A Touch of Darkness: US Collector’s Edition by Scarlett St. Clair (Hardback)

An exclusive US Collector’s Edition from #1 New York Times bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair — her dark, enthralling reimagining of the Hades and Persephone myth, and the book that began the saga. This edition features all-new illustrated hardcover designs, full-colour endpapers, full-colour interior art, author footnotes, foiled sprayed edges and more.

Persephone is the Goddess of Spring in title only. Since she was a little girl, flowers have shrivelled at her touch rather than bloomed. After moving to New Athens, she hopes to lead a quiet, unassuming life disguised as a mortal journalist. All of that changes the night she sits down in a forbidden nightclub to play a hand of cards with a hypnotic, mysterious stranger.

Hades, 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 quite like the goddess offering him a bargain he can’t resist. After their encounter, Persephone finds herself bound to a contract with terms she can’t hope to meet: create life in the Underworld, or lose her freedom forever. The wager threatens to expose her failure as a goddess — but as she struggles to sow the seeds of her freedom, something far more dangerous takes root: a love for the God of the Dead that is as captivating as it is forbidden.

This is a dark, spicy romantasy for mature readers; please check any content warnings before reading.

Perfect for readers who love Greek-myth retellings, a forbidden Hades-and-Persephone romance, enemies-to-lovers tension and impossible bargains — and anyone after a stunning collectable edition to start the saga.