Bonds of Hercules by Jasmine Mas (Paperback)

The second book in Jasmine Mas’s Villains of Lore duology and the follow-up to Blood of Hercules — a dark why-choose romantasy where the stakes are higher and the villains darker than ever. Hercules is back. And you’re bound to love her.

Every hero has their monsters. And Alexis is bound to hers: tied eternally and irrevocably to the Underworld’s dark heirs, in a marriage that has shaken the very foundations of Olympus — and everything Alexis once believed about herself. Reeling from it all, she enlists in the Assembly of Death alongside her mentors, set on wreaking vengeance on her husbands and uncovering the truth behind her own deadly powers.

But those who think they can bind Alexis are about to learn exactly how wrong they are. Because a god can’t be manacled, and a monster can’t be caged — and she intends to teach them all that lesson, whatever it costs. Dark, spicy and charged with fury, it’s a mythology-soaked finale about power, vengeance and refusing to be anyone’s possession.

This is a dark why-choose romantasy for mature readers; please check any content warnings before reading.

Perfect for readers who love dark why-choose romantasy, a Greek-mythology reimagining, morally black love interests and a fierce heroine out for vengeance — and anyone finishing the Villains of Lore duology.