Amber to Ashes

By: Gail McHugh

Narrated by: Arden Hammersmith

Length: 18 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

From the New York Times best-selling author of Collide and Pulse comes a gritty new novel about a shattered young woman who unexpectedly falls for two best friends.

They were a storm I never saw coming, an unforeseen heartbreak on the edge of a dangerous cliff.

Amber Moretti's life changes in the span of minutes. An orphaned outsider, she is desperate to start fresh the moment she walks onto campus. In the time it takes to cross the university's dining hall, she meets two men who bring color, air, and light to her darkened world.

They became my addiction, each a needle to my next hit, my high.

Brock Cunningham's appeal is dizzying, a potent force Amber can't deny. A green-eyed smooth talker, he instantly attracts Amber. It doesn't take long for him to consume her every thought.

Ryder Ashcroft, a blue-eyed, tattooed, and pierced bad boy, turns Amber off immediately - that is until he kisses her, stealing a piece of her heart.

They were as opposite as fire and ice, yet I ached for them equally.

Never knowing she could be broken down in so many unexpected ways, Amber finds herself falling for both men.

Immoral? Maybe. I say undeniable. Uncontained.

But one devastating event changes everything - and Amber isn't sure she can recover from it.

©2015 Gail McHugh (P)2015 Simon & Schuster

don't waste your time

as good of a story as this was there is no follow up and I've been waiting almost 3 years.... this awesome book leaves the mother load of cliffhangers so don't sign up for the agony

Left us dangling from the Cliff-Help!

Gail McHugh, please, please, I just spent 18 hrs and 13 mins listening, this Cliff Hanging (Not cliff hanger) is almost has painful and addictive as the story line. Can't wait to hear how this story ends or continues.

Unconventional love story to say the least!

I admire the prose Gail McHugh weaves putting her talent down on paper. This story is a love triangle ... but not your typical love triangle. There is darkness in all three characters including the heroine. Somehow McHugh manages to get you to sympathize with all three despite their short comings. Be warned .... there is a cliff hanger which I hope will be resolved in book 2 of the series. I had high hopes it would be a one story event, but not. This story is full of sex, unresolved feelings, friendship and love. Credit worthy, in my opinion.

there is never going to be part 2!!!

I am so passed! I just listened to 18 hours of this story, it took a good 3 hours before it even got interesting and then I got so wrapped up in these 3 people, with their love, their dangerous lives, all the while telling myself, it's ok if part 2 isn't on audible, I'll just read it. so excited to find out what happens, which boy she chooses (wanting it to be Ryder) to find out there is no part 2!! on audible or book form anywhere!! the author has been MIA since 2015, so no one will ever know how this story ends!! so so disappointing!! just saying I wish audible wouldn't even let us purchase a part 1 if we're never going to get part 2

Speechless

This story is definitely an experience, definitely unforgettable and definitely a cliff hanger at the end that will want you wanting more but book 2 still has yet to be released.

There is so much about this story but I don't know what to actually put down. If you are not consumed by it we must have read a different book. Gail McHugh did an amazing job with this.

This is dark, emotional, will take you on twist and turns, The characters are deeply flawed, best friends that are in love with an equally flawed female. Ryder and Brock are both alpha males that are consumed by Amber. Ryder's character is the one that I love the most, Ryder is the tattooed bad boy that steals your breath. The scene when they are all three together was nothing short of amazing the way it is written.

"I fell for the two loves of my life when I was nineteen. Yes, two, plural. More than one. Immoral? Maybe. I say undeniable".

"I need you a hundred times more than I need my next breath, a thousand times more than I need my next heartbeat, and a million times more that I need to wake up to the sun hanging in the sky."

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any additional comments?

LOVED LOVED this book. Narration was awesome, and even though it has a freakin cliffhanger, blah lol, it will be at the top of my list for sure. I used my whole day off from work and listen to it none stop. WELL WORTH THE CREDIT FINALLY..... Cant wait for next book. Its funny, VERY sexy, sad, dramatic, has everything.

When is the next book being released????

Great Book...well written...could not put it down...read in one sitting kind of book! Can't wait for the next book.

Wonderful story

loved it! The story was very detailed and the narrator did a awesome job..Worth the money

Heartachingly fantastic

I can't wait for the next book!!!!!!This was awesome and a lot different than most of what I normally read but so worth it!

cliffhanger ending is an understatement.

The narrator bothered me at the beginning but she got into a rhythm and characters started to sound more normal, and consistent throughout the story.
Really enjoyed the story. Steamy, sexy and. few twists. so bummed it ended so abruptly. even more bummed there is no second book.