4.4 (114 ratings)

Ashes, Ashes (Damnation's Creed: Book 1)

Name: Ashes, Ashes (Damnation's Creed: Book 1)
Rating: 4.4 (114 reviews)
Author: Aria Devereux
ISBN: B0DZW1PMSR

by Aria Devereux

demons

About this book

My life has never been mine. Not really.

Every step I’ve taken, every choice I’ve made—it was never about what I wanted. It was a script written before I even knew how to speak, a path paved in expectation and legacy. The right schools, the right friends, the right future. A cage dressed up as extravagant wealth . I’ve spent years suffocating under the weight of it, trapped in a life that’s been decided for me.

Enter Jaxon Knox, tearing through the carefully constructed walls of my world as if he was always meant to.

And he’s not alone.

His brothers follow.

Kaios Knox and Nyx Leone, shadow and fire, unmaking everything I thought I was certain of. With them, nothing is simple. The lines blur—between safety and danger, right and wrong, freedom and control.

Because resisting them feels like a battle I’m already losing. They look at me as if I belong to them—as if I was always theirs. Something dark and reckless inside me screams to surrender.

And maybe….I want to.

I should run. I should fight harder to hold onto the life I understand. But the more the truth finds its way to the light, the more I realize I never understood anything at all.

And that might be the most dangerous truth of all.

Publication Date: May 25, 2026
ASIN: B0DZW1PMSR

Reader Reviews

Free My Man Cain!!

November 14, 2025

Ashes, Ashes set my nerves on fire and then danced in the wreckage. This book is pure temptation, tangled up in sin and high fashion designer everything. Aria, babes, I'm so proud of the story you've written!! It's a masterpiece just like you!! Naomi has spent her whole life following someone else’s script for perfection. But the way she shows her strength after trauma makes her one badass biatch!! Then Jaxon, Kaios, and Nyx crash through everything she thought she knew that was cradled in her...

A Dark, Twisty, “WTF Just Happened” Kind of Addictive

November 17, 2025

From page one, I was HOOKED! This story takes you places you absolutely do not expect, and by the final chapter I was sitting there whispering “WTF?!” and flipping back through pages like maybe I missed something. Poor Naomi has endured so much, constantly feeling like she has to smile through pain, and this book peels back every layer she’s been hiding. Watching her collide with Jaxon, Nyx, and Kaios. Each damaged, each dangerous, and each bringing something she didn’t even realize she needed,...

A must read

February 15, 2026

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I LOVE the way Aria writes. The way she story tells is so beautiful and everything flows so smoothly. Ashes, Ashes is for the oldest daughters, the strong and resilient ones. I felt so much of myself in this story. The way that Aria’s words have the ability to make me feel every single emotion while reading. It’s magical and I love when that happens. Ashes, Ashes was a ride and I am SAT for what’s to come. That cliffhanger? WHEW. The whole time I was...

Ashes, Ashes

December 9, 2025

3/5 ⭐️ 2/5 🌶️ Supernatural Why Choose Slow Burn Secret Society Demon Possession Human Sacrifice This takes place in a dark supernatural world that overlaps with the real world. Money and secrets behind the scenes run everything. It feels very mafia. Naomi is from a wealthy family, but her parents and three brothers have managed to shelter her from the supernatural world. The book starts with Naomi being kidnapped, and the flashing forward several years with no answers as to what happened and...

WHERES BOOK 2

December 1, 2025

Omggggg that ENDINGGGGG! Don't worry I'm on my way to annoy Aria until she gives us book 2 because I need it NOW!! Ahhhhh this book was deliciously good! It was a slow burn, but in the best way! Aria's writing is perfectly descriptive and so beautiful, it feels poetic. I could feel the heat and temptation coming off of the pages! I absolutely loved all of the MCs! Naomi and Aisha's relationship was everything I want in a best friend! I adored it. The feisty, fiery flirting was top tier! The...