Dedication
For everyone who’s ever loved like there’s no tomorrow— and for those who taught us that sometimes, there isn’t.
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Burning Bright
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Summary
Ember Hayes has one year left to live. At nineteen, she should be planning her future. Instead, she’s learning how to say goodbye to it. When her three childhood best friends discover her secret, they make a promise: one last perfect year. No hospitals. No pity. Just living boldly, recklessly, and without regret. Caspian, the dreamer who still believes in magic. Declan, the quiet artist drawn to broken things. Wolf, the thrill-seeker running from his own past. What begins as a goodbye turns into something far more dangerous, a love none of them were meant to share. Ember isn’t supposed to fall for all three. They aren’t supposed to fall for someone they’re destined to lose. But if time is running out, Ember chooses to burn bright instead of fade away. A heartbreaking contemporary romance about first love, last chances, and living fearlessly even when the ending is inevitable.
- 1Dedication
- 2Authors Note
- 3Chapter One: The Secret’s Out
- 4Chapter Two: The Promise
- 5Chapter Three: The First Date
- 6Chapter Four: Learning to Breathe
- 7Chapter Five: Breaking and Entering
- 8Chapter Six: The Weight of Tomorrow
- 9Chapter Seven: Facing the Music
- 10Chapter Eight: First Party
- 11Chapter Nine: Skin and Canvas
- 12Chapter Ten: Checking Boxes
- 13Chapter Eleven: The Fall
- 14Chapter Twelve: The Cost of Flying
- 15Chapter Thirteen: Words for After
- 16Chapter Fourteen: Into the Wild
- 17Chapter Fifteen: Alive in the Cold
- 18Chapter Sixteen: Coming Down
- 19Chapter Seventeen: Permanent Marks
- 20Chapter Eighteen: The Gallery of Us
- 21Chapter Nineteen: When the Light Dims
- 22Chapter Twenty: The In-Between
- 23Chapter Twenty One: After the Light
- 24Chapter Twenty Two: The Weight of Days
- 25Chapter Twenty Three: Small Victories
- 26Chapter Twenty Four: Fading Light
- 27Chapter Twenty Five: Midnight
- 28Chapter Twenty Six: After Midnight
- 29Chapter Twenty Seven: The In-Between Days
- 30Chapter Twenty Eight: Holding On
- 31Chapter Twenty Nine: The Last Light
- 32Chapter Thirty: Ember
- 33Chapter Thirty One: One Year Later
- 34Chapter Thirty Two: Phoenix Rising
- 35Chapter Thirty Three: Light and Shadow
- 36Chapter Thirty Four: A Mother’s Heart
- 37Chapter Thirty Five: Still Burning
- 38Authors Note
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