Serenity Bea – författare

AFTERMATH: LoyaltyThree lives, one journey.In a world broken by a pandemic, survival is simple. Trust no one.Ellen has survived the end of the world by keeping her head down and her heart locked tight. A veterinarian by training, she knows how to tend wounds, but not how to belong. When two battle-hardened brothers force her into a journey she never chose, survival becomes more than a matter of staying alive.Daryl is controlled and dangerous, shaped by a military code that leaves little room for vulnerability. Cole is close to breaking, haunted by a war that won t let him go. Ellen is drawn into the space between them, offering care she fears she isn t strong enough to give and discovering that compassion can be as risky as violence.As they travel across a lawless, fractured America, Ellen is forced to confront what loyalty really costs, and what it means to be needed by people who may never fully let her in. Being drawn to one man risks betraying the other but walking away might destroy them all."e;Serenity Bea weaves characters and emotions with masterful subtlety, drawing readers into a world where loyalty, vulnerability, and unspoken bonds are as gripping as the story itself. Her writing captivated me with its quiet strength, immersing me in lives and landscapes that resonated long after I d finished reading."e;

She built something good from the worst thing she ever did.For twenty years, Tess Callahan has run a foundation for missing children. The reason she started it is something she s never told anyone.When she returns home to be with her dying sister, Rachel, the truth she has carried alone for two decades sits heavier than ever. Because Rachel is running out of time. And some confessions, once made, cannot be unsaid.What would you do with a secret that has shaped your entire life, if the only person it would hurt is already leaving?

Some secrets become part of the furniture.Margaret Finch has spent a lifetime being admired for all the wrong things. The beautiful house. The successful husband. The quiet, dependable life she built and maintained for decades.She has never minded people believing what they wanted.Until now.When Margaret discovers there is still undeveloped film inside Rachel Broderick s old camera, she finds herself pulled back toward a past she has spent years carefully avoiding.As forgotten memories surface and old loyalties are tested, Margaret begins to question whether the things she buried were ever truly gone.Because some photographs capture more than a moment.And some truths wait a lifetime to be heard.Margaret is the third in the Once You d Gone collection. Recommended reading order:Tess, Scott, Margaret, Noah.

"e;A masterclass in slow-burn tension with profound character development."e;— Hopeless Pluto, book bloggerHe knows her secrets. She doesn't know he exists.Disfigured, Ava Sinclair hides behind flawless performance, refusing to be defined by a small-town scandal or the face she barely recognizes in the mirror. Success might buy redemption, but healing from shame is a far harder journey.Her second chance arrives with a revolutionary AI project—technology that could change lives. But the software isn't ready. And neither is the man who built it.Aidan Wolfe never meant to get involved. Hiding behind firewalls and anonymity suits him just fine—until Ava logs in. To preserve the deal, he pretends to be the AI she believes in, just long enough to buy time to fix it.But what starts as a lie becomes an intimacy neither of them expected.Behind the screen, Aidan sees the woman Ava hides from everyone else. And Ava, believing she is talking to something that cannot judge her, begins to reveal the truth she has spent years burying.Then real feelings get tangled in a very real deception.When the truth surfaces, it won't just threaten their reputations. It could destroy the fragile connection they never meant to build.Dear Adam is a slow-burn contemporary romance with literary depth, a guaranteed HEA, and an emotionally intense story about masks, shame, secrets, and the courage it takes to be truly seen.Serenity Bea was longlisted in the 2025 New2theScene International Writing Competition and is a finalist in the 2025 Page Turner Awards.