From USA Today bestselling author, Dani René, comes a brand new raw, emotional standalone romance that’s like nothing she’s written before. A poignant tear-jerker, with plenty of heart-wrenching moments.Life is a game, and if you don’t play your cards right, you’ll never win.Everything Katerina Nielsen knew burned to the ground when she was sixteen. She had nothing but memories to keep her warm … she was sixteen. She had nothing but memories to keep her warm at night. At eighteen, life throws her into an inferno and the only choice is to become someone else.
Until she becomes the interest of two strangers.
They offer her a chance at a normal life. But she’s learned everything in life comes at a price and the cost of what they’re giving her may just burn her alive.
With the promise of a future she’s always wanted, she can’t refuse.
But what happens when a dark secret comes to light?
Will she rise from the ashes and embers, or will she burn?
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Among Ash and Ember is the newest contemporary romance from the new to me author. All I can say was that, the way the secrets in this story was revealed was so compelling, had me on edge of my seat and kept me guessing non stop.
Ash and Ember although twins, couldn’t be more opposite in personality but complements each other in every way. Throw in Katerina, who’s lost her true self because of the tragic incident that happened during her teen years that eventually drove her to the shady way of life she was in. Will these brothers be her saviour? Or her ruin?
Told in multiple POV, this story was intriguing from the start of the story, to it’s characters layers of secrets that wraps around them, and the heat of their attraction to each other that was palpable. An amazing and truly enjoyable read that sure make me check out this author’s other works.
Dani René killed me with this story. I can honestly say, this is the best I’ve read from this author, her best work to date.
Katerina Nielsen lost everything at just sixteen and had to take a job working as an escort to achieve her goal. Could a chance meeting with Ash Addington make that goal easier? Or maybe it’s fate that they’ve met?
Ash along with his brother Ember, have a proposal for Kat that should make her life easier, will she say yes to the agreement? Or is trusting two strangers too much for her? What will happen when secrets from the past are revealed?
Kat, Ash and Ember’s story is heartbreakingly, emotional but such a phenomenal read. A story of love, loss and learning to trust.
I teared up a few times while reading. I love stories that really pull at my heartstrings, Among Ash and Ember did exactly that. This is a book that I will definitely never forget.
This was absolutely a fantastic emotional story from Dani I don’t believe there’s anything she can’t write.
This book pulled me in from the start and quickly took me on a story of 2 brother’s Ash and Ember who share a bond with each other and Katerina who doesn’t know them yet, but she will.
You will fall in love with these brother’s and Kat as you read their story and your heart will break and be put back together for the love that they share.
This was such a good book you definitely need to one click it. A must read for sure
Among Ash & Ember by Dani Rene this is the story of Katerina Nielsen, Ember, Ashton ‘Ash’ Addington. Katerina lost everything when she was 16 when a fire broke out and took everything from her. Katerina has done everything she could to stay alive, move forward and earn money to go to college. Ash meets Katerina at his hotel bar where he makes her a deal she couldn’t turn down. Ember knows there is something about Katerina too and starts to understand what his brother did. When his brother Ember meets Katerina he too knows there is something there too. The brother’s want to help Katerina but can she trust them?
This was another great page turner from Ms. Rene.
This story just wow! I don’t know what to put without given the tinys bit away of the story. The only thing I can say that it was one of the amazing heartbreaker and happiness read I have had from this author. I couldn’t ask for more like I have say in some of my books that I have read I like to feel what the characters are going through and Among Ash and Ember I got that and so much more
“I’ll never try to break you, Kitten. I may try to tame you, tamper your heat, but I’ll never extinguish your fire. And you know why?… Because I love it when you burn me.”
Oh this quote was one of my favs throughout the book! Ash and Ember are brothers but polar opposites, they both bring something different to the table for Kat, and she needs that with her slow recovery from grief and loss.
There was so much angst, tension, sexiness, raw emotions, and darkness.
This book had so many feelings throughout. Tragedy, hope, lust and sadness, happiness. Katerina, Ash and Ember have an intertwined life, in the one way you wouldn’t except.. Life is never what it seems and Katerina, Ash and Ember are living proof of that. There is nothing like circumstance to bring about a long lasting romance and love. This story was one that created so much feeling within me while i was reading it definitely left the feeling of hope and happiness.
Ashton and Ember are harboring secrets but they are determined to make Katerina an offer she can’t refuse. The unfolding mysteries kept the story interesting.
Dani Rene has written a doozy of a story in this book. It’s heart-wrenching at times, but left me with a very happy heart.
Ash and Ember are twin brothers who have a heavy duty laid on them by their father. They are doing what they need to be doing, but they are also keeping secrets from each other. Katerina, AKA Flame, is doing what she can to help get out of the heavy debt she was left in after her parents died when she was a teenager. She doesn’t necessarily like what she does, but that doesn’t mean that she isn’t going to work really hard on being responsible.
I love the way that the names work so well in this book. I mean, Flame, Ember, and Ash are all so related, and the progression of them is really interesting to me.
I hated that Ash and Ember had to keep secrets from Kat. I get why they did it the way that they did it, but I don’t have to like that they did it that way.
