{"product_id":"a-touch-of-darkness","title":"A Touch of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair comes a dark and enthralling reimagining of the Hades and Persephone Greek myth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Let me worship you,\"\u003c\/em\u003e he said. She remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of the limo after La Rose. \u003cem\u003e\"You will worship me, and I won't even have to order you.\"\u003c\/em\u003e His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it. She answered, \u003cem\u003e\"Yes.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a little girl, flowers have only shriveled at her touch. After moving to New Athens, she hoped to lead an unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. All of that changes when she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic and mysterious stranger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world, and his favourite bets are rumoured to be impossible. But nothing has ever intrigued him as much as the goddess offering him a bargain he can't resist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter her encounter with Hades, Persephone finds herself in a contract with the God of the Dead, and his terms are impossible — Persephone must create life in the Underworld or lose her freedom forever. The bet does more than expose Persephone's failure as a goddess, however. As she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, love for the God of the Dead grows — a love that is both captivating and forbidden.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scarlett St. Clair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48667988689147,"sku":"9781728258454","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/8915173482803_jpg.webp?v=1775643799","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/a-touch-of-darkness","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}