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Promises and Pomegranates (Monsters & Muses Book 1) Kindle Edition

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She's the sweetest sin he's ever committed...

Doctor Kal Anderson assumes his heart worked at some point. But now his cold, emotionless existence gives him an edge as a fixer and in-house physician for the Mafia, while his judgment is impartial and complication-free.

Until Elena Ricci, his boss's twenty-year-old daughter.

After admiring the heartless doctor from afar most of her life, Elena catches him in a moment of weakness, and the pair shares a night of passion as they attempt to work each other from their systems. Only, the night seems to have the opposite effect. Elena is no longer a simple temptation to Kal, but a necessity.

An obsession.

One he won't let anyone stand in his way of―even if that means crashing her wedding to another man, forcing her hand in marriage, and stealing her away to the corrupt island he resides on.

Alone with the man of her nightmares, Elena starts to chip away at the layers of ice surrounding his hardened heart. But the warmth and depravity from her new husband may not be worth the secrets unveiled, or the lives that will forever be altered.

From USA Today bestselling author Sav R. Miller comes a dark and twisted romance inspired by the Hades and Persephone myth.

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None of his other sins ever tasted so sweet...

Experience Kal & Elena's first time together with the prequel to Promises and Pomegranates

Kal Anderson is a stone-cold fixer, both in the literal and figurative sense. Nicknamed Doctor Death, he prefers to keep his messes confined to his workspace and out of his personal life. Still, when it comes to the notorious Ricci crime family, he can’t seem to catch a break.

He’s not supposed to notice his boss’s daughter, or engage in any way with her, considering the sordid history he has with both of her parents.

Elena Ricci won’t let him go without a fight, though. Not with the date of her arranged wedding on the horizon. Knowing she and Kal can’t be together, Elena wants just one night to explore their mutual attraction.

A night of freedom before she becomes someone else’s forever.

On the eve of her twentieth birthday, any resolve Kal held seems to snap, and he finds himself doing the very thing he swore he wouldn’t… giving in.

For one night only, he’ll indulge in the sweetest of sins and discover that a single taste of the forbidden fruit will never be enough.

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Sav R. Miller is an international bestselling author of dark and contemporary romance. She prefers the villains in most stories, and thinks everyone deserves happily-ever-after. Sav lives in central Kentucky with two pups named Lord Byron and Poe. She loves sitcoms, silence, and sardonic humor.

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Sav R. Miller is a USA Today & Amazon Top 20 bestselling author of adult romance with varying levels of darkness and steam.

In 2018, Sav put her lifelong love of reading and writing to use and graduated with a B.A. in Creative Writing and a minor in Cultural Anthropology. Nowadays, she spends her time giving morally gray characters their happily-ever-afters.

Currently, Sav lives in Kentucky with her dogs Lord Byron, Poe, and Arrow. She loves sitcoms, silence, and sardonic humor.

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Customers find the book's storyline engaging with perfect plot twists and a good love story, while appreciating its readability and smooth writing style with great quotes of poetry. The book receives positive feedback for its spicy scenes and amazing interpretation of the Hades and Persephone story, with one customer describing it as a wonderfully written rendition of Greek mythology. The character development and pacing receive mixed reactions - while some find the characters interesting and developed, others find them superficial, and while the book starts off promising, some mention the last quarter feels rushed.

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266 customers mention "Storyline"195 positive71 negative

Customers enjoy the storyline of the book, particularly praising its perfect plot twists and good love elements.

"...If I could I would give this book a 13/10. The plot to this story was amazing and the tension between characters was so aggravating but so necessary...." Read more

"...nice to find versions that are refreshing to read and exciting. It keeps the motive going." Read more

"...So, while the story was good (and if it hadn’t been a reimagining then I likely would have rated it higher but being one I have to say it was ok) it..." Read more

"...And if hell is on a nearly private island, sign me up. 😆 very little actual mafia involvement but I was fine with that...." Read more

177 customers mention "Readability"174 positive3 negative

Customers find the book highly readable, with multiple reviews mentioning they were hooked throughout and finished it in one sitting.

"...I don’t even have a favorite part because of how good this book was. If I could I would give this book a 13/10...." Read more

"Different from other books I have read . nice to find versions that are refreshing to read and exciting. It keeps the motive going." Read more

"...references to the original characters of the myth then this is a really good book and you’ll enjoy it...." Read more

"...I can 1000% say this is the best book of the genre I've ever read. Sav R Miller is a genius when it comes to writing...." Read more

107 customers mention "Writing quality"92 positive15 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book, finding it smooth and easy to read, with one customer noting it's a wonderful rendition of Greek mythology.

"...nice to find versions that are refreshing to read and exciting. It keeps the motive going." Read more

"...Overall, this was a great intro to the series and to the author. Looking forward to more M&M books. 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 (quality over quantity here)..." Read more

"...Sav R Miller is a genius when it comes to writing...." Read more

"...Sav is a magician with words with a writing style that is so fluid and easily read...." Read more

62 customers mention "Spice level"53 positive9 negative

Customers enjoy the spicy scenes in the book, describing them as delicious and incredible, with one customer noting they're so engaging they make you grip the book.