I think that Ember is such a warm and caring character. I don’t think the book would’ve worked nearly as well without him in there.
UTTER PERFECTION!! I’m not sure what I was expecting when I started this book, but it was so much more! Dani Rene gave me one of the biggest book hangovers EVER! This story has so many twists and turns – I could not put it down! AMAZING!!
Flame from Ash and Ember
—>>> Review Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars – A most unusual set of circumstances brings Ash, Ember, and Flame (Kat) together, but unbeknownst to Flame, the stakes are much higher in this game than the gorgeous twins Ash and Ember can reveal. Heartbreak, devastation, new beginnings, life-changing secrets, love and hope all unfold as these three interact towards a mastermind’s goal.
When a book can make tears flow down your face, you know you have a five-star book. Dani has a way of making you feel so many different emotions when you read her books that sometimes you don’t want to read them. You have to take a deep breath and say ‘here we go’ brace yourself and jump right in. Among Ash and Ember was that way. I had little idea on what I was getting into, and sometimes that is for the best.
Ash and Ember are just such beautifully written characters. Even for men, they have that asshole takeaway, but they make this book. The bond these two have made make the connection they have with Katerina even more powerful. Every game that Ash and Ember play has a winner and a looser but can there be a winner in the new game they are about to play?
I have to say that most times I am all about the female character, I route for them, and cry for them, and laugh for them. However, in Among Ash and Ember, these feelings were for everyone. If there is one book you read by Dani, this is the book!
Among Ash and Ember is beautifully written, full of emotion, sadness and love. I thoroughly enjoyed this rewad, from cover to cover. It was what I was expecting, it was solo much more.
This is the story of Katerina, orphaned as a teenager and the crossing of her path with twin brothers, Ashton and Ember. Destiny brings them together just when they need each other.
This book had me hypnotized, I was completely captivated with the story of Kat, Ember and Ash and I certainly LOVED how we got a glimpse through all three of their POV’s.
I loved the surprises, the reveals and the secrets that they all had and how it all unraveled in the end.
I loved the interactions and how both Amber and Ash shared the same love for this girl who they felt the need to protect.
This book definitely reached my expectations.
Clever Dani René – very clever! I love the book title! I’ve fallen in love with the all three of the main characters. Their story is addictive. Even with so much tension and unknown, you can’t help but read one more chapter . . . just one more, and one more. I burned through this book.
Omg !What a great story we loved it from beginning to end. The story was tragic and intense and edgy and had a love story like no other.Secrets Secrets nothing but secrets.
We loved the characters of the story they were and electric bunch. Katerina aka Kitten was feisty and determined and sweet,kind and loving and take no crap kind of girl who wasn’t afraid to speak her mind.
Ash was hard and dominate and a -hole most of the time but, accepted that part of himself and he was little bit broken and waded down by secrets.
The story was filled with drama and romance and a whole lot of sadness.One minute you were laughing the next you were crying.Ember we loved him he made us laugh and well as cried also he was the light to the darkness that was his twin Ash.
A well written story that had us engrossed from the very first pages and we fell head over heels in love with each and every character.
Tissues required.
This is such a different style of writing from Rene’ s usual works
A slow emotional build with a hint here and there of darker secrets yet to be revealed.
The smooth flow of the story line allowed me to easily get attached to the characters.
A beautiful romance filled with
Love, loss, and hope
Kat, Ash, and Ember
Three lives forever changed by a flick of the wrist
I’m left speechless..!!! This book was one of her
best to date. I was left feeling literally without words.
I devoured every page wanting more and more.
I loved it beyond words
I loved the raw emotion in this book and the feeling that the author was laying out all these puzzle pieces for me. This book really had me captured trying to figure out everyone’s angles and stories and the pure emotion in this book brought me to my knees.
~REVIEW~
The Quick and Dirty: Kat’s parents died when she was 16. After two years in the system, she has become an escort to try to pay for college. Two of her newest clients, whom she was unaware were brothers, offer to pay for her schooling, essentially saving her from a life of prostitution. She’s suspicious as to their motives, but she could never have imagined what secrets they’re truly hiding from her. Her feelings for one of the brothers complicates things even more when the truth comes to light. She struggles to navigate their relationship through this new information but the tables turn when she has to save him from being consumed by his own darkness as the author delivers a final plot twist that will leave you shocked (and crying!).
I enjoyed the book, though I did find myself confused at certain parts when the author led us to believe there might be a relationship between two other characters – one that did not come to fruition and instead had me feeling really bad for one of the characters. Overall though, it was a good read and I definitely shed a tear or two by the end.
Dani Rene is a new-to-me author whose books I will definitely be checking out again!
** I was graciously offered an ARC of this book in return for a voluntary and honest review.**
Overall: 4/5
Steam: 3/5
Feels:
~QD STORY DETAILS~
Tear jerker: Yes – 1/5
Paranormal/Fantasy: No
Location: Seattle, Washington – USA
Character age range: 18 & mid twenties
Lead: Katerina Nielsen
Love interest(s): Ashton Addington
HEA: Yes
~QD BOOK INFO~
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Audible: No
Series: No – stand alone
~QD~
Sex/kink type: manual, oral, penetrative
Possible triggers: prostitution, death of parents, cancer