An Ember Ridge Novel by Cinquanta Cox-Smith

(serialized audio series)

📍 EMBER RIDGE, NORTH CAROLINA

“Brooklyn in the Mountains” - Where Black Excellence Meets Small-Town Soul

THEME: Some love stories start at five years old—and refuse to quit, no matter how hard life gets.

Tone: Sweet nostalgia with gritty realistic moments, YA energy transitioning to NA (new adult)

TROPES:

• Childhood Friends to Lovers

• Second Chance Romance

• Teen Pregnancy/Bonus Baby

• Right Person, Wrong Time (repeatedly)

• Small Town Black Romance

• Found Family

• Love Conquers All (but it’s MESSY)

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