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A Touch of Ruin
Scarlett St. Clair · Hades x Persephone Saga #2
417 pagesromantasy
(199k)Steamy
Persephone and Hades go public — but tragedy and dark secrets test whether she can truly be his queen.
Character Archetypes
Microtropes
Representation
M/F
Content Warnings
death of loved onegrief
Description
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.Hades, God of the Dead, is burdened by a hellish past that everyone's eager to expose in an effort to warn Persephone away.Things only get worse when a horrible tragedy leaves Persephone's heart in ruin and Hades refusing to help. Desperate, she takes matters into her own hands, striking bargains with severe consequences.Faced with a side of Hades she never knew and crushing loss, Persephone wonders if she can truly become Hades' queen.
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