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I've been concerning teachers and parents with mercilessly grim tales since I was roughly nine years old. Since then, my stories have gotten (slightly) less depressing and (hopefully a lot?) more readable. Today, I write fantasy novels with a heaping dose of badass ladies and a big pinch of romance.

When I'm not writing, I'm working at my day job in cybersecurity marketing, watching too many movies, or drawing. I live with my fiance, one very well behaved rabbit, one very poorly behaved rabbit, and one perpetually skeptical cat in Rhode Island. ...more

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	The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 355,156 ratings — published 2022 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King (Crowns of Nyaxia, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 207,963 ratings — published 2023 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughter of No Worlds (The War of Lost Hearts, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 95,930 ratings — published 2020 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Six Scorched Roses (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1.5) 4.26 avg rating — 72,329 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of Fallen Gods (The War of Lost Hearts, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 42,533 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mother of Death & Dawn (The War of Lost Hearts, #3) 4.39 avg rating — 33,873 ratings — published 2022 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slaying the Vampire Conqueror 4.10 avg rating — 20,631 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ashen Son (The War of Lost Hearts, #0.5) 3.59 avg rating — 1,389 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Songbird & the Heart of Stone (Crowns of Nyaxia, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 246 ratings — expected publication 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Palace Fractured (The Valtain Preludes, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Need a recap of Daughter of No Worlds and Children of Fallen Gods before the finale of the series? I got you covered.

Hey friends! I am so incredibly excited that Mother of Death and Dawn is so close to release! A few readers have reached out wondering if there's a spoiler-y recap of the previous two books in the series so they can refresh their memories ahead of Mother of Death and Dawn, so I decided to put some together.

These are a bit long and rambly, as apparently a lot happens in these books and/or I'm awful Read more of this blog post »

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3.95 avg rating — 232 ratings

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Carissa Broadbent rated a book it was amazing Bespelled (Bewitched #2) by Laura Thalassa (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carissa Broadbent rated a book it was amazing Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carissa Broadbent rated a book it was amazing Animal Wife: Stories by Lara Ehrlich (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carissa Broadbent rated a book it was amazing The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carissa Broadbent rated a book it was amazing Empire of the Vampire (Empire of the Vampire, #1) by Jay Kristoff (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carissa Broadbent rated a book it was amazing The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1) by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carissa Broadbent rated a book it was amazing The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1) by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I would beg,” he murmured. “For you, I would. You have fucking destroyed me, Oraya. Do you know that?”
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“Death isn’t frightening when weighed against an insignificant existence.”
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“Men want power because it makes them feel good. Women want power because it lets us do things.”
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