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Valerie’s Substack · Aug 20, 2026

A Prophecy. A Queen. A Firefighter Who Chose Love Over a Throne.

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Valerie Twombly · Valerie’s Substack

Hello!

What if you discovered you weren’t just special—you were prophesied? In Ashes to Flames, the fourth Sparks of Desire novel, a romance novelist hiding silver scales under her sleeves falls for the one man who sees past the prophecy to the woman underneath—a divorced firefighter with a ten-year-old daughter and zero tolerance for lies.

A Father Who Stopped Believing…

Reese Durham knows what betrayal tastes like—it tastes like coming home early and finding your wife in your brother’s arms. The green-eyed firefighter rebuilt his life one shift at a time, pouring every ounce of love into his daughter Emma. He doesn’t trust easy. He doesn’t love easy. Then Brooke walked into his world, set it on fire, and vanished without explanation. Now she’s back in Kirkwood. She’s terrified of something she won’t name. And Reese is about to discover that the woman who ran from him is carrying a secret that will reshape everything he thought he knew.

A Queen Who Wanted to Be Ordinary…

Brooke writes paranormal romance novels under a pen name because it’s easier to create fictional love stories than face her own. She’s a halfling—half human, half dragon—who’s been hiding a transformation that shouldn’t be possible: silver scales spreading across her skin, power surging through blood that was never supposed to shift. She is the Silver Dragon. The prophesied queen whose birth was foretold nine thousand years ago. But Brooke doesn’t want a throne. She wants Reese. She wants his daughter to call her by name. She wants to be the woman in his kitchen, not the queen on a pedestal.

When Prophecy and Love Collide…

Brooke’s betrothed, a controlling dragon named Ronan, sees her as a prize—not a person. He locks her in a dungeon to force a mating. Reese fights through an army of shifters to free her. When a ten-year-old girl asks if she’s really a princess, the answer changes everything. This is a story where arranged matings meet chosen love, where a firefighter’s steady hands are worth more than a kingdom, and where a queen’s first law is simple: love isn’t arranged. It’s earned.

If you love single-dad heroes, heroines discovering their power, and the kind of romance that makes ancient prophecies feel personal, Ashes to Flames will sweep you off your feet. Reese didn’t know anything about silver dragons or nine-thousand-year-old scrolls. He just knew Brooke was shaking and he wasn’t going to let go.

Grab your copy of Ashes to Flames and meet the queen who chose a firefighter over a throne!

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Happy reading!

Valerie

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