Six Scorched Roses

Its place in Crowns of Nyaxia

Six Scorched Roses is book 2 in the Crowns of Nyaxia series. It follows The Serpent and the Wings of Night. It is followed by The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King. See the full Crowns of Nyaxia reading order.

Nyaxia is a world of warring vampire Houses, ancient gods, and a bloody line between mortal and immortal -- and Carissa Broadbent tells its story in linked two-book 'duets,' each centered on a different couple. The Nightborn Duet opens the series with Oraya, a human raised by the vampire king who adopted her, forced to compete in a lethal tournament to prove her right to survive -- and to rule -- alongside the mysterious, exiled vampire Raihn. Later duets shift focus entirely to new leads (Mische and Asar in the…