Book 1 in the Shadowborn Duet.
Carissa Broadbent returns with a brand-new novel in the Crowns of Nyaxia series, The Songbird & the Heart of Stone, where A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Dante’s Inferno, in an epic fantasy romance of love and treachery between mortals and gods.
Hardback features beautiful case art and a detailed map.
In the descent to the underworld, a bride of the sun must choose between the light of her redemption… or a dark love that defies the gods themselves
Mische lost everything when she was forcibly Turned into a vampire – her home, her humanity, and most devastating of all, the love of the sun god to whom she had devoted her life. Now, sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who Turned her, redemption feels impossible.
But when Mische is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow with a past as brutal as his scars, she’s forced into a mission worse than execution: a journey to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself.
Yet, Mische’s punishment may be the key to her salvation. In a secret meeting, her sun god commands her to help Asar in his mission, only to betray him… by killing the very death god she’ll help resurrect.
Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld, facing trials, beasts, and the vengeful ghosts of their pasts. Yet, most dangerous of all is the alluring call of the darkness – and her forbidden attraction to Asar, a burgeoning bond that risks invoking the wrath of gods.
As her betrayal looms, the underworld closes in and angry gods are growing restless. Mische will be forced to choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.
The Crowns of Nyaxia Reading Order:
The Serpent & The Wings of Night (The Nightborn Duet Book 1)
The Ashes & The Star-Cursed King (The Nightborn Duet Book 2)
The Songbird & The Heart of Stone (The Shadowborn Duet Book 1)
The Fallen & The Kiss of Dusk (The Shadowborn Duet Book 2)
The Lion & The Deathless Dark (The Bloodborn Duet Book 1) - Releasing Aug 2026
Crowns of Nyaxia Standalones:
Six Scorched Roses (Novella)
Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
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