A Touch of Darkness
HADES X PERSEPHONE | BOOK 1
“Let me worship you,” he said.
She remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of thelimo after La Rose. “You will worship me, and I won’t even have to orderyou.” His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it.
She answered, “Yes.”
Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a littlegirl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. After moving to NewAthens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortaljournalist. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbiddennightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysteriousstranger.
Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal worldand his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible. But nothing has ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he can’t resist.
After her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contractwith the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible: Persephonemust create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The betdoes more than expose Persephone’s failure as a goddess, however. Asshe struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows—a love that is both captivating and forbidden.
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TITLES IN SERIES
BOOK 2 I A Game of Fate
Hades, God of the Underworld, is known for his inflexible rule, luxurious night clubs, and impossible bargains. Used to control, he is not prepared to discover the Fates have chosen his future wife and Queen- Persephone, Goddess of Spring.
BOOK 3 I A Touch of Ruin
Persephone's relationship with Hades has gone public and the resulting media storm disrupts her normal life and threatens to expose her as the Goddess of Spring. To add to her troubles, everyone seems eager to warn Persephone away from the God of the Dead by exposing his hellish past.
BOOK 4 I A Game of Retribution
Hades, God of the Dead, does not take sides or bend the rules. He makes no exceptions to these values - not for god or mortal, even his lover, Persephone, Goddess of Spring.
BOOK 5 I A Touch of Malice
Persephone and Hades are engaged. In retaliation, Demeter summons a snowstorm that cripples New Greece, and refuses to lift the blizzard unless her daughter calls off her engagement. When the Olympians intervene, Persephone finds her future in the hands of ancient gods, and they are divided.
BOOK 6 I A Game of Gods
Hades, God of the Dead, has finally made Persephone his in every way possible. With their wedding on the horizon, the couple should be ecstatic. But Demeter is wreaking havoc on their bliss by battering the whole of New Greece with erratic and dangerous weather.
BOOK 7 I A Touch of Chaos
The gods are at war, the Titans have been released, and Hades and Persephone must fight tooth and nail for their happy ending.
BOOK 7.5 I A Christmas of Chaos
Can the gods restore order before it's too late-or will their holiday be destroyed?
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