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I write dark fantasy romance, dangerous desire, and worlds that demand a price.
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Deadly Fae Duology.There's only one rule that truly matters. Never fall in love with a human. Break it and ☠️.A complete dark fantasy romance duology. Adult, portal fantasy, political court intrigue, slow burn that pays off hard in book two.Sav Briar is exiled to Earth with one job: keep her head down. Then a raid drags her into a war that isn't hers, and the only way out is a plan dangerous enough to get her killed. Jack was only ever supposed to watch her. Instead, he becomes her leverage, the one thing Mab's law says she can never have.She's the three-hundred-year-old fae. He's just Jack.Fated mates. Reverse age gap. Fae and humans who were never supposed to want each other.📖 Whispers Among Thorns📖 Poison Amidst BloomsPlus two novellas: Spring and Winter. Winter is required reading before the next series, coming May 2027 in the same world.If Holly Black's The Cruel Prince and Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City had a baby, it wouldn't be half as unhinged as this duology.Start with Whispers Among Thorns.The full series is complete and available now, 🔗 in bio.Audiobooks are coming soon.Art by @tivusan#darkfantasy #romantasy #fae #fatedmates #slowburn by @cassandra.aston.author

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Meet the team. (Swipe to meet us all.)I write dark fantasy and romantasy packed with dangerous magic, court intrigue, sharp banter, and love that would burn the world before it lets go. My stories feature morally gray men, stabby heroines, and brutal choices with consequences that bite.I'm the award-winning author of the completed Prophecies of Angels and Demons series and the Deadly Fae Duology. A new series set in the Deadly Fae world is coming May 2027.I also write dystopian and sci-fi as Caz Andra (@caz.andra.author), with Rite of Unity releasing August 2026, and gothic horrormance as C.Astor (@c.astor.author).When I can, I escape to a cozy mountain cottage to write, fueled by hot chocolate and spite. I couldn't do any of it without this whole team behind me.Sign up for my newsletter to stay up to date with everything I'm working on. 🔗 in bio. by @cassandra.aston.author

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Prophecies of Angels and Demons.Six years ago, Allie Graves made a deal with the angels to save her life. Serve faithfully, then walk away when her time was up.She should have read the fine print.A complete dark paranormal romance trilogy. New adult, urban fantasy, open door spice that climbs from 1 to 2 chili peppers across the series and turns up even further in the novellas. Multi POV.Now Allie's service is over, a stranger named Simon has answers about a family she's never known, and the angel who was only ever supposed to be her point of contact has reasons for staying close that go deeper than duty. As old debts come due and an ancient prophecy closes in, Allie learns that some loves survive more lifetimes than she ever imagined, and some bargains were never really about saving her life at all.Hidden identities. A chosen one who never asked for the title. Morally grey MMC. Found family forged in blood and witchfire. Touch her and ☠️. 📖 Grave Secrets📖 Grave Prophecies📖 Grave RevelationsPlus four novellas that fill in the gaps: Fated, Firefly, Light, and Parable.Start with Grave Secrets. The full series is complete and available now; 🔗 in bio.Art: @ViiMorte#darkfantasy #romantasy #angelsanddemons #morallygrey #chosenone by @cassandra.aston.author

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Reviews have been coming in, and there's a heated debate between some of my readers about whether there's a love triangle in this book or not.The debate goes like this:Reader 1: It's not a love triangle if there are only bad options.Reader 2: But she obviously has feelings for two men.Reader 1: ONLY BAD OPTIONS.Reader 2: Agree to disagree. Strongly.Who's right? Tell me in the comments. (If you've read the book, tell us without spoiling too much!)This amazing piece is by the lovely and talented @adrawnymous. ❤️#readerdebate #dystopianbooks #lovetriangle #ROU #riteofunity by @cassandra.aston.author

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🌀DYSTOPIAN LOVE TRIANGLE🌀PUB DATE: 8/6/2026“OUR WORTH IS NOT OUR WOMB WE WILL NOT BE DISCARDED”“Men will never understand fear the way a woman does. It lives with us, no matter what choice we make. I refuse to give in to mine.”“What is a daughter in a world that only wants sons?”💬 Well that was SO GOOD! Hunger Games X The Bachelor X Handmaids Tale. And I liveee for a blonde MMC (controversial I know). Would HIGHLY recommend this one. Cannot wait for book 2! 👰🏻‍♀️OVERVIEW👰🏻‍♀️You have until twenty-eight to be chosen. Marry or die.In the Covenant States, marriage isn’t a choice. It’s a countdown. Every woman is watched, ranked, and evaluated until a man selects her or her time runs out. Maryn Veil has always known the rules. She just never expected to be chosen by him.When Elias Hale, the president’s son and the most powerful bachelor in the nation, selects her for his Rite of Unity, Maryn finds herself in a world of televised trials, formal balls, and twelve women competing for the same future. The prize is safety. The cost is everything she thought she was.Elias is not what she expected. Thoughtful, genuine, and desperate to be better than his father, he’s the kind of man she could almost believe in. But someone else is watching from the shadows, and he sees Maryn far more clearly than she’s comfortable with.As the trials tighten and the stakes become impossible to ignore, Maryn begins to understand that surviving the rite and surviving the Covenant are not the same thing. In a system built on compliance, the most dangerous thing she can do is feel anything at all.Thank you @crownsandchaos_pr @cassandra.aston.authorBeautiful character art by @pangolin2b ❓❓Would you ever go on a reality show and if so which one? by @cassandra.aston.author

