His Last Kiss

Previously published as a closed-door edition Finding Jo by Warmath, J. A. (AUTHOR).

The empire survived.
But so did the fire.

Jo:
For eleven years, I convinced myself leaving
Maddox McKenzie was an act of love.
I buried the truth.
I buried my name.
I buried the girl he loved.
But I could never truly bury the boy who made me feel safe.
Then Maddox found me.
And uncovered the Ember I'd hoped had burned itself out.
The walls I've spent eleven years building are starting to burn,
and the truth waiting behind them threatens to consume us both.
I thought I was giving him back the future he was destined for.
I never imagined that leaving him alone would be the very thing destroying him.

Maddox:
I spent over a decade believing the girl I loved didn't love me back.
I turned the world over to find her.
Then-I did.
But she wasn't Ember anymore.
She looked like the girl I thought had abandoned me.
But the scars Jo carries tell the story of a life I wasn't there to protect her from.
She's stronger in some ways.
More guarded in others.
And still more broken than I ever imagined.
Every answer she gives only leaves me with more impossible questions.
I can't change the past.
But I can stand between her and the damage it left behind.
One thing is certain-
I'll burn the world down for a future with her.
Fire destroyed us once.
This time, we'll let it forge us instead.

His Last Kiss is Book Two and the conclusion of the duet.

Content Warning:
This novel explores the lasting effects of trauma and contains references to and depictions of sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence, pregnancy and infant loss, grief, PTSD, dissociation, panic responses, emotional distress, physical assault resulting in serious injury, explicit sexual content, and strong language.

This book concludes the romantic arc with a guaranteed HEA.

Please read with care.