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Sorrowsong University #2
Daybreak
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Expected 28 Jul 26Alex’s Corbeau-Green’s world is burning down around him, and Ophelia Winters is desperate to prove she didn’t light the fire.
When Ophelia first accepted a scholarship from Sorrowsong, an elite university in the Scottish Highlands, she wanted nothing more than to destroy Alex and his family at any cost. But that was before she knew him, before they became each other’s everything. Now, after an unthinkable betrayal and the disappearance of his father, Alex is forced to return to New York, desperate to forget what they had, and salvage the damage done to his family. In Scotland, Ophelia is left reeling, alone . . . and watched.
With a new anonymous tormentor threatening to release evidence that Ophelia and Alex committed a murder on campus, it’s clear that they’re going to need each other once again. But can they find a way to trust each other, and repair the love that they had? And even if they can—will it be enough this time to keep them alive?
When Ophelia first accepted a scholarship from Sorrowsong, an elite university in the Scottish Highlands, she wanted nothing more than to destroy Alex and his family at any cost. But that was before she knew him, before they became each other’s everything. Now, after an unthinkable betrayal and the disappearance of his father, Alex is forced to return to New York, desperate to forget what they had, and salvage the damage done to his family. In Scotland, Ophelia is left reeling, alone . . . and watched.
With a new anonymous tormentor threatening to release evidence that Ophelia and Alex committed a murder on campus, it’s clear that they’re going to need each other once again. But can they find a way to trust each other, and repair the love that they had? And even if they can—will it be enough this time to keep them alive?
400 pages, Paperback
Expected publication July 28, 2026
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Autumn Woods
3 books2,205 followersAutumn Woods is an aerospace engineer by day, romance author by evening and weekend. She currently lives in the south west of the UK with Mr. Woods and their dog.
She loves to write strong FMCs and dark & twisty MMCs, wrapping them up in cottagecore and dark academia worlds.
When not writing or reading, she’s usually painting, baking, or spending time outdoors.
She loves to write strong FMCs and dark & twisty MMCs, wrapping them up in cottagecore and dark academia worlds.
When not writing or reading, she’s usually painting, baking, or spending time outdoors.
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November 19, 2025
꧁𓊈𒆜Pre-Read𒆜𓊉꧂
To the man who ruined me for all others,
Alex, you are a cathedral of contradictions—obsidian and ivory, cruelty and care, silence and symphony. From the moment you stepped into my (Ophelia's🙂↕️) life, cloaked in mystery and moonlight, I knew I was doomed. You weren’t written to be loved easily. You were written to be devoured.
I have memorized your wounds like scripture. I have traced your silences like constellations. You are the kind of man who makes pain feel like poetry, who turns longing into a ritual. And I—foolish, devoted, dramatic—have built an altar in your name.
You are my top 1 book husband.
Not because you are perfect. But because you are true. You carry your darkness like a crown, and your love like a curse. You make me ache in ways I didn’t know I could. And I would choose you, again and again, even if it breaks me.
As Daybreak approaches, I am terrified. I am trembling. I am begging Autumn Woods not to destroy you. Not to unravel the fragile threads of hope you’ve given me. But if you must fall, let it be beautiful. Let it be unforgettable.
Alex, if you break my heart, I will write sonnets in your name.
I will scream into the void. I will tattoo your final words onto my soul. I will mourn you like a widow and love you like a storm.
You are not just a fictional man. You are a fever. And I am burning.
Forever yours in fiction and fury,
Saranya
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To the man who ruined me for all others,
Alex, you are a cathedral of contradictions—obsidian and ivory, cruelty and care, silence and symphony. From the moment you stepped into my (Ophelia's🙂↕️) life, cloaked in mystery and moonlight, I knew I was doomed. You weren’t written to be loved easily. You were written to be devoured.
I have memorized your wounds like scripture. I have traced your silences like constellations. You are the kind of man who makes pain feel like poetry, who turns longing into a ritual. And I—foolish, devoted, dramatic—have built an altar in your name.
You are my top 1 book husband.
Not because you are perfect. But because you are true. You carry your darkness like a crown, and your love like a curse. You make me ache in ways I didn’t know I could. And I would choose you, again and again, even if it breaks me.
As Daybreak approaches, I am terrified. I am trembling. I am begging Autumn Woods not to destroy you. Not to unravel the fragile threads of hope you’ve given me. But if you must fall, let it be beautiful. Let it be unforgettable.
