The Songbird & the Heart of Stone is a #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy romance novel by author Carissa Broadbent, published by Tor Books (Macmillan). This is the third book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series and the first book of The Shadowborn Duet.

The story follows Mische, a woman who lost everything when she was forcibly turned into a vampire, including her home, her humanity, and the love of the sun god she devoted her life to. Sentenced to death for murdering the vampire prince who turned her, she is saved by Asar, the bastard prince of the House of Shadow, and forced into a dangerous mission to the underworld to resurrect the god of death himself. However, Mische has been secretly commanded by her sun god to betray Asar by killing the very death god they are trying to resurrect.

Mische and Asar must travel the treacherous path to the underworld together, facing trials, beasts, and vengeful ghosts from their pasts, while fighting a forbidden attraction that risks invoking the wrath of gods. As her betrayal looms, Mische must choose between the redemption of the sun or the damnation of the darkness.

This 448-page hardcover features beautiful case art and a detailed map. The book has been recognized as an Amazon Best Book of the Year and Barnes & Noble Best New Book of the Year. It combines elements reminiscent of A Court of Thorns and Roses with Dante's Inferno in an epic tale of love, treachery, and the battle between mortals and gods. Content warnings include graphic violence, on-page sexual content, discussion of grooming and child abuse, and infant death (off page).