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Are you coming to @villainsandvixens tomorrow? ✨Stop by my table and sign up for your chance to win a Moonlight Boo Box Edition of Whispers Among Thorns or a PR Box for my upcoming release, Rite of Unity!I'm also one of 24 authors hosting a fun Bingo Challenge during the event. The first 200 attendees to complete their bingo cards will receive a goodie bag filled with treats from all of us. Even if you aren't there on the first day, everyone who completes the bingo will still be entered to win additional prizes, so don't forget to pick up your bingo card while you're there!I'll also have a limited selection of event exclusives, and I'll happily hand-sign anything you bring me... except body parts. 😂I can't wait to see everyone this weekend! #VillainsAndVixens #VillainsAndVixens2026 #AuthorSigning #BookSigning #bookevent by @cassandra.aston.author

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🎉 Happy release week to @sophiastgermain_author, @mylarosewrites, and @authorlindsayfrench!Day 2!!!To celebrate, we're giving away 77 paperbacks!Seasons of War – OUT NOWWho Hears the Waters’ Call – OUT NOWOf Coven and Crown – July 29To enter: Tag 3 friendsFollow all authorsShare & repostBonus: Sign up for the authors’ newsletters via the link in their biosOpen Internationally. Ends July 31, 11:59 PM EST.@authorlindsayfrench@sophiastgermain_author@mylarosewrites@melonbubbless@stephdevourerofbooks@opheliawlangleyauthor@authormonicaamore@Tamaranikolaiwriterauthor.asherdpayne@authoralliebrennan@author.amanda.cole@ac_orlandi@elenijamesauthor@Teresa_breakonthrough@anniewaye.books@the.sunset.author@author.jennygrimes@author_alexandriasharpe@authorlcb@nikkiharlowwrites@authorleahmara@authorrowynadelaide@avamilns@cassandra.aston.author@chelseyanntompkins@ciarahartford.author@craggshm@dawndarlingauthor@earlyn.kemaline@rosecarusoauthor@georgiacleigh@gina.elizabeth.writes@author.glh@shady.ivy.author@isabellakhalidiauthor@izzyfleaywrites@authorjkross@jacquelynmarquezbooks@Jadeaustin09@j_a_williams_author@everafterauthor@jocelynbleu@kgbolingbroke@k.r.blackwood_author@authorqilannaquinn@karamzone_writes@kellywriting@kristenkandibobooks@l.t_autumn@lorincofflerauthor@mollyparkerwrites@mmparksauthor@authormaddieroseandry@authormaryting@willaholliswrites@kalleighroynwrites@nicole_labrocca_author@roxieholland_author@reno.r.mist@writinginnovember@author.s.p.icey@author.amy.ressa@authorsebouvier@author.s.e.alexander@tarastraight@vidavis.author@demetriaspages@tarangabrys@hebauman@kmlaumann.writes@rebeccagarciabooks@acwonderlandwrites@krismonforteauthor@elizabethstoltzauthor@celaenacuico@c.l.briar#romanceread #bookgiveaway #freebooks #booklover #romancebookstagramThis promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Meta/Facebook/Instagram by @cassandra.aston.author

