Dark Mature Themes
Layered World-Building
Morally Gray Characters
Themes revolve around trauma, sex, free-will and determinism. The book contains mature themes not suitable for people under 18.
On the surface is a dystopian world, but beneath, spirituality and fantasy explains world logic. Think Black Mirror meets Dante's Inferno.
Characters make decisions some may not agree with. In a deterministic dystopian world, utilitarian or morally bankrupt actions are natural.
Bride of the Hollow God
Blurb
To secure safe passage through the Underworld, Evie must offer her body to a monster. It’d be simple—if she didn’t have a penetration phobia.
Evalina Dante has one goal: reach Pleroma, a paradise safe from the Fabled monsters that keep her prisoner. But when her demon father uproots her plans, she is left with one choice: a treacherous journey through hell itself.
Enter Gabriel—the Underworld’s ferryman. The hollow god who feeds on lust and claims they’re fated mates. There are just a few problems…
Evalina isn’t just wary of love; she recoils from desire itself. Haunted by trauma and religious guilt, she refuses to surrender to a monster—especially Gabriel, a silver-tongued villain who toys with her as much as he saves her. She struggles not just with their twisted deal, but with the way Gabriel strips away her defenses and unravels all her secrets.
Yet as they cross deeper into hellish dimensions, Evie fears that the real danger isn’t Gabriel or even the demons hunting them. Because paradise demands a brutal price. To save those she loves, Evie might become the very thing she’s always feared. In the end, she might be the real villain in her own story.
Black Mirror meets Dante’s Inferno in this dark dystopian romantasy, perfect for fans of the genre-bending in Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth, and the toxic, obsessive romance of TV's Hannibal.