From the New York Times bestselling author Carissa Broadbent comes The Ashes & the Star-Cursed
King the gutting second installment of the Crowns of Nyaxia series full of heartbreak
redemption blood intrigue and heart-pounding action. Love is a sacrifice at the altar of
power. In the wake of the Kejari everything Oraya once thought to be true has been
destroyed. A prisoner in her own kingdom grieving the only family she ever had and reeling
from a gutting betrayal she no longer even knows the truth of her own blood. She's left only
with one certainty: she cannot trust anyone least of all Raihn. Raihn's own nobles are none
too eager to accept a Turned king especially one who was once a slave. And the House of Blood
digs their claws into the kingdom threatening to tear it apart from the inside. When Raihn
offers Oraya a secret alliance taking the deal is her only chance at reclaiming her
kingdom-and gaining her vengeance against the lover who betrayed her. But to do so she'll need
to harness a devastating ancient power intertwined with her father's greatest secrets. But
with enemies closing in on all sides nothing is as it seems. As she unravels her past and
faces her future Oraya finds herself forced to choose between the bloody reality of seizing
power-and the devastating love that could be her downfall. Crowns of Nyaxia Reading Order:
The Serpent & the Wings of Night The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King The Songbird & the Heart of
Stone Crowns of Nyaxia Standalones Six Scorched Roses (short novel) Slaying the Vampire
Conqueror
