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A modern
and romantic reimagining of the Greek myths about Hades, the god of the
Underworld, and how Persephone became his queen.
Set
in the current day, the story follows Stevie Callaghan, a shy book illustrator
in desperate need of an apartment. Against
her better judgment she moves above a bookstore owned by Rick Smith, an
intimidating, scruffy intellectual beloved by his customers and staff despite
his brusque manner. Already unsettled by
Rick, Stevie is horrified to learn that all of his employees come from a young
offender program.
She
soon befriends a few members of Rick’s staff, however, and becomes a regular at
the bookstore cafe. Just as she begins
to feel settled, she witnesses a late-night fire no one else seems to notice,
and finds herself haunted by a recurring dream in which she is visited by a
talking dragon. Worse yet, Rick’s newest
employee Vince, a disturbed born-again Christian, develops an obsessive interest
in her. Rick, on the other hand, seems
to hold Stevie in utter contempt—until he initiates a relationship with her
when she least expects it. To her own
surprise Stevie falls in love with him, even though he remains something of a
mystery to her. Stevie’s overbearing
mother is instantly suspicious of Rick, but she cannot persuade Stevie to leave
him.
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