Drag Me Up
A woman is pulled down into the underworld by Hades himself, forced to reckon with her desire and his darkness. Their connection is immediate and devastating, born of mutual need and hunger. She must decide if she can trade her old life for this one below.
Everything You Need to Know About Drag Me Up
Khaos Falls runs on myth made flesh. Hades keeps to the shadows of Casino Asphodel, where his reputation as the Wraith does the enforcing for him. Persephone has clawed her way out from under her mother Demeter's control to become the lead performer in Calliope's Cirque, but she owes Zeus a debt she cannot pay, and a residency at the Asphodel is her way through it. Then she meets the owner. A Black, queer Hades and Persephone retelling set in a modern city of gods, and an erotic romance that knows exactly what it is: scorching, kinky, and surprisingly tender underneath.
The heat is the headline, but the surprise is how soft it gets. Hades is terrifying to everyone except Persephone, and watching her figure that out is the fun of it. The circus and casino setting gives the myth real texture, and Virtues writes desire with actual craft instead of shock value. If you like your morally gray men devoted rather than redeemed, this delivers.
Explicit sexual content including BDSM dynamics, controlling family relationships, alcohol.
For readers who wanted Neon Gods or A Touch of Darkness with higher heat and a queer, Black cast. Check the spice guide before diving in; this sits at the top of the scale. Not for closed-door readers or anyone wanting a slow burn. The tension here is not about whether.
First in the Gods of Hunger series, interconnected mythology retellings set in Khaos Falls. This couple's story stands complete in one book, with sequels set in the same city.
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