{"product_id":"touch-of-darkness","title":"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\n\u003cp\u003e\"Let me worship you,\" he said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe remembered the words she had whispered to him in the back of the limo after La Rose. \"You will worship me, and I won't even have to order you.\" His request felt sinful and devious, and she reveled in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe answered, \"Yes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eHades, God of the Dead, has built a gambling empire in the mortal world and his favorite bets are rumored 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\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":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45073890115763,"sku":"9781728282800","price":480.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/81OYTke69IL.jpg?v=1762882546","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/touch-of-darkness","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}