Beneath the Ashes

<p>Beneath the Ashes</p><p>Emma Dawson thought she had her life figured out. A loving mother a devoted wife-until the day she discovered that everything was built on a lie. Her husband the man she trusted with her heart wasn't who he claimed to be. When Detective Ross reveals that the charming Carlos was actually someone else a ruthless man with a deadly past Emma's world shatters. But Carlos's deception is only the beginning.</p><p>Emma isn't the only one hiding secrets. Her mother Martha and her son Jaxon are tangled in their own web of darkness. That fateful night when Carlos vanished-they know the truth the gruesome actions they took to protect Emma from a monster. And Emma? She harbors a secret so dark its revelation could destroy them all.</p><p>As the police close in on Carlos the Dawson family must confront their own buried sins. How far will they go to protect each other? In a world where every truth comes with a cost and every secret could be their undoing the lines between victim and villain blur.</p>