Coming Winter 2026
After Dark
He spent his life being seen. Now he’s learning to live in the dark.
Silas Hart has survived fame, secrets, and the storm that nearly cost him everything. As the future he planned slips further from reach, he’s forced to confront a life he never wanted—and a woman he can no longer imagine living without.
Rowan Skye has spent years proving she can survive alone. Loving Silas changed that. But loving someone and building a life with them are two very different things.
Together, they face an uncertain future shaped by fame, fear, and the fragile promise of a second chance.
He’s learning how to let go of who he used to be.
She’s learning that love doesn’t mean surrendering herself.
And neither of them is prepared for what comes after the dark.
Characters
Rowan Skye
Rowan Skye doesn’t do feelings. Or standing still long enough to let anyone close. A yachtswoman by trade and a runner by instinct, she’s built her life around isolation and tidal charts—sailing solo, keeping to herself, and slipping away before anyone thinks to ask why she’s alone.
She’s sharp, sarcastic, and unapologetically private. The kind of woman who fixes her own engine, sets her own broken ribs, and walks away from anything that threatens to matter too much.
People call her guarded. She calls it freedom. When Silas Hart crashes into her quiet world, all swagger, spotlight, and emotional chaos, she wants nothing to do with him. They’re two storms on a collision course. But beneath the friction, something deeper stirs. Because for all her fierce independence, Rowan is still afraid of one thing: being left behind.
But out at sea, there’s nowhere to hide. And when the waves threaten to overwhelm her, it’s not the lifeline that matters most—it’s who’s still standing beside her when the wind dies down.
Favorite Book: Sail Away
Personal Motto: “It’s not the current you have to look out for. It’s what lies beneath.”
Favorite Food: Salted caramel anything—because it reminds her of the ocean.
Silas Hart
Silas Hart was born into chaos and raised on secrets. A rockstar by twenty, he became a household name by twenty-five. On stage, he’s fire and thunder—magnetic yet untouchable, a force people orbit without ever getting close. Offstage, he’s the eye of the storm—calm on the outside, screaming underneath.
He’s not afraid of fame… he forged his name in it. But fame demands exposure, and exposure makes him vulnerable. So he keeps people guessing, hiding behind swagger and sarcasm, letting the spotlight shield the man underneath: a man whose world is going dark in more ways than one.
Then he meets someone who doesn’t care about fame. Who catches the signal flare before it burns out. And that scares him most. Because Silas has built a life on being visible and doesn’t know who he is when he’s not performing.
Or how to exist if he can’t be seen.
Favorite Book: Dear Adam
Personal Motto: “If I’m going down, I’m going loud.”
Favorite Food: Hotdogs—preferably from a street vendor.
About Serenity Bea
Serenity Bea writes emotionally charged, psychologically rich stories that explore the quiet complexities of human connection. Her characters are flawed and painfully real, often grappling with identity, morality, and the invisible forces that shape their lives.
Serenity’s writing is intended to spark conversations, question assumptions and to provide the reader with the opportunity for meaningful reflection that can shift perspectives.
Her debut novel Aftermath made the Top 15 in the 2025 international New2theScene writing competition, marking her as a fresh voice to watch in literary fiction. Her work blends immersive storytelling with thoughtful social commentary, creating narratives that not only resonate, but challenge.
Drawing on her degree in Applied Psychology, she brings sharp, compassionate insight to her writing—unearthing the hidden fears, longings, and misbeliefs that drive her characters’ decisions.
When she’s not torturing fictional characters in emotionally complex ways, she’s likely listening to Hans Zimmer and sipping a margarita.
She has incurable insomnia, a cat who thinks he's her co-writer, and a dog who's convinced he should be.