Romantasy · 2019
A Touch of Darkness
by Scarlett St. Clair
Book 1 of Hades x Persephone Saga
- Spice
- Explicit
- Ending
- Happy for now
- Reading age
- Adult
About the book
Persephone is a goddess whose touch withers flowers, hiding as a mortal journalism student in New Athens, until one card game with Hades binds her to a contract: create life in the Underworld or stay there forever. Banter, a controlling mother, high spice, happy for now.
Content warnings
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Reported by readers (not in the author's note)
- Sexual assault
- Attempted sexual assault
- Sexual harassment
- Dubious consent
- Somnophilia
- Non-consensual drugging
- Addiction
- Infidelity (other characters)
- Death of a child
Source: triggerwarningdatabase.com, app.thestorygraph.com, supersummary.com, retrieved 2026-10-21
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