Release Date: March 22, 2016
Genre: YA paranormal
Tagline: Can history repeat itself if you can’t remember your past?
Seventeen-year-old Cara Tillman’s worst nightmare has come true…
She’s been reborn as a Phoenix and has forgotten everything from her first life—including Logan Schmidt.
He’s handsome and protective, but with no recollection, he can’t be trusted.
Accused of being a Hunter, Logan’s mortality is put to the test…
Logan isn’t willing to admit he and Cara are over—not even after he watches her rise from her own
ashes.
While the other Phoenixes are convinced Logan is a sworn enemy, a group of deadly Hunters are sure he is a
Phoenix. Only being guilty of loving Cara, he must prove them all wrong—and convince Cara she loves
him.
However, a magical link may be the demise of Logan’s devotion…
With the Hunters hot on their heels, it’s up to Logan to save Cara. But when the dagger calls out, Logan is
drawn to its power.
Cara’s missing memories may not be the only obstacle standing between her and Logan. Their relationship
isn’t just complicated—it’s deadly. And when Cara finds herself at a crossroad, she is forced to
choose…
She can plunge into the darkness of her treacherous fate, or use her Phoenix instincts to once again rise
Out of The Ashes.
EXCERPT
Within minutes, everyone is yelling. It feels like it’s all my fault. If only I could remember what happened at
the school. Before I woke up in Logan’s arms, all that’s there is a vague memory of Mom, Jeremy, and the
other Phoenixes. No actual memories. Only names and faces.
“We all need to calm down,” Linette says, taking a seat on the couch. “Yelling isn’t going to solve anything.
We can’t even hear each other.”
“She’s right.” Mom pats my head like I’m a toddler. I guess I am in this life, but I’m still physically
seventeen.
I step away, not wanting to touch anyone right now. I know she’s my mom, but she’s just as much a stranger
to me as this Logan guy is. He said he loves me. Is that true? Or is he another Hunter, preying on me because
I’m a newborn Phoenix? So many questions. That’s all I have, and it’s making my head hurt.
Logan scans the room. “Is anybody going to let me tell you what happened?”
Garret is standing at his side, apparently not willing to let Logan get more than two feet away from him. “I’m
sure that would be very entertaining,” Garret says.
“Let him talk.” The words come tumbling out of my mouth. Everyone turns to me, and one corner of
Logan’s mouth curves up. I look away, not sure how to act around him. Hell, I don’t know how to act at all.
Thank God we only forget everything after our first rebirth because I couldn’t take going through this three
more times before I die. If a Hunter doesn’t kill me before I live all five of my lives, that is.
Mom reaches for me, but I take a deep breath and shake my head. “I’m fine. I want to hear what Logan has
to say. He was there with me. He didn’t hurt me when I woke up in his arms, so I think I owe it to him to
hear him out.”
6 Out of the Ashes by Kelly Hashway | Sizzling PR
“You don’t owe anything to a Hunter, Cara,” Garret spits out.
Mom shoots him a look. “Garret, that isn’t helping.”
Logan starts toward me, and Garret grabs him.
“What do you think I’m going to do?” Logan asks, sounding equally frustrated and heartbroken. “I’m
handcuffed, my palms are burned to crisps, and the last time I checked, I’m the only human in a room full of
Phoenixes.”
Part of me wants to laugh because it sounds crazy, but so does burning to ashes and rising up out of them.
Yet, here I am.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kelly Hashway grew up reading R.L. Stein’s Fear Street novels and writing stories of her own, so it was no
surprise to her family when she majored in English and later obtained a masters degree in English Secondary
Education from East Stroudsburg University. After teaching middle school language arts for seven years,
Hashway went back to school and focused specifically on writing. She is now the author of three young adult
series, one middle grade series, and several picture books. She also writes contemporary romance under the
pen name Ashelyn Drake. When she isn’t writing, Hashway works as a freelance editor for small presses as
well as for her own list of clients. In her spare time, she enjoys running, traveling, and volunteering with the
PTO. Hashway currently resides in Pennsylvania with her husband, daughter, and two pets.
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