promises and pomegranates monsters & muses book 1

I learned I quite enjoy the taste of brutality on my tongue.

He’d plucked me from the streets and promised a life of luxury, if only I could get my hands a little dirty.īut, like all other things, it snowballed out of control. Working for Rafael Ricci, the don of Boston’s-at one time-premier crime family was never supposed to be a permanent thing. Where the violence coded into my DNA could be satisfied, the parts of me aching for death and destruction sated. Somewhere I could go and not lose myself in the lack of absence of noise. Said my brain had wired itself to short-circuit under certain stimuli-sometimes, simply the existence of stimuli at all.

My peers in college, and later my colleagues, dubbed it a psychological disorder. Learned to seek it out in times of chaos, a force to ground myself in. I fell in love with the innate stillness of it-the calm it provides, the secrets you can wedge into its depths. With each interruption, nurses entering to draw blood or family members coming to offer false moral support, my body craved the void. The kind found in sleepy hospital rooms, hidden between the dull, intermittent beeping of an electric monitor and the steady drip of an IV bag. “love race” - Machine Gun Kelly, Kellin Quinn “We must bring our own light to the darkness.” Your obsession with Greek mythology, bad guys, and romance novels will eventually bring you here. I hope you enjoy Kal and Elena’s love story.įor my thirteen-year-old self. While Promises and Pomegranates is a standalone, reading the prequel may enhance your reading experience (though it is NOT required to read anything before this book). There will be plot points and side stories that are not immediately resolved and that run through the series. Promises and Pomegranates is a full-length, interconnected standalone. If you don’t read this genre, I don’t suggest reading further. For a more detailed list of triggers, CLICK HERE. This book is a dark romance, meaning it includes many triggers, such as graphic violence, explicit sexual scenes, and other mature situations. Please be aware that it is not fantasy, historical romance, or a literal retelling. Kal and Elena’s story is a dark contemporary romance based loosely on the framework and characters of the myth of Hades and Persephone. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. For more information, address: is a work of fiction. No part of this book may be reproduced or used in any manner without written permission of the copyright owner except for the use of quotations in a book review. Proofreading: Rosa Sharon – My Brother’s EditorĪll rights reserved. Editing: Ellie McLove – My Brother’s Editor

Promises and pomegranates monsters & muses book 1