Cracked Crown, Open Heart (Book 1 of The Morningstar Chronicles)
38 chapitres Terminé Carmilla Carmine is the Queen of Hell-a sharp-tongued, fiercely powerful ruler with a crown forged in flame and centuries of control under her belt. But immortality has its price, and for Carmilla, that price is crushing boredom. Hell runs like a machine. Perfect, brutal, and predictable. She wants more.
Restless and curious, Carmilla slips away to Earth in search of excitement-and finds it in the chaos of human life. She immerses herself in their world, blending in, adapting, even falling in love. For nearly five years, she tries to belong. But the man she gives her heart to proves unworthy, and when the relationship ends in heartbreak, she returns to Hell to lick her wounds and lock her heart away for good.
But back home in her smoldering palace, something begins to stir. A new voice-human, warm, and haunting-slips through the veil between realms. She doesn't know who it belongs to, only that it makes her feel something she hasn't in a long time.
Now, faced with a second chance, Carmilla must choose between staying safe in the empire she built or risking everything for a love that could finally shatter her walls-or burn her to ash.