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Kismet's Gate: The Scarred and the Chosen
SOME SECRETS ARE WRITTEN IN JOY, NOT BLOOD.
A GRIPPING ROMANTASY DEBUT.
When the mountain village of Duskmire is destroyed, young Anara Ashborn flees into a world shaped by mysterious creatures called Kismets and a hidden city few believe truly exists.
With a scarred blacksmith she shouldn’t desire, a sarcastic spirit guide, and a beautiful, sharp-tongued monk who’s been alive for over three centuries, Anara begins a journey that tests every bond.
As tensions rise and longing deepens, passion simmers beneath slow-burning trust, and the joy she fears may be the key to everything. But joy is also her greatest danger, because only joy can unlock the path to the one place that must never be found.
A GRIPPING ROMANTASY DEBUT.
When the mountain village of Duskmire is destroyed, young Anara Ashborn flees into a world shaped by mysterious creatures called Kismets and a hidden city few believe truly exists.
With a scarred blacksmith she shouldn’t desire, a sarcastic spirit guide, and a beautiful, sharp-tongued monk who’s been alive for over three centuries, Anara begins a journey that tests every bond.
As tensions rise and longing deepens, passion simmers beneath slow-burning trust, and the joy she fears may be the key to everything. But joy is also her greatest danger, because only joy can unlock the path to the one place that must never be found.
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Published July 23, 2025
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S.X. Cummings once tried to be normal but got bored halfway through and wandered off to write. He now lives somewhere between caffeine high and existential dread, occasionally surfacing to argue with his fictional characters or the neighborhood trash pandas.
When not weaving worlds out of thin air and sheer stubbornness, he can be found accidentally murdering houseplants, getting emotionally attached to side characters, and Googling things that almost certainly will land him on an FBI watchlist.
He writes because therapy is expensive, and fictional characters don’t charge by the hour. And working for “the man” would mean going back on his meds, becoming “stable” again, and kissing all of his creativity goodbye. At that point, he’ll vanish into the woods, scribble novels on tree bark, and mutter plot twists to squirrels.
It’d still be better than sitting in most meetings.
S.X. Cummings once tried to be normal but got bored halfway through and wandered off to write. He now lives somewhere between caffeine high and existential dread, occasionally surfacing to argue with his fictional characters or the neighborhood trash pandas.
When not weaving worlds out of thin air and sheer stubbornness, he can be found accidentally murdering houseplants, getting emotionally attached to side characters, and Googling things that almost certainly will land him on an FBI watchlist.
He writes because therapy is expensive, and fictional characters don’t charge by the hour. And working for “the man” would mean going back on his meds, becoming “stable” again, and kissing all of his creativity goodbye. At that point, he’ll vanish into the woods, scribble novels on tree bark, and mutter plot twists to squirrels.
It’d still be better than sitting in most meetings.
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