, they’re forced to flee together—and his body shields hers from a fatal blow. The only escape requires Vale blood and Julian’s heartbeat, binding their survival to the man Mara came back to destroy. Then the ancient door opens, revealing her mother’s final message: “If Julian is still alive…”—and Julian’s heart suddenly stops.