The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 11 books · 2020 to 2026

Carissa Broadbent

RomanceFantasyHorrorRomantasyEpic and high fantasyDark fantasy

Carissa Broadbent writes dark romantic fantasy. Her Crowns of Nyaxia books are set in a world of vampire kingdoms ruled over by the exiled goddess of death, beginning with Oraya, a human raised by a vampire king, in The Serpent and the Wings of Night.

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Carissa Broadbent books in order

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Crowns of Nyaxia

7 books · Set in Obitraes, the vampire kingdomsRomantasyDark fantasy
  1. 1The Serpent and the Wings of Night2022With Oraya and Raihn AshrajBuy on Amazon
  2. 2The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King2023With Oraya and Raihn AshrajBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Six Scorched Roses2023With LilithBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Slaying the Vampire Conqueror2023With Sylina and AtriusBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Songbird and the Heart of Stone2024With Mische and AsarBuy on Amazon
  6. 6The Fallen and the Kiss of Dusk2025With Mische and AsarBuy on Amazon
  7. 7The Lion and the Deathless Dark2026With Kyrene and SeptimusBuy on Amazon

The War of Lost Hearts

4 books · Set in an invented worldRomantasyEpic and high fantasy
  1. 1Daughter of No Worlds2020With Tisaanah and Maxantarius FarlioneBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Children of Fallen Gods2021With Tisaanah and Maxantarius FarlioneBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Mother of Death and Dawn2022With Tisaanah and Maxantarius FarlioneBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Ashen Son2022With Tisaanah and Maxantarius FarlioneBuy on Amazon

Characters

13 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Crowns of Nyaxia

The War of Lost Hearts