The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

The Crowns of Nyaxia series is envisioned as a six-book romantasy saga structured into three interconnected duologies. Each duology focuses on a different vampire house, weaving together individual storylines that ultimately build toward a larger narrative. The series’ overarching cosmology features a group of gods collectively known as the White Pantheon, who are worshipped by humans. Nyaxia, originally a lesser goddess, created the vampires after breaking with the White Pantheon over the latter’s execution of her husband, Alarus, the god of death. 

The first duology, the Nightborn Duet, comprises The Serpent and the Wings of Night and The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King. The first installment follows the perspective of Oraya, the half-human daughter of Vincent, the Nightborn King, while the second alternates between her point and view and that of Raihn, a former enslaved mortal who ascends to rule the House of Night. The duet introduces key characters from the overarching series, such as Mische—a secondary character whose history gradually unfolds, laying the groundwork for her Shadowborn Duet (books three and four of the series). She is introduced as the best friend of Raihn and a former human acolyte of the sun god, Atroxus.