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Ember Roots: Every Ember Begins in the Roots
Paperback
Publisher Price: $38.20
Publisher: She Rises Studios Publishing
Published: Jul 13 2026
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
She never left. Until staying gave her no place to stay.
Sophie Wells never left the small town she grew up in, spending the early part of her life caring for her mother, within a rhythm shaped by responsibility, routine, and quiet sacrifice.
When her mother dies, that structure disappears overnight. In its place: stillness, unanswered questions, and a truth her father has kept hidden for years. A single revelation fractures everything Sophie believed about her origins.
Forced to confront what no longer holds, Sophie is drawn into a search she can no longer avoid.
Sophie leaves the life she has always known and steps into something unfamiliar. Alongside Claire, an unexpected ally whose steady support helps her navigate a life no longer defined by what she has always accepted.
She meets Callum, a man whose presence feels unexpectedly steady. With him, she feels seen in a way that is unfamiliar and quietly disarming, threaded with a pull she cannot fully explain, as though something beneath the surface has already recognized her.
What begins as coincidence draws her further into something she can no longer ignore.
As past and present begin to blur, Sophie is drawn back into the complexities of her relationship with her parents, where long-held assumptions begin to unravel. A posthumous letter shifts everything once more, offering not answers, but a thread she cannot ignore. One that leads her toward a deeper understanding of family, forgiveness, and the ties that endure.
Ember Roots is an introspective novel about emotional inheritance, the cost of silence, and the quiet courage required to reclaim one's voice. Rich in emotional nuance and restraint, it speaks to readers drawn to layered relationships, inner transformation, and the unseen forces that shape who we become
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