“I was just about to go to bed when I heard you demanding entrance to my club.” She swallowed and hurriedly said, “Did I interrupt something?” Like a starved animal who had finally cornered his prey. He tugged his tie free and she watched it slip from his neck. “Oh, it’s a little too late to be modest, don’t you think?” Hades said, piercing her with those beautiful dark eyes. Then she remembered she was in her true form, and started to raise her glamour. He crossed the room, Persephone assumed to put distance between them. “No,” she said, and he nodded, carefully pulling his arm free of her grasp. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows-and it’s forbidden. The bet does more than expose Persephone’s failure as a Goddess, however. Hades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored to be impossible.Īfter a chance encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead and the terms are impossible: Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. I have not read the book as of posting this. Please consider this post as informative as opposed to promotional. Rather than abandon my spot on the tour, I decided to post this excerpt as requested by the author via Xpresso Book Tours. I signed up for a review tour stop for this book, but received notice on May 2nd that the book would not be available in time for the tour. A contract is made, and she is given a task: create life in the underworld in six months time, or forever be bound to the underworld.Disclaimer: I’ve stated in the past that I don’t feel comfortable promoting books I haven’t read. A game of poker with a handsome man turns dangerous, when she finds out that the man she lost to is the God of the Underworld himself. When Persephone has a chance to rebel against her mother's many rules, she takes it, and goes to Nevernight, the ultra-exclusive nightclub owned by Hades - and where mortals go to for the chance to make a deal with him. Persephone, the unknown Goddess of Spring, is living amongst mortals, and is enrolled in university, with the goal to become a journalist, despite her mother Demeter's objections. After the Great War, after the Gods came down to Earth, they brought all continents together and created New Greece, and ruled once again. In this retelling of the Greek pair, we are brought to modern times. A Touch of Darkness is the first book in Scarlett St.

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