Death's Beloved

Death was never supposed to be the beginning.
When Talia, a thirty-three-year-old mother of three, dies unexpectedly, she expects judgment...not an audience with the King of the Underworld himself. Yet while the souls of the dead are sorted beyond the River Styx, Hades finds himself captivated by the compassion, strength, and quiet courage of a mortal unlike any he has ever encountered.
Against the will of Olympus, he offers her an impossible choice: become his queen and stand beside him for eternity.
As their reluctant alliance blossoms into an all-consuming love, Talia transforms the Underworld. Frightened souls find comfort, monsters find kindness, and even the immortal God of the Dead discovers a heart he believed was lost forever.
But when Zeus learns that the Queen of the Underworld carries the first children ever conceived by Hades, he declares them a threat to Olympus itself. A war between gods erupts, forcing Talia to make the ultimate sacrifice to protect her family.
Chosen by the Fates, blessed by the River Styx, and crowned by the souls she vowed to guide, Talia rises beyond mortality as the first Goddess of Death's Mercy and Guided Souls.
Now, with two divine heirs to protect and the King of Olympus plotting their destruction, Hades and his beloved queen must stand together against the heavens themselves.
For even Death has one weakness.
The woman he loves.