Paradise gave them a second chance. Now it’s asking what they’ll do with it.

Ash traded San Francisco tech life for a small-town coffee shop, hard-won financial freedom, and Kael Wright, the artist who set all his tidy plans on fire.

Kael finally has room to imagine a future on his own terms, but building one with Ash means confronting everything he’s spent his life trying not to need: stability, family, and the plans people say are needed to get them.

Falling in love was the easy part. Building a life together in Paradise is harder. First, a loaded gift from Ash’s mom forces them to confront what they want from marriage, family, and the future. Then their shop is vandalized, and the fight over the town’s recovery turns personal.

With their livelihood under attack and their future pulling in different directions, Ash and Kael must decide what they’re really building together: a bank account, a community landmark, or a home.

Life After FIRE is the sequel to FIRE on Fire, continuing Ash and Kael’s story in a small-town M/M romance where love is certain, but building a life strong enough to hold it is anything but.