"To be the altar she spilled her sins upon, to be the one to taste her curses, I desired nothing more. Let them pour from her lips, and drown us both in the consequences."

PANDORA'S SERPENT is the debut novel of Augustine Kent's dark romantasy series, The Kurosh Cycle.

Janessa's nearly picture-perfect life turned upside down the day she crossed a chaos demon's path. Varku had sworn off love, but when Janessa stepped unfraid into his mayhem, he couldn't look away. It infuriated him, the way she put things back in order. But he also found himself intrigued, much to his dismay. The more he observed her, the more he noticed the cracks in the curated image she projected. Janessa was not what she seemed. She craved freedom from the burdens of her godsgiven power, and he believed he might just be the key she'd been searching for all along.

But freedom comes with a cost...and the gods are always watching.

Are they willing to pay the price?

Tropes:

• Obsession
• Immortal x Mortal
• Broken Memory
• Guardian Angel
• Fortune-telling
• Star-crossed Lovers
• Shadow Daddy (he's literally a demon) AND mommy
• Curses, Spells, and Glamours
• Subverting Fate
• Divine Interference
• Burn It All Down
• Hidden Identity
• Not-so-happily-ever-after (but hopeful)

Trigger Warnings:

• Mature Content: Profanity and explicit, open-door sex scenes
• Mental Health: Substance abuse, trauma, loss, grief, self-harm, suicidal ideation, suicide, and severe spiraling thoughts
• Violence & Gore: Explicit violence, stalking, surgery, assault, and discussions of domestic violence/abuse
• Themes related to pregnancy: including infertility, contested paternity, complications, and emergency delivery (note: no pregnancy or infant loss)
• Political and religious topics
• Child deity endangerment and captivity
• Death