Books with author Carrie Summers

Myrrh's mentor is dead.The handsome boss of a rival crime syndicate is her only hope of finding his killer.Myrrh is an up-and-coming freelance thief who’s lost the only true friend she’s known. The city guards finally captured her mentor, an aging rogue and the closest thing she had to a family. He’s dead now. She’ll be next if she doesn’t figure out who betrayed him.As she begins her search, she’s double-crossed by a fellow freelancer and sold out to a shadowy new crime syndicate. With a sack over her head and wrists tightly bound, she’s delivered to the lair of the syndicate’s boss, a man named Glint. Certain he intends to kill her, Myrrh is surprised to learn that he has other plans. An unrepentant scoundrel, Glint is as charismatic as he is complex. And he has information about her mentor’s disappearance that will upend everything she thought she knew about the city’s underworld.Combining adventure and intrigue with a dash of romance, Mistress of Thieves is the first book in the action-packed Chronicles of a Cutpurse series.Readers everywhere have fallen in love. Scroll up and click "buy now" to jump into the adventure.

Survivor. Sorceress. Rebel.After the disastrous expedition to the island volcano, Ioene, Lilik is home with a warning. The malevolent tyrant, Mieshk Ulstat, is gathering devastating magical power. Unchecked, Mieshk will obliterate Kiriilti civilization. But when the ruling Trader Council refuses to heed her, Lilik turns to her own kind: the gutterborn.As Lilik rallies rebels from the slums, she delves into her abilities as a soul priestess through contact with a nightforged dagger. Tyrak, the soul imprisoned within the blade, mistakes Lilik for his love from centuries past. Through their complicated bond, she learns the arts of swordplay and leadership. But when a surprise attack comes from a rogue trader House, she learns the hard truth of war: no plan survives first contact with the enemy.Warships lay siege to the city. Traders and gutterborn clash in the streets. And with each passing day, the true enemy just grows stronger.This is Book 2 in the Shattering of the Nocturnai, following Nightforged.To save 50%, on the series, search for Shattering of the Nocturnai and grab the entire collection as a single boxed set!

Someone—or something—is killing Ostgard’s thieves.An underworld queen, Myrrh now sits on the ruling council of Ghost syndicate. It's hard enough leading a rabble of miscreants and villains. But when thieves across the city start turning up dead and a disturbing stranger offers to help Myrrh solve the crimes, her job just gets tougher.And then there’s Glint. He claims that their criminal rivalry means the end of their budding romance, so why does he keep showing up and distracting her? Add in a bounty on her head set by Noble, the boss of the gang Myrrh ousted to gain her new empire, and Myrrh’s situation is about to go from difficult to impossible.

The Empire is shattered. From the northern ice fields to the storm-battered coast, chasms gash the landscape. Hordes of twisted beasts ravage towns and cities, and still, the people riot.But the prophecies offer hope. Bolstered by the newfound, if fragile, peace with Stormshard, Emperor Kostan begins to fortify his rule. Savra, torn between her desire to learn her family’s fate and the duty she feels to her Emperor, delves deeper into her magic in hopes she can answer both calls.At the heart of the Empire, an ancient seal will soon fail. But Savra and Kostan will fight to the end. Together they represent the Empire’s last hope for salvation.

Everyone Myrrh cares for is marked for death.What—or who—must she sacrifice to break the curse?An unstoppable killer is hunting Myrrh and her friends. Clutching tattered scraps of information that she received from a rogue who is now dead, Myrrh races to break the curse. Her best hope lies in unearthing secrets from the ancestral home of Glint, a man who holds power over both the city’s underworld and her heart.Unfortunately, when Myrrh arrives at Glint’s mountain stronghold, an unexpected situation shatters her plans for a quiet investigation. The schemes of a power-hungry villain grip the region, threatening to accelerate her doom.The shadow of long-forgotten oaths spills over the land and races toward Ostgard. Can Myrrh make the unthinkable choices it will take to stop the dark tide?

This box set includes all four books in the Shattering of the Nocturnai series. Together, that's over 1200 pages of heart-pounding fantasy adventure.Trapped on a night-locked volcano, will she ever see the sun again?Lilik, a girl from a port town slum, already knew how to suffer. This expedition was supposed to offer an escape from her hard-luck life. The night-drenched shores of the volcanic island, Ioene, promised mystical power for all who braved the journey.Lilik didn't count on the eruption that destroyed the expedition's hopes. She didn't expect to be blamed for the disaster, and she never imagined the handsome heir to a trader household would be her strongest defender.The kiss of the sun is a distant memory. No rescue is coming. But before Lilik can dream of returning home, she must first find a way to survive...Thousands have read and loved this series. Now, you can save 50% by grabbing the whole saga in this special collection.Goodreads reviews:"I highly recommend Nightforged to young and old alike...I could not put it down..." -book-faery ★★★★★"I swear these books just keep getting better and better with each one! After finishing one I can't wait to begin reading the next!" -Casey ★★★★★"Wonderful fantasy world of love & magic, strife & triumphs." -Michael Russel ★★★★★If you like unique fantasy with a romantic twist, you'll love this book! Scroll up and click "Buy Now" to join thousands of readers who have plunged into the Shattering of the Nocturnai!

