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🌙Listen, I couldn't narrow down all the spicy microtropes iny dark romantasy series... So, here are just a "few" that linger between the *cough cough* pagse of the Fate of the Embered series. You're welcome.

Character art by: @briez.draws 🖤

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Hiya, I’m 𝑹𝒐𝒘𝒚𝒏!

I write 𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕔𝕪, 𝕘𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕔, 𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕪 𝕣𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 with 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰, 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁 & 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝘄𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝘀—where fierce women save broody men, every shade is morally gray, & the road to happily ever after is never what it seems. Crave 𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗲? Then turn the page … if you dare.

𝑻𝑹𝑶𝑷𝑬𝑺 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑳𝑳 𝑳𝑶𝑽𝑬:

✨Epic dark fantasy romance

✨Morally gray all day

✨S⚔️abby women & the broody men who love them

✨Action-packed high stakes

✨Magic, mäyhem, & mythical quests

✨Cürsed lands, portal realms, & twisty prophecies

✨Unapologetically spicy—no fading to black here.

𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 (𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗨!):

1️⃣ Of Withering Dreams

2️⃣ Of Blooming Embers

3️⃣ Of Hollowed Stars

𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔?

✎𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 ➠ B📍O

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