Alex, if you break my heart, I will write sonnets in your name.
I will scream into the void. I will tattoo your final words onto my soul. I will mourn you like a widow and love you like a storm.
You are not just a fictional man. You are a fever. And I am burning.
Forever yours in fiction and fury,
Saranya
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November 19, 2025♡˖꒰ 💌 ꒱ Pre release
OMGGG SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP — life is worth living again autumn finally gave us the release date, you guys are not ready for the person I'll become when this releases litr one of my most anticipated releases ever!!!
I NEEEED THE ARC PLSSSSSS !!!
OMGGG SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP — life is worth living again autumn finally gave us the release date, you guys are not ready for the person I'll become when this releases litr one of my most anticipated releases ever!!!
I NEEEED THE ARC PLSSSSSS !!!
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November 22, 2025PREPARE FOR ME TO BE SO ANNOYING UNTIL WE GET THIS.
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November 16, 2025WAR IS OVER I can finally buy and read the first book THANK GOD it's a duet
November 25, 2025
12 letters, 2 words; what will happen to me if i don't get this book in my hands rn
[INSTANT DEATH]
[INSTANT DEATH]
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November 16, 2025I'll literally cry if I get this Arc copy 🤞🏾😭
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November 15, 2025well look what I found
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December 1, 2025Coming out July 28
FUCKING FINALLY, I’M BEING REUNITED WITH MY BABES!!
I love them so much and after that cliffhanger (that totally broke me by the way) I’m finally ready to continue their story🙂↕️
FUCKING FINALLY, I’M BEING REUNITED WITH MY BABES!!
I love them so much and after that cliffhanger (that totally broke me by the way) I’m finally ready to continue their story🙂↕️
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November 16, 2025Wohooooo it was ABOUT TIME AFTER THAT CRIMINAL CLIFFHANGER oml if i dont get happy ending ….
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November 18, 2025ᡣ𐭩 grumpy x grumpier - he falls first - mystery - grovelling - ceo x student - yearning ᡣ𐭩 I'm so ready!!!!
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November 16, 2025will not know peace until this is in my hands
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November 15, 2025“You make me finally understand what people mean when they say life isn’t long enough.” -Alex. Effing. Corbeau. Green. (Nightshade, 2025)
July 2026 is going to make my whole year. I can feel it!
July 2026 is going to make my whole year. I can feel it!
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November 15, 2025“desperate to forget what they had” 🧐
Note: if he’s not celibate DNR
Note: if he’s not celibate DNR
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November 25, 2025ALEXOPHELIA COME BACK TO ME💔💔💔💔💔
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November 18, 2025ALEXOPHELIA🥺🧡 need there book rn, that cliffhanger😭
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November 16, 2025Cannot wait for my babies to be back!!!! I’m so ready for the yearning and more flirting and banter pls & ty
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December 3, 2025Two down. Five letters. One word. First letter D.
What will happen to me if I don’t have book two in my hands right now
What will happen to me if I don’t have book two in my hands right now
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December 3, 2025AbSOLUTELY LOVED NIGHTSHADE, Cannot wait to read this and see how the Duology is gonna end cause I REALLY HAVE NO IDEAS.
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All I'm saying is if Alex and Ophelia aren't together at the end I will collapse and die, simply never read again.
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All I'm saying is if Alex and Ophelia aren't together at the end I will collapse and die, simply never read again.
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November 23, 2025I want it NOW! I’m suffering over here Ms. Woods. I’m worried for my babies, Alex and Ophelia 😭😭😭
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November 20, 2025i’ve never been so excited for a book to be released 😭 can july come any faster before i turn feral
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November 19, 2025It's about to be a sleepless night you've been dreaming offfffff - the fate of Ophelia 🖤
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November 16, 2025lets do this gang omg
November 25, 2025
Manifesting an ARC for this
November 25, 2025
I JUST KNOW I WILL BE DEVOURING THIS AND I AM GLAD WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT THAT LONG (still long but i am being grateful and trying not to be impatient) SO YAAYYYY🩷
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December 2, 2025THIS BOOK BETTER FIX ME OR I SWEAR!!!!
ACRONYM, 3 LETTERS FIRST ONE IS K
ACRONYM, 3 LETTERS FIRST ONE IS K
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