Be Warned!While the books in the Angel Fire Rock Romance series can be read as standalone novels, Ashes to New is not a HEA. It’s not a romance. It’s a tale of darkness and survival. Recommended Series Reading Order:
Heart’s Insanity (book 1)
Ashes to New (There’s debate as to whether to read this first or after Heart’s Insanity. I recommend reading AFTER Heart’s Insanity, some of my fans … (There’s debate as to whether to read this first or after Heart’s Insanity. I recommend reading AFTER Heart’s Insanity, some of my fans disagree. You be the judge.)
What people are saying:
“Mind blowing! Brilliant! Heart wrenching! Intense!…A brilliantly, beautiful book that will stun, horrify, bring you to tears, experience a feeling of helplessness and yet have hope that things will improve for them.”
“Just Wow…Beyond brilliant. I couldnt put it down…Love can conquer the worst kind of evils.”
Book Description:
Ashes to New is a story about the fiercest kind of love. It’s about enduring. Surviving. And never giving up. Elsbeth and Forest are two teenagers trapped within an abusive foster home. They endure tragedy, but find there is light in the darkest places. With hope is as limitless as the summer sky, all they need is the love of one another to survive.
“You’re beautifully broken. My summer sky. My light in the darkness.”
Elsbeth and Forrest are seventeen-year-old foster children. They met at the age of twelve when they were given into the care of a deranged monster who hides behind the mask of a well respected, philanthropic lawyer.
Trained in total submission, they face unspeakable abuse and cling to one another as their only source of hope. As if things aren’t bad enough, their foster father has several friends who avail themselves of the children as well.
Through it all, Elsbeth clings to a single ray of hope; at eighteen, both she and Forest will no longer be in the foster care system and will be free of their foster father and his vile friends. Keeping hope alive, they struggle to survive and free themselves from degradation and abuse; that is, until “Master John” comes to visit….
***This book is graphic with triggers; it’s not for the faint of heart***
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That was a hard and tragic story. The first half was brutal and gut wrenching. Read the warning, cause it is not for the faint of heart.
What brutality and torture to live through, survive and become the heroine who saved them.
This book explains so much about book 2, you do NOT have to read it first. In fact, I recommend reading 2 before this one. It will give you hope that they can rise above the abuse and survive…. Although even physical wounds may heal, the emotional scars may last forever.
Ashes To New by Ellie Masters is an intro to the Angel Fire Rock Romance Series. This story allows the readers an insight into the characters of Elsbeth and Forrest and the hell they had to endure as these two teenagers formed a bond of love, devotion in order to survive in an abusive foster home under their foster father Preston. Preston abused these two as he has been training them into submission for his own depraved needs as well as selling them out to his friends for their carnal pleasures. Forrest and Elsbeth were torturted, chained, beaten and abused since the age of 12 by this ruthless man only having each other to survive with hopes of one day being free. We are also introduced to sadistic Snowden who was the monster who broke these young people the most, especially Forrest. This story was full of angst, misery and pain as you witness the love Elsbeth and Forrest have for each other, Elsbeth knowing her time with Forrest is ending as Snowden is taking her away, she will do all she can to help Forrest escape the plans Preston has for him as he is left broken, chained and withdraws into a dark place. This strong young woman has designed a plan to end this nightmare for herself and Forrest. You will get a better understanding of how this nightmare shaped Forrest’s future and the demons that will control his fate. With his help he is able to give Elsbeth the life she craved and now they will start anew as Forest and Skye and achieve a life that is full of promise. But will they ever be able to truly forget their past and the one man that tortured them the most? This was an emotional story, Ellie Masters has once again taken her readers into this dark world that was completely engrossing. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced copy of this book.
I’m glad this was a short book, because I don’t know how much more I could take. It’s brutal, but fiction imitating life. Unfortunately, this is probably very close to someone’s biography.
I loved the connection, love and support between Elsbeth and Forest! And I truly enjoyed the ending. Now to d/l the next book in the series!
Ashes to New is a.very dark story.about survival. Bean and Skye went through something so terrible. Broke my heart. This story is not for everyone.
What an emotional story. It is amazing what Elsbeth and Forest endured while under the care of Clark Preston and the foster system. It is sad that money talks. It does end as an HEA, but their story will continue. It is a scary and emotional ride. Enjoy.
Wow this book has some dark and stormy parts. I highly recommend you not to read this if you have triggers or are from a abusive past. This story leaves you hanging though and wanting to know what happens. Ellie mAsters does an amazing job capturing the essence she is going for that abusiveness some kids go through when being in foster care.
I have never been triggered yet so enthralled over a book. This is the past story of Forest and Elsbeth, better known as Bean and Skye from Heart’s Insanity. This novella takes you through their dark, twisted and deranged past. They were foster children forced against their will and abused daily. Sometimes by only one man, sometimes more. The abuse is very detailed and had me wanting to take justice in my own hands. The things they were forced to do would make anyone wish they were dead.
If you are not easily triggered I highly recommend this book. If you are I recommend starting with Hearts Insanity. Ashes To New is not for the faint of heart.
Elsbeth’s and Forest’s home was located at a crossroads where reason fled and insanity took root. Both having lost their parents at a young age were in the foster care system and placed with a monster who had enough money to buy the system and bring hell into these children’s lives.
A dark storyline that will encompass all of your emotions and fortitude. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but Ellie Masters has created such evil, you’ll need to be brave enough to walk through it with her characters in order to reach it. A gripping tale with a continuing plot that leaves you wanting to find out what happens next
Enduring their life is the only way Elsbeth and Forest can survive the horrors visited upon them. They only had each other to depend on. A plan to separate them finally gives Elsbeth the need to end the nightmare. Finally free they start a new life as Skye and Forest Summers.