Persephone

She ran from the past. But the past never stopped chasing her.

Persephone Darcy Quinn knows what it means to live in shadows. Branded with a name that means bringer of death and raised under her father's cruel hand, she and her twin brother Kieran made one desperate choice on their eighteenth birthday-run, and never look back.

Two years later, Persephone has built a fragile peace in America, living quietly as a babysitter for two mischievous siblings. To them, she's just the girl who laughs at their jokes and makes their favorite pasta. To Louis Hunt-their older brother, distant and unreadable-she's nothing more than a quiet presence in his house.

But shadows don't stay buried. A phone call. A familiar name. A ghost from Ireland she thought she'd outrun. And suddenly, Persephone's new life isn't so safe anymore.

Caught between the storm of her past and the fragile hope of a future she doesn't dare believe in, Persephone finds herself pulled toward Louis in ways she never expected. He's steady where she's scattered, silent where she hides, and far too dangerous to her carefully guarded heart.

Because falling in love was never part of the plan.

But then again, neither was survival.

**Book 3 of the Hunt Series. (Standalone.)**