Sarah Markel

Aspen's Blaise Sarah Markel

Life as a newlywed is wonderful. Everything is exciting and new, and finding your rhythm is part of the fun. For Aspen and Lorelei Blaise, however, finding that rhythm might be easier said than done. Lorelei is a twenty-something firefighter who puts everything she is into the service of her community. Far older than her years due to her upbringing, Lorelei sees the world much differently than most people her age. Aspen is an eighteen-year-old cheerleader who is just entering the final year of her high school career. A volunteer firefighter since her eighteenth birthday, Aspen is eager and excited to have her wife at her side as she journeys into adulthood. But that journey is about to become treacherous. Juggling high school, cheerleading, marriage, and firefighting aren't easy for Aspen, and when her grades begin to suffer, things start to get tense. She learns the hard way that adulthood and married life aren't as easy as she expected. Just as things are starting to look up for the determined young woman, Lorelei is summoned to assist with a wildfire in California and life takes a heartbreaking turn. Will Lorelei be able to keep the promise she made to watch her young wife graduate high school? Or will fate succeed in extinguishing Aspen's Blaise?