City Of Ashes Novels & Stories

Celeste Harrington has lived her life as a ghost in her own family, hidden and humiliated while her half-sister basks in wealth and admiration. Forced to work as a maid in the Harrington luxury empire, she quietly gathers the family’s darkest secrets, waiting for the day she can strike back. That day comes when billionaire Damien Chen, known as “The Executioner,” saves the collapsing Harrington empire with one shocking condition—he demands to marry the family’s hidden firstborn daughter, Celeste. Thrown into a cold marriage built on power and revenge, Celeste discovers Damien has his own agenda to destroy her family. But as they form a dangerous alliance, hatred turns into trust, and control turns into obsession. When buried truths about her mother’s death resurface, Celeste is pushed into a final war against her bloodline. In a world of betrayal, power, and lies, she rises from the ashes to become the empire’s greatest downfall and rebirth.

"Two hundred pieces of gold." I whipped my head in the direction of the voice. It was sexy and authoritative. "No. Make it three hundred pieces of gold. I want that woman." The crowd gasped. My eyes frantically looked for that person and came face to face with a man whose hair reminded me of the ashes after burning the wood. His gray eyes bore into mine. 'Mine,' my wolf uttered. "Going once. Twice. Thrice. Sold!" Master Henderson was all smiles. "The item goes to His Majesty King Elio. You will never regret it, Your Majesty." King Elio? I knew that name. The Lycan King was my mate? ------------------------------- Flora was desperate to look for Sabrina, her sister who was suddenly missing five years ago. She believed it had something to do with the Lycan King. 'Cause why not? Their cruel custom of selling or killing unmated she-wolves every five years started because of the Lycan King.

"Love was never part of the equation, sunshine," he whispered, his words a cold blade to my heart, shattering the fragile hope I'd clung to. Rory's life was reduced to ashes the day she discovered her wolf was a myth, a cruel fate that severed her connection to the world she once knew. No bonding, no mating, no purpose. But fate has other plans. As her father's pawn in a game of power, she's traded from one nightmare to another. Yet, her new captor, Orion, might not be the monster she expects. Driven by vengeance and a desperate bid to reclaim his pack, Orion's arranged to marry the enemy's daughter, intent on breaking her spirit as his own was shattered. But as the lines between love and hate blur, he'll face an impossible choice: sacrifice his pack or surrender to his forbidden desire. When darkness meets sunshine, will it be a salvation or a cruel fate awaiting?

"Amber, please...save me." "What happened?!" A pause. Then finally, the revelation. "I killed someone." No..... ---- Amber Banks is a down to earth and hardworking young woman. Being orphaned from a young age, she works tirelessly, holding down three to four jobs a day just to support her only brother's education. She loves him dearly. One day, brother gets into trouble. Deep trouble and Amber's life comes crashing down. Her brother faces a lifetime in jail and the only way for her to save him is to steal confidential data from the CEO of Virtuex, Fabian Williams himself and hand them over to his rival company, She works her way into his life, playing the role of a temptress but in the process of spying, she finds herself falling in love with him. Will Amber betray Fabian in the end? Will Fabian find out who she truly is? Will love prevail or will it burn to ashes, never to be seen again?

She gave everything to her family, her dreams, her hardwork, her dedication and in return she was signed off for marriage to a stranger without her knowledge. Racheal Knight was forced into a loveless marriage for the sake of a corporate merger. To her husband, Axel Alistair, CEO of Ace Group, she was just a contract until she finally walked away with nothing but the child he never knew existed. She struggled to meet her needs and rising from the ashes wasn’t easy. She was homeless, jobless, and pregnant, facing a world determined to see her fail. Until a chance encounter with a mysterious artist who changed her life forever. When she’s building a new future with her son, Axel comes crashing back into her life, begging for a second chance. Will she let the man who broke her and tried to ruin her back in? Or will she take her revenge by breaking him in a way that he would never see coming?

Vampire Selina, after avenging her brother's murder, slept for five hundred years, after which she was forced to wake up by a strange scent. Just woke up from a long sleep, she was forced to sign a blood contract by a human girl - Oralie Langley. Oralie promises that after Selina helps her get revenge, she will forcefully break the contract, volunteering to turn to ashes and set Selina free. Selina is convinced, reluctantly along with this lowly human to go through the conspiracies and engage in danger. Oralie - A human girl who is warm, gentle, and sincere, like a little sun. And a vampire as hungry for warmth as Selina fell in love with that girl. But this little sun, not as bright as it seems… After all, who is Oralie? What is her true identity? And her true purpose, is it as simple as she says it is? Stripping away this beautiful skin, what does Oralie have left? Is it a corrupt conspiracy, or a dirty truth?

Betrayed, discarded, and left to die, Leonard’s life ended in despair. But fate granted him a second chance—reborn half a month before the city succumbed to toxic smog and chaos. Armed with knowledge of the future and a burning desire for revenge, he quietly amassed wealth, secured resources, and positioned himself as an invisible force controlling the city’s survival. Meanwhile, the family that once rejected him begins to notice the young man they thought powerless. Survival is no longer enough—Leonard is ready to claim power, exact revenge, and bend the world to his will.

The city sleeps under his dominion. He stands at the top of his tower, watching the skyline he built on corpses and contracts. A power play gone wrong leaves blood on his hands and a name on his conscience—the woman he was never meant to see again. Below, she moves through the city unseen, carrying evidence that ties him to a crime buried a decade deep. Their collision begins not with love, but exposure. She’s the variable that can end him—or save him from what he’s become.

Veronica was a rich city girl until her parents forced her to live in a town close to the edge of the Lagos city boarder after a mental episode. There she met Grace, a fellow high school girl in dire search of some excitement before graduation. Grace saw Veronica as means of getting that excitement. Little did she know that it would pull her and her friends into a world filled secrets and horror. Secrets would be revealed, some would be buried and friendships would be tested as they try to navigate their new life, one case at a time!

She's broken. The father she loved and the city she calls home broke her and there are no pills or injections that can heal her. Her blood calls for blood. Her abusive father had paid for it first and it cost him his life. It's Brakstone City's turn. Revenge has never been this bloody sweet. ••• READERS SHOULD BE 18 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE • STRONG LANGUAGE • MATURE SEXUAL CONTENT •GORE SCENES AHEAD READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!