title: Out Of The Ashes: An Ashes Novel (The Ashes Series)
author:  Diana Gardin 
description: Diana Gardin was born and raised combing the coasts of Southeastern Virginia. She is now a happy resident of South Carolina, as she married into an enormous Carolina-born-and-raised family. She loves the beach, is a voracious reader, and is a lover of wine. While writing has always been a passion of Dianas she received an undergraduate degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and a Masters degree in Elementary Education. A former second and third grade teacher, she is now the mom to two amazing kids and loves being a writer full-time. Diana is the author of The Ashes Series, The Nelson Island Series, The Battle Scars series, all available now, and the upcoming Night Eagle Security Series which is coming in April of 2017.
zlib_text: THE ASHES SERIES BOOK 1:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  OUT OF THE ASHES
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Diana Gardin
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  COPYRIGHT © 2013 BY DIANA GARDIN
  
  
  All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or
  used in any manner whatsoever without the expressed written consent of the
  author except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published at Smashwords
  
  
  Cover Art designed by Jimmy Gibbs of OctagonLab Editing completed by Katrina
  O’Brien
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To anyone who ever needed a second chance…and got one.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Prologue
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter One
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter Two
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter Three
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter Four
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter Five
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter Six
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter Seven
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter Eight
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter Nine
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter Ten
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter Eleven
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter Twelve
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter Thirteen
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter Fourteen
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter Fifteen
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapter Sixteen
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Chapter Seventeen
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Chapt