Captive in the Underworld: A Dark Lesbian Romance Novel

Written by Lianyu Tan

Narrated by Eva Caine

A dark lesbian romance retelling of the Hades/Persephone abduction story, set in mythological ancient Greece.

In the land of the dead, Queen Hades’ word is law. Hades gets what she wants—always—and what she wants is a certain goddess of the springtime.

Innocent Persephone chafes beneath her mother’s hawkish gaze and mercurial temper. Demeter has rebuffed all her daughter’s suitors, but she is not yet satisfied; she strives to crush Persephone’s spirit.

Still, when Hades pulls her into the dark realm of the underworld, Persephone longs for the world above, even if it means an eternity under her mother’s thumb.

With her tears and pleas for freedom ignored by pitiless Hades, Persephone must learn to satisfy her keeper in all ways, lest she suffer the consequences.

And though she cannot deny that something blooms within her, something forbidden, Persephone despairs of ever feeling the sun upon her skin once more.

No matter the cost, Hades intends to keep her.

Forever.

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Captive in the Underworld is a standalone dark lesbian romance audiobook set in mythological ancient Greece. It is rooted in the misogyny and cruelties of the Hades/Persephone myth and contains sensitive material. Due to mature content and dark themes, this audiobook is intended for adult readers only. It contains scenes depicting non-consensual sex, death, abuse, kidnapping, assault, and other intimate partner violence. It is not recommended for readers sensitive to such content. Further content warnings are available from the author’s website, lianyutan.com.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shattered Scepter Press
• Release date: Jun 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9780648994862

Lianyu Tan

*** For content warnings, look inside each book or visit lianyutan.com *** Lianyu Tan has always been fascinated by the darker side of love: obsessive yearning and monstrous desires. She usually writes dark romance with a fantastical twist, but has recently found a home in gothic horror. Her debut novel Captive in the Underworld is an F/F dark lesbian romance retelling of the Hades/Persephone myth. Her second book, The Wicked and the Willing, is a gothic horror vampire novel set in 1920s Singapore, coming 13 May 2022. Lianyu is Malaysian Chinese Australian and lives with her wife in Australia. She loves to hear from readers and you can find her as @LianyuTan on most social media platforms. Subscribe to her newsletter for free bonus content and short stories: https://go.lianyutan.com/subscribe

Reviews for Captive in the Underworld

[Aryanne Rian · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

At first she was caring and then literally raped her WTH. You can’t just have one love interest rape another and then call it dark romance. ? literally DNFed after that. What a waste of my time. Disgusting.