When fire falls from the sky, only forbidden magic can save the world.

Disgraced Hautreian scholar Lirae knows the truth about the flarelings—spirit-born creatures burning the forests. They aren’t an attack, they’re a warning, and the ritual to send them home has been erased. With the fires spreading, Lirae breaks into a desecrated temple archive, only to find Alaric Verane, the rival who stole her work, destroyed her career, and disappeared.

Now imprisoned, Alaric claims he wants redemption. Lirae wants answers. But the ritual demands the impossible—two scholars bound in perfect magical sync.

Now Lirae has to decide whether to trust him, or let the world burn.

A Kiss Among Ashes is a second-chance romantasy featuring academic rivals to lovers, forbidden magic, and a fusion of power that could save the world—or consume it.

Tropes: academic rivals to lovers • second-chance romance • moral dilemma • forbidden magic • reluctant allies • romance amid catastrophe

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