Solace and Ruin

by Stacy Rush

Forbidden was only the beginning…

I lost everything—my parents, my home, my future—until survival was all I had left. Finding enough food to fill my belly was the best I could hope for now.

Then he came into my life, saving me in more ways than one.

He wasn’t a stranger or the hero he pretended to be. He was someone from my past and knew who I was as soon as I gave him my name. He chose to keep the truth hidden, and that stung more than any of the losses I’ve experienced. The hope he had given was just a lie.

By the time I learned who he really was, I’d already crossed a line I couldn’t undo.

Wanting him was forbidden.

Loving him was worse.

The age gap. The secrets. The life I was still clinging to—none of it mattered once my heart betrayed me.

Now I don’t know what hurts more: the truth he kept from me, or walking away from the one thing that made me believe in hope again.

He may have been my hero, but some betrayals can't be forgotten.

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Expected publication June 30, 2026

About the author

Stacy Rush resides in Central Iowa with her husband. She started writing in 2017 and self-published her first book in 2018. Since then, Stacy has self-published over 20 titles on Amazon and has written two series and one standalone, with another in progress on the iReader app. She is currently in the middle of writing a 5-book Dark Urban Romance series. Stacy’s title, Twisted Hunger, has recently won an award in Contemporary Fiction, General Fiction, and New Adult Fiction, with it being a Finalist in the Romance and Book Cover categories at the Literary Global Awards. Stacy has also recently put out her first audiobook with Saints and Sinners, a dark and very spicy academia romance. Follow Stacy Rush on her media pages to find out what’s next on the writing block and what upcoming signing events she will be attending.