The Carnival Series: Rowan Saga Series by Olivia Burton

In a world where broken things still glow, she dared to build a home from ashes and glitter.Gretchen is no ordinary fairy. Escaping a cruel past, she creates a traveling carnival of living dreams — a sanctuary sewn together with blood, mirrors, and whispers of old magic. But every sanctuary casts shadows, and hers walks on two legs.Kristofor is a fugitive werewolf with blood on his hands and fury in his heart... moreIn a world where broken things still glow, she dared to build a home from ashes and glitter.Gretchen is no ordinary fairy. Escaping a cruel past, she creates a traveling carnival of living dreams — a sanctuary sewn together with blood, mirrors, and whispers of old magic. But every sanctuary casts shadows, and hers walks on two legs.Kristofor is a fugitive werewolf with blood on his hands and fury in his heart. Haunted by a past he didn’t choose and hunted by those who fear what he could become, he finds more than shelter in Gretchen’s arms — he finds belonging.Together, they ignite a raw, forbidden love that challenges ancient pacts, tests the limits of trust, and sets the very fabric of their world trembling. But when the carnival itself begins to turn against them, Gretchen must confront the terrible power she once summoned… and the cost of becoming her truest self.Darkly poetic, fiercely romantic, and glittering with eerie enchantment, The Carnival of Love and Dust is a story of blood-bound promises, tender redemption, and the wild freedom of choosing your own ending. less

To heal the world, she must survive what it made of her.A young empath born of fire and sorrow stands between a broken world and the monstrous pain it has buried for generations.In the haunting final act of the Rowan Saga, the once-sleeping horrors of the Hollowborn stir again—reaching for the child they once failed to claim. As the curse of generations rises to consume the valley, Rowan must face the impossible the grief of others lives inside her, and so does the power to change it... moreTo heal the world, she must survive what it made of her.A young empath born of fire and sorrow stands between a broken world and the monstrous pain it has buried for generations.In the haunting final act of the Rowan Saga, the once-sleeping horrors of the Hollowborn stir again—reaching for the child they once failed to claim. As the curse of generations rises to consume the valley, Rowan must face the impossible the grief of others lives inside her, and so does the power to change it. Beside her stand Gretchen and Kristofor, parents forged by love, trauma, and sacrifice, who now must protect not just their daughter, but the fragile world she might one day remake. With lyrical prose, terrifying beauty, and emotional depth, The Carnival of Thorns and Fire is a tale of love’s final test—and the healing that begins when a child chooses to carry it forward. less