
Genre:
Fantasy Romance
Themes:
Ghosts
Humor / Comedy
Magic
Mythology
Quirky Characters
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Deity / Mythological
Ghost / Spirit
Student
Geographic Location:
United States
Fantasy or Fictional Setting
Setting:
Afterlife / Underworld
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Bi or Pansexual
Lesbian
Coils
Rainbow Award
By Barbara Ann Wright
A modern young woman journeys into the Greek Underworld and makes a pact with the irresistible Medusa: free her aunt by killing a hero of legend.
Cressida loves Greek mythology, tales of gods and monsters, but she knows they aren’t real no matter how awesome it would be to meet the beautiful women of myth. When her aunt June disappears, Cressida realizes the other members of her family aren’t so rational. June’s notes point to a possible entrance to the fabled Underworld before they cut off completely.
Following June’s footsteps leads Cressida into a world she knew only as legend, a place of marvels and danger, where the living are highly prized by the dead. Desperate, Cressida turns to Medusa, a demigoddess who’s been maligned by myth, but everything in the Underworld comes with a price. Medusa is more than willing to help find June, and all it will cost Cressida is one little murder.