Dawn of the North
The lost Volsik heir has finally returned to the people of Íseldur, and even with the warrior who’s captured her heart standing by her side, Silla’s task is monumental. She must earn the loyalty of the northern jarls to drive Ivar Ironheart from the throne and restore peace in the kingdom. But the secret she guards vigilantly threatens to ruin all her plans: a shard of a god lives in her mind, twisting her thoughts and deeds to His will.
Meanwhile, held captive on the mysterious Isle of Zagadka, Saga Volsik fights to return to her sister in Íseldur. But when King Ivar sets his sights on the Zagadkians, she’s forced to make an impossible choice: fight for the man who stole her—and is now hellbent on marrying her—or let the innocent people of his kingdom die.
As a poisonous mist threatens the realm, the sisters will delve into the unknowns of their magic to battle against evil. Return to the land of ice and fire, where a god awakens, a queen finds her power, and sisters must unite against the darkness threatening their realm.
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Demi Winters
In a world of dragons, frostbitten coasts, and reluctant mercenaries, Demi Winters found her voice—not in a bustling writer’s room or MFA program, but at her kitchen table in British Columbia, balancing a toddler on one hip and Norse mythologies in the other hand. Her breakout romantic fantasy series, The Ashen Series, began with The Road of Bones, a novel that arrived not with fireworks but with a steady storm: quiet at first, then impossible to ignore.
Winters doesn’t write heroes who are born strong. She writes women like Silla Nordvig—wounded, quiet, often underestimated—who find strength in survival and power in vulnerability. Her landscapes are forged from fire and ice, inspired by Icelandic sagas and shaped by a fascination with endurance: how people endure grief, exile, addiction, and even love when it arrives at the wrong time, in the wrong form.
The Ashen
In a land where winter never loosens its grip and bloodlines are forged in betrayal, The Ashen series leads readers deep into a world that feels carved from frost and fire. Set against the unforgiving wilds of Íseldur—a Norse-inspired realm steeped in runic magic and ancestral vengeance—this dark romantic fantasy unfolds with aching beauty and brutal clarity.
The Ashen consists of three primary books, and includes one additional book that complement the series but is not considered mandatory reads and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
