Set in the same stunningly epic world as The Serpent and the Wings of Night, Carissa Broadbent’s Six Scorched Roses is a short romantasy novel inspired by Beauty and the Beast. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Jennifer L. Armentrout, and readers who love dark, romantic tales with bite.
Six roses. Six vials of blood. Six visits to a vampire who could be her salvation . . . or her damnation.
Lilith has been dying since the day she was born. But, although she came to terms with her own imminent death long ago, the deaths of everyone she loves is an entirely different matter. As her town slowly withers in the clutches of a mysterious god-cursed illness, she takes matters into her own hands.
Desperate to find a cure, Lilith strikes a bargain with the only thing the gods hate even more than her village: a vampire, Vale. She offers him six roses in exchange for six vials of vampire blood – the sole hope for her town’s salvation.
But what begins as a simple transaction gradually becomes something more. Lilith is faced with a terrifying realization: it’s dangerous to wander into the clutches of a vampire . . . and, in a place already suffering the wrath of a god, more dangerous still to fall in love with one.
Discover the Crowns of Nyaxia novella that readers are obsessed with . . .
‘This is one of the BEST Beauty and the Beast retellings I had the absolute pleasure of reading in a long time . . . pick this series up and let it become your new obsession’ – Selina Antipas
‘A wonderfully delightful little novella . . . Carissa is most definitely a master of words’ – Kiba&Laura
‘This was phenomenal . . . the caretaking, the pining, tension and angst, the spice . . . AMAZING!’ – Janice
The Serpent and the Wings of Night, the first book in Crowns of Nyaxia series, was an instant No. 9 New York Times bestseller and USA Today bestseller on 06/12/23. Its sequel, The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King, was an instant No. 5 New York Times bestseller and No. 9 USA Today bestseller on 04/06/2024.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 208
Imprint: Tor Bramble UK
Publication date: 16/09/2025
Series: Crowns of Nyaxia v1.5
Six Scorched Roses
by Carissa Broadbent
Review by Isabelle
I was charmed as hell by this vampiric Romantasy which manages to pack so much intrigue, romance and magic into such a tiny book. The main character - antisocial but scientificially brilliant Lilith who is constantly on the verge of death - was wonderfully refreshing. So was her romance with Vale, a vampire who used to be a general before retreating into isolation near her tiny town. They fall in love through a shared passion for science while trying to make a cure for the plague threatening to destroy Lilith's town, and it was lovely watching them gradually recognize things in each other that everyone else dismisses, like how Lilith's analytical nature is percieved as her not caring, when it's actually the exact opposite. In turn, she brings out a side of Vale that he thought long-dead (no vampire pun intended), and both of them grow and blossom through their romance that Lilith thinks is doomed.
Spoilers: it's not doomed. They get their happy ending, even if they have to go through violent attacks, plagues, deals with asshole gods, and a little bit of death to get there.
