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Enter the Sanctuary

Where angels fall, love burns, and the divine is anything but pure.

In the world of The Fallen Grace Chronicles, salvation is never gentle. Layla Kara writes stories that scar and linger, gothic romantasy carved from faith, ruin, and devotion gone wrong. Her prose is lush, haunting, and devastating in its beauty, crafted for readers who crave emotion that cuts deep and worlds that feel ancient and alive.

Book cover of Forbidden Sanctuary beside an open book.

The Fallen Grace Chronicles

A gothic romantasy trilogy that asks what love means when salvation itself is corrupted. Each book pulls readers deeper into a world of fractured gods, ancient beings, and forbidden vows where desire is both devotion and damnation.

Book I

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Forbidden Sanctuary

When faith burns, who do the fallen pray to?

Status: Complete – Proofreading

Book II

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A Hollow Mercy

The deeper the devotion, the crueler the cost.

Status: In Development – Editing Q1 2026

Book III

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The Last Canticle

Love meets its reckoning when gods fall silent.

Status: Writing in Progress

A World of Ruin and Reverence

The world of Fallen Grace is built from the ashes of faith — heaven fractured, hell ascendant, and the spaces between ruled by shadows. The sacred is not holy, the profane is not evil, and mortals build their lives upon the ashes of this unseen war.

For readers who hunger for worldbuilding that feels mythic and lived in, this is a realm of relics, forbidden rituals, and love that survives the apocalypse of belief.

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Whispers from the Fallen

Coming soon: early reviews, reader art, and community features.