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As All Our Fires Burn
2018
First Published
4.19
Average Rating
405
Number of Pages

A stand-alone novel, and the third installment in the Elemental series of romances set in Japan. On the one-year anniversary of her son’s death, Sayuri finds herself on a subway station platform, and she doesn’t know how she got there. Neither does Miwa, the station employee who has one eye on the lost and weary woman the moment their paths cross. All it takes is one precarious step, and both Sayuri and Miwa are enveloped in a whirlwind relationship that brings them closer to the edge than ever before. For schoolteacher Sayuri, that means letting go of the life that is no longer hers to claim. For train enthusiast Miwa, it’s realizing that there is more to human existence than isolation and struggling to get by. Every time they think about one another, a spark is ignited. Every time they speak, kindling is thrown into the flame. And every time they touch, the fire grows hotter. Imagine what a single kiss contains. AS ALL OUR FIRES BURN is a standalone romance. It contains themes of losing a child (before the start of the story,) and depression.

Avg Rating
4.19
Number of Ratings
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Author

Hildred Billings
Hildred Billings
Author · 64 books

Hildred Billings is a Japanese and Religious Studies graduate who has spent her entire life knowing she would write for a living someday. She has lived in Japan multiple times in multiple locations, from the heights of the Japanese alps to the hectic Tokyo suburbs, with a life in Shikoku somewhere in there too. Currently, Hildred lives in Oregon with her partner and two cats. When she's not commandeering the corner of the neighborhood coffee shop on hours on end (it's okay, she's on a first-name basis with the baristas) she's probably parked on the couch watching Bob's Burgers or screaming at a Zelda game. (Seriously, Link, why don't you move right?) Newsletter: http://bit.ly/3rgEzLz Facebook: https://bit.ly/3c7Lcf4 Instagram: https://bit.ly/3vPLpvd Bookbub: http://bit.ly/3lDutn5 Twitter: @hildred

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