Kept Name

The Dusk Ascendancy: Book 3

Advance Reader Copy

Genres

Political Intrigue, Space Fantasy, Slow Burn, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Gothic Romance, Fantasy Romance, Science Fiction Romance, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Sex

Type of Ending

AI Usage^Beta

Series

The Dusk Ascendancy — Book 3

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is recommended, but not required

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Reader Spots Remaining

199

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Oct 7, 2026

Page Length

390 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Kept Name

The Dusk Ascendancy: Book 3

Advance Reader Copy

Blurb

The court tried to place her. It failed. So did he.

I have no house behind my name. Until this season, that also meant no one above me telling me what to do with what I am.

Now half this court wants to adopt me. The other half wants to marry me off. Every one of them has an opinion about my name—keep it, trade it, bury it under theirs. And the one man who has never once tried to change it is the one man the rules say I can't have.

Commander Theron wrote the report that first put me on the empire's books. He has spent every day since guarding what that report doesn't say—and failing, more quietly, to stop wanting what the rules forbid him to have. Neither of us is supposed to choose this. Neither of us has managed to stop.

Something older than the empire's own history is waking up in my hands, and the people charged with protecting me are the same people deciding how much of it I'm allowed to know. Every hand extended to me at this court is also, quietly, a hand closing. Somewhere past the palace roofline, an engine older than the throne itself is waiting to find out what I choose.

For readers who want: a slow-burn romance between a woman with nothing to inherit and a man bound by every rule keeping them apart, a court dripping in old-world ceremony and older secrets, and a heroine who would rather burn a title than wear one that isn't hers.

Book 3 of The Dusk Ascendancy. Contains explicit content intended for adult readers.

Details

Genres

Political Intrigue, Space Fantasy, Slow Burn, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Gothic Romance, Fantasy Romance, Science Fiction Romance, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Sex

Type of Ending

AI Usage^Beta

Series

The Dusk Ascendancy — Book 3

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is recommended, but not required

Author Prefers A Review On

Goodreads or Amazon

Reader Spots Remaining

199

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Oct 7, 2026

Page Length

390 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Ski-chasing, motorcycle-riding world traveler who collects voices in new cities, P. J. Kaylo writes romance that flirts with mystery, gothic shadows, and a touch of cosmic horror, set in late-night cities, messy group chats, a Chicago with a darker twin, a distant world circling a black hole, and very determined hearts. By daylight, PJ manages teams at a software company, which is a polite way to say wrangling roadmaps, sprint drama, and the occasional plot twist. Off-hours belong to a dog and a cat, ski days that reset the soul, supporting dog rescue, and hopping on planes to collect new backdrops. In Kaylo's stories you will find witty banter, slow-burn tension, ride-or-die friends, and the kind of chaos, modern or otherwise, that somehow leads to something real.