Ash and Diamonds — Nina S. Gooden

A past she doesn't want. All Charis Godwin has ever wanted is a career in the music industry and to burn the cursed shoes her sister keeps forcing her to wear. Instead, she finds herself thrust into a world of gods and magic where she hears the word "Erinyes" spoken as both a curse and a prayer-and she is the prodigal child returned. Just as she begins to wonder if there is a reason she can't remember her life before her reincarnation, she is sent to track down a ruthless killer escaped from Tartarus.A man she can't resist. Split into two, Charis hears the voice of the Erinyes battling for space in her mind. The one thing they agree on is the golden-haired, guitar-wielding, death-dealing hunk who serves as her guide into the Underworld. Something about him speaks to both her past and present self. Arsenios sold his soul to Hades and became one of the Archaeos in order to keep the killer imprisoned. At least, that's the story he tells her. A web of lust and betrayal begins to spin and she knows he's hiding something from her…something that could tear them apart.A truth she can't escape. Erinyes; goddesses of justice, sworn to protect humankind at the behest of the dark god Hades. To be with Arsenios she will have to trust the life they have now and forgive the one they lost before. As her past unfurls, Charis will have to make the hard decision between burning for revenge or passion.