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For Asphodel, the free-spirited daughter of Hades and Persephone, being cursed to never fall in love with a god is a blessing. Determined not to be trapped in a union like her mother, Del spends her life blissfully on the Isle of Flowers, far from her family in the underworld. But when Asphodel’s parents ordain her marriage to Thanatos, the god of death, the freedom she’s long since guarded is at risk of being stolen for eternity. So Del takes fate into her own hands: She kidnaps her groom-to-be and traps him on her Isle.

Mr Gabo was an unlikely looking author, but then most of their authors were unlikely looking. Asphodel Books always attracted the improbable.

A paranormal society remains hidden but exists parallel to ours worshipping and fearing the dual Goddesses and is overseen by a ruling class of Elemental warlocks known as the Order. Since the abandonment of her Warlock father, Selma’s connection to her powers and the divergent world that she was born into has become diluted. She retreats into a quiet life only to be jolted back by one phone call. With her friend's life at stake, Selma dabbles with the preternatural powers that she had long given up.

Before the age of gods and men, the most ancient of the immortals, Nyx, pulled herself into creation. Her power encapsulated the night and all its secrets, where nothing goes unseen. Once respected for the balance and duality that she brought to the world, and the haven she created in Tartarus, the rise of the gods has brought the goddess of night’s influence into question.

In the belly of the Underworld, Thanatos has reigned as the God of Death since time immemorial, disregarding his own fearsome reputation and the loneliness that comes with it. When Nyx, the Goddess of Night, assigns him a partner for the first time, Thanatos is forced to accommodate the newcomer—the one thing that ancient gods don’t do well, is change.