Ashes & Grace is a redemptive contemporary novel about grief, faith, hidden wounds, and the quiet ways God rebuilds what life has burned down.

Ellie Grace is a fifty-one-year-old writer, wife, and grandmother living in a small Ohio town- a woman known for her steady faith and gentle wisdom. But behind the public version of her life is a private story marked by loss, unanswered prayers, and a deep awareness of how broken the world can be. When Ellie begins quietly working evenings a t a neighborhood dive bar, she enters a world far removed from church pews and publishing contracts-a place filled with grief, addiction, poverty and people who no longer believe they belong anywhere.

Ashes & Grace explores what it means to shine light in dark spaces without being consumed by them. Set against the backdrop of small-town Appalachia, this novel blends emotional depth, suspense and spiritual honesty to tell a story about courage, quiet heroism, and the grace that rises from ashes.