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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Myth & legend told as fiction
Become enchanted by the fantasy world of gods and mortals in
bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair's reimagined New Greece.
Readers are "hopelessly addicted" to the story of Hades and
Persephone told from Hades's point of view. 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. Usually, fear prevents retaliation. But not this
time. When Hera, Goddess of Women, approaches Hades with a plan to
overthrow Zeus, he declines to offer help. As punishment, Hera
sentences Hades to perform a series of labors. Each feat seems more
impossible than the last and draws his attention away from
Persephone-whose own tragedy has left her questioning whether she
can be Queen of the Underworld. Can Hades maintain the balance he
craves?
Young, headstrong Psyche has captured the eye of every suitor with her
beauty – but also, unfortunately, the jealous gaze of the goddess
Aphrodite. As punishment, Psyche is tied to a rock to be sacrificed to
a ‘monstrous husband’. And yet, no monster arrives: instead, she is
spirited away by Aphrodite’s daughter Eros.
Eros, goddess of desire, can change gender at will. And in her hidden
palace, she visits her bride under the cloak of darkness: Psyche is
forbidden to gaze upon the face of her lover. But as they explore each
other’s bodies and discover new pleasures, Psyche is tempted to break
her vow… even if it brings down the wrath of the gods.
A princess sacrifices her marriage and her soul to a dead tree
disguised as a dear friend called the Valentine tree.
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