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🎉 Happy release week to @sophiastgermain_author, @mylarosewrites, and @authorlindsayfrench!To celebrate, we're giving away 77 paperbacks!Seasons of War – OUT NOWWho Hears the Waters’ Call – TomorrowOf Coven and Crown – July 29To enter: Tag 3 friendsFollow all authorsShare & repostBonus: Sign up for the authors’ newsletters via the link in their biosOpen Internationally. Ends July 31, 11:59 PM EST.@authorlindsayfrench@sophiastgermain_author@mylarosewrites@melonbubbless@stephdevourerofbooks@opheliawlangleyauthor@authormonicaamore@Tamaranikolaiwriterauthor.asherdpayne@authoralliebrennan@author.amanda.cole@ac_orlandi@elenijamesauthor@Teresa_breakonthrough@anniewaye.books@the.sunset.author@author.jennygrimes@author_alexandriasharpe@authorlcb@nikkiharlowwrites@authorleahmara@authorrowynadelaide@avamilns@cassandra.aston.author@chelseyanntompkins@ciarahartford.author@craggshm@dawndarlingauthor@earlyn.kemaline@rosecarusoauthor@georgiacleigh@gina.elizabeth.writes@author.glh@shady.ivy.author@isabellakhalidiauthor@izzyfleaywrites@authorjkross@jacquelynmarquezbooks@Jadeaustin09@j_a_williams_author@everafterauthor@jocelynbleu@kgbolingbroke@k.r.blackwood_author@authorqilannaquinn@karamzone_writes@kellywriting@kristenkandibobooks@l.t_autumn@lorincofflerauthor@mollyparkerwrites@mmparksauthor@authormaddieroseandry@authormaryting@willaholliswrites@kalleighroynwrites@nicole_labrocca_author@roxieholland_author@reno.r.mist@writinginnovember@author.s.p.icey@author.amy.ressa@authorsebouvier@author.s.e.alexander@tarastraight@vidavis.author@demetriaspages@tarangabrys@hebauman@kmlaumann.writes@rebeccagarciabooks@acwonderlandwrites@krismonforteauthor@elizabethstoltzauthor@celaenacuico@c.l.briar#romanceread #bookgiveaway #freebooks #booklover #romancebookstagramThis promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Meta/Facebook/Instagram by @cassandra.aston.author

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You have until twenty-eight to be chosen. Marry or ☠️.Chosen by the president's son, Maryn enters a competition where losing means everything. But winning may cost even more.🖤 Dystopian🖤 Slow burn🖤 Love triangle🖤 Not a traditional HEARite of Unity arrives August 6.#LoveTriangle #ForcedProximity #PoliticalIntrigue #BookTropes #readersoftiktok by @cassandra.aston.author

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ARC for Rite of Unity by @caz.andra.author was a 5/5 ⭐️ and 2/5🌶 for me. This book took me a whole weekend to process before I could collect my thoughts enough to write this review. It was SO good. It has so much and takes some of my favorite dystopian stories and blends them together into a modern spin. This spoiler-free review is going to be so hard to write because SO much remains secret in this story and the reveals are what make it so mind blowing. If you loved Hunger Games, 1984, Bridgerton, and/or Handmaid's Tale, you will LOVE this book. I honestly even drew parallels to Attack on Titan with the center, middle, and lower walls. So many incredible dystopian nods in this story! What if the Hunger Games was a dating show? With 1984's mass surveillance and oppression, Hunger Games' death games, Bridgerton balls and chaperones, and Handmaid's Tales' female oppression, I give you... Rite of Unity. The world whose slogan is... "Under covenant. One purpose. For the sons we carry forward." And for whatever reason, when our modern world went to hell and this dystopian future was formed, male baby birth rates plummeted. Females are unwanted, and male births are viewed as a status symbol. In fact, your ranking as a society member is solely based on whether you birth a son. If your family cannot have a son, you are sent to the middle or lower classes. And vice versa, if you have a boy, you can potentially move up. The answer, the Rite of Unity to ensure only the best females selected to marry into society and breed more sons. Women are ranked, tested, and selected for wives. Those who aren't, well we don't talk about what happens to them. "OUR WORTH IS NOT OUR WOMB WE WILL NOT BE DISCARDED." Naturally in a dystopian novel, there is a rebel force hell bent on destroying the oppressive system and has been working to assassinate the leader. This book scratched an itch for me in ways I can't describe. It was so well written and I couldn't put it down. I. Am. Obsessed. With. This. Book. I am dying for book 2 already and book 1 hasn't even released yet 😭 that cliffhanger DESTROYED ME. ❓️QOTD- do you like love triangles? Or what are you reading right now? by @cassandra.aston.author

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Join the Uprising!If you love my books and enjoy sharing them with other readers, I'd love to have you on the team.The Uprising is a community of readers who help celebrate new releases, share bookish content, and support my stories from cover reveal to release day and beyond. While active members receive guaranteed eARCs, the purpose of the team is to build excitement, connect with fellow readers, and help more people discover my books.As a thank-you for your support, active members receive guaranteed eARCs, exclusive content, quarterly giveaways, chances to win special editions and merch, and access to our private Discord.Dark fantasy. Dystopian sci-fi. Gothic horrormance. Whatever world I'm building next, you'll see it first.Applications are open now and close July 31.🔗 in b i o#darkfantasy #romantasy #bookstagram #arcteam #indieauthor #bookcommunity by @cassandra.aston.author

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