Avernus Island

Welcome to Avernus Island, where need meets desire and not everything is as it seems. Melisandra Black has created the perfect tropical haven where her guests get exactly what they need.

Julia Davenport is screwed. Passed over for a promotion because of an unscrupulous co-worker, her carefully built career is about to come to an uninspiring end. However, when opportunity arrives in the guise of the mysterious Melisandra Black, Julia embarks on a journey to Avernus Island, a resort that is more than it seems.

Caterina Tovar's life is perfect - perfectly ordinary. She has a loving family, a good career, and a nice boyfriend. Too bad Caterina doesn't want nice. For as long as she can remember, Caterina's fantasies have been filled with the need for pain that morphs into pleasure under the kiss of the whip and the touch of a man. But fantasies are no longer enough, and Caterina longs to experience the real thing.

Sam Copper doesn't know how he arrived at Avernus Island, or why - at least not until he meets Mavis. Drawn to her by a cosmic chain of events he can't explain, Sam comes to understand his fate is bound to her in a way that even death cannot sever.

Olympic hopeful Rhodes Carmichael has everything going for her until accusations of steroid use destroys her dreams of a gold medal. But that's not the only surprise waiting for her. While dealing with the rumors of cheating, Rhodes learns that the father who abandoned her before she was born is still alive. Not only is he alive, but he's the Greek god Poseidon, and that makes Rhodes a demigoddess.

Four hundred years ago, Melisandra Black made a decision that cost her everything. Exiled to the mortal world, Mel built a new life for herself and created Avernus Island. But there are some who haven't forgiven Mel her past transgressions, and more than one man is looking for reparations.