An ancient rift. A failing seal. A fading hope for humankind.Savra is a runaway with forbidden magic. Kostan is a reluctant ruler shouldered with a war-torn empire. Though fate has placed them on opposite sides of the war, the only hope for the empire lies with them uniting their people to confront the looming darkness.Tangled fates. Epic stakes. Join thousands who have entered the Broken Lands. Books in this series: Heart of the Empire Rise of the Storm Fate of the Drowned Other books by Carrie Summers: Shattering of the Nocturnai series, now as a boxed set: Nightforged Shadowbound Duskwoven Darkborn

Two prophecies. Two heroes. Only one can be right.Kostan sits upon a splintering throne. Savra huddles in a makeshift cell, awaiting the judgment of those she betrayed. The land grows dark with the blood of Prov and Atal alike.But beyond the human struggles, a graver threat looms. Aided by the rogue mage, Havialo, the Breaking strains at the bones of the Empire. As the land shatters, a dark tide rises.Two prophecies offer slim hopes for humanity. One names Savra as the Empire's savior. The other envisions Kostan leading the war against the darkness. Both can't be right. But if the coming war decides who survives, humanity may find it has murdered its last hope.Scroll up and click to continue the Broken Lands saga, and follow the read with Fate of the Drowned, out now!Books by Carrie SummersThe Broken Lands:Heart of the EmpireRise of the StormFate of the DrownedShattering of the Nocturnai:NightforgedShadowboundDuskwovenDarkborn

My name is Lilik Boket. I'm being hunted. Alone in the wilds of a night-locked volcano, I have only my wits for protection. Fear has turned my shipmates savage. Fear and hatred. They blame me for the accident that marooned us here.But I feel something in my blood. Waking magic. Maybe it will help me find a way home.For fans of the Hunger Games, An Ember in the Ashes, and Throne of Glass, Nightforged begins the epic Shattering of the Nocturnai series. Grab it now and finish the series with Shadowbound, Duskwoven and Darkborn.

The man that Myrrh loves has nine days to live.A thief and a scoundrel, he's been sentenced to death for a crime she committed.And she's the only one who can save him.Peek beneath the surface at the dark underworld of Ostgard, a river port where the upper-class merchants are more corrupt than the thieves. In the city's warren of grimy streets, a dagger between the ribs is the punishment for weakness. Strange magic has unsettling consequences. And a small band of criminals prove there is still honor among thieves.Book 4 in the Chronicles of a Cutpurse series, Empress of Rogues continues the action-packed saga. Scroll up and click Buy Now to follow the adventure!

Magic. Intrigue. Romance. Lilik's gutterborn resistance flattened their oppressors and freed the city, enabling a return to the island volcano, Ioene. But in the hours following Lilik's victory, a bid to rescue her family from Ulstat clutches led to her capture.Now, cut off from her soul magic and held hostage by the Ulstats, Lilik plots to overturn the situation. She'll destroy House Ulstat from within, helping herself to the ships and soldiers she needs to retake Ioene. But other forces are in play. In a hideout deep in an abandoned mine, a bandit queen lives amongst mounds of treasure, sharpening her daggers. In the mystical aether pervading the Ulstat's home island, spirits of the dead wage an epic battle to free Lilik's magic. And within House Ulstat, allies emerge from the shadows...if Lilik can figure out who to trust.Following Nightforged and Shadowbound, Duskwoven is the third book in the Shattering of the Nocturnai series.To save 50% on this series, search for Shattering of the Nocturnai and grab the entire collection as a single boxed set!

Read the heart-pounding series finale! Lilik is on the warpath. Behind her, House Ulstat is a smoking pit. Ahead, Mieshk Ulstat wields terrible magic from within an impregnable fortress. The battle approaches.Never mind that Lilik’s fighters are actually a ragtag assortment of smugglers and thieves. Forget that something is terribly wrong with the aether, leaving Lilik’s magic unpredictable. Lilik is the last hope for stopping Mieshk’s cataclysm.Unfortunately, Lilik’s problems aren’t limited to insurmountable odds and questionable allies. Ioene still holds secrets. A dark force has awakened in the island’s heart. And it’s hungry.Darkborn is the fourth and final book in the Shattering of the Nocturnai series. To get started, read:Book 1: NightforgedBook 2: ShadowboundBook 3: Duskwoven