Roses Are Dead

After a fire kills them all, sixteen-year-old Alexandra, her twin siblings, and the girl she loves are given a choice: stay in the afterlife forever or compete for a second chance at life. To win, they must undo the choices that caused their tragic fate. The catch? Only one of them can return from their grave, and the rest will be erased from existence forever. 

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When Alexandra discovers that the survivor will be the one who fixes the most of their past mistakes, she’s sure there’s already a grave with her name on it. Her temper is flaming hot, and has burned more bridges than she can count. But dying again means losing the chance to redeem herself and prove she’s not the destructive mess her father believes she is. The problem? Her hope is as dead as she is, and winning also means losing her siblings and the love of her life. 

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Angel, the mysterious ruler of the afterlife, sends the teens back to earth one month before the fire. There, the competition begins. The rules seem simple: solve their own murders and reverse the choices that made them go up in flames. But the past is constantly changing. The gaps in Alexandra’s memory suggest history is being tampered with, and the culprit isn’t rewriting it in her favor. If they succeed, she’ll go back to the afterlife for good. 

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To win her life back, Alexandra must keep the fires inside her from burning, while fixing history and stopping the person responsible for changing it. And she can’t do it alone. But trusting the others could be a trap, and one of them may be altering the past to rig the competition. 

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One month. One mystery. One survivor.