The story picks up three years later, and Paxton has skipped town due to gambling debts, leaving Persephone penniless and at the mercy of dangerous men. She moves on almost immediately, marrying the good-looking, fun-loving Paxton.

Persy, fanciful though she is with her belief in the wish-granting powers of cloud-aunts, is also practical. She is devastated when he snubs her, coldly, making a promise of his own: he will never love her. Persy, with full faith in her Aunt’s promise, tells Cillian she wants him to fall in love with her. Years before, Persy’s beloved aunt passed away, on her deathbed assuring Persy that she would be there for her in the form of a cloud, and she would grant Persy a wish, just once, when she needed her most. She glimpses a cloud in the sky and decides to take a chance. What she doesn’t realize is that the beautiful bloom is poisonous to the touch, and she goes into anaphylactic shock. Persy is serving as a bridesmaid in Sailor and Hunter’s wedding, and weaves a crown of bleeding heart, a heart-shaped flower, as an accessory. He just needs the right goddess/queen to spark those feelings to life.Īs the story begins, we are introduced to Persephone, or Persy, and her unrequited love for the cold, ruthless billionaire Cillian. In this book, the Villain’s struggle is unique, but Hades, no matter how dark and cold he wants to be, has the ability to feel. And that’s one of the many things that makes them so irresistible. And, in this Hades and Persephone retelling, Cillian may be the new King of the Shenholes.īut here’s the thing about Shenholes: no matter how extreme they are in terms of their stone-cold-bastard behavior, they are always capable of growth and redemption-at least in relation to their leading lady. They are in a class of their own- perhaps even deserving of a new label. I’ve been dying to read Cillian’s story since we met him in The Hunter. No one, and I mean NO ONE, writes alphaholes like LJ Shen. “ The strongest hearts have the most scars.” L.J.

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