"...The story itself was wonderful, dark, delicious. I enjoyed it. The “villain” aspect definitely rang my bell...." Read more

"...Wow spicy and entertaining." Read more

"...The spice is good, though at times honestly a little gratuitous given what was happening in the story at the time...." Read more

"...this is a story that totally gripped me in and had lots and lots of spicy scenes...." Read more

61 customers mention "Story quality"55 positive6 negative

Customers praise the book's storytelling, particularly its interpretation of the Hades and Persephone myth, with one customer noting it's the first in a series of modern retellings of Greek myths.

"...Overall, I love that this is the first in a series of modern day retelling of the Greek myths, but keeping them in the same world as this story, and..." Read more

"...The prequel gives more explanation so you know what’s happening but I feel like there was still times I was very confused about what the characters..." Read more

"A modern story of the classic Hades and Persephone...." Read more

"...The story is well written, anti climatic, but worth a read...." Read more

75 customers mention "Entrancing content"49 positive26 negative

Customers have mixed reactions to the book's content, with some finding it engaging and intense, while others describe it as boring.

"...It keeps the motive going." Read more

"...What’s there not to like? It was boring and the plot twist was flat...." Read more

"...In general I really liked both of the MC’s and become emotionally invested in their story...." Read more

"...THIS BOOK IS MAGIC. Pure magic, the fact that this is loosely based on Hades and Persephone not only drew me in even more than expected, but it made..." Read more

72 customers mention "Character development"49 positive23 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the character development in the book, with some finding them interesting and developed with good chemistry between the main characters, while others find them superficial.

"...The plot to this story was amazing and the tension between characters was so aggravating but so necessary. I would recommend this to anyone." Read more

"...as a cold, dark, unemotional man, Ms. Miller did a great job creating this character and dropping the PLOT TWIST of the century with his back story...." Read more

"...The side characters were all a bit flat, we never truly got to know anyone else who revolved around the periphery of the MCs...." Read more

"...There is an age gap between the two. I loved watching the character development for both Kal and Elena and their internal struggles with the..." Read more

52 customers mention "Pacing"22 positive30 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the pacing of the book, with some finding it promising and a great start to the series, while others note that the last quarter feels incredibly rushed.

"...The takedown near the end was also pretty rushed and anticlimactic...." Read more

"...Overall, this was a great intro to the series and to the author. Looking forward to more M&M books. 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 (quality over quantity here)..." Read more

"It was a good read but felt a little slow. I liked the chemistry between Elena and Kal but it wasn't enough for me...." Read more

"...me say I could scream with excitement that this is a series with each book an INDEPENDENT story!!!!!!! I wish more authors could take this hint!!!..." Read more

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  • Amy
    5.0 out of 5 stars This book was amazing
    Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2025
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    There are so many things in this book that I adore so much. I don’t even have a favorite part because of how good this book was. If I could I would give this book a 13/10. The plot to this story was amazing and the tension between characters was so aggravating but so necessary. I would recommend this to anyone.
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  • Lenora Brown
    4.0 out of 5 stars Emotionally and exciting read
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    Different from other books I have read . nice to find versions that are refreshing to read and exciting. It keeps the motive going.
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  • Frances Phillips
    3.0 out of 5 stars Promises and Pomegranates
    Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2022
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    Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
    Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
    POV: Dual 1st Person
    M/F
    Stand alone? There are some unresolved plot points that I think will be addressed in future books but it isn’t a cliffhanger and this couple’s story is complete in this book.

    This is one of those situations where everyone is saying this is a five star book and I have to respectfully disagree. Not saying it isn’t a five star book for someone, but it wasn’t for me. Why, you ask? Well, because it is a reimagining of a myth.

    I personally LOVE these kinds of books. The ones that are not a retelling but a whole new creation loosely based on the original. I SERIOUSLY love them. I love them for their subtlety. I love them for their Easter eggs. I love them for the new stories that resemble the old and I ESPECIALLY love the antihero versions where the “villain” wins.

    This book only hit a couple of my points on my personal checklist well. The story itself was wonderful, dark, delicious. I enjoyed it. The “villain” aspect definitely rang my bell. However, I love a good Easter egg hunt and most of the Easter eggs were glaringly obvious and the few that were NOT were pretty well explained in the story. Also, I don’t know how many times the author thought they needed to reference Hades and Persephone but they did so CONSTANTLY. It lessened my personal enjoyment of the story.

    So, while the story was good (and if it hadn’t been a reimagining then I likely would have rated it higher but being one I have to say it was ok) it wasn’t really so much for me. If you aren’t an Easter egg hunter and don’t mind the constant blatant references to the original characters of the myth then this is a really good book and you’ll enjoy it.
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  • Esther Philippe
    5.0 out of 5 stars wow
    Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2025
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    Kal is so sweet a little deranged but sweet nonetheless I find if you squint hard enough even a red flag can be green matter of fact I’m colorblind 😭😭 he obsession with the curl was out of this world you could feel it through the book ❤️🤭🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
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  • the.bookish.biker
    4.0 out of 5 stars Book as described, story was even better!
    Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2024
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    YEAH BUDDY. My first SRM book and I was not ready, yall. Nobody warned me: the spice be spicin’! Is Kallum not a delicious masterpiece or what?! And if hell is on a nearly private island, sign me up. 😆 very little actual mafia involvement but I was fine with that. The angsty family drama though felt so justified. Overall, this was a great intro to the series and to the author. Looking forward to more M&M books. 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5 (quality over quantity here)
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  • Ruby Elizabeth
    5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I have ever read, hands down.
    Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2025
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    I am an avid reader, especially of the romance/dark romance genre and a writer of it as well. I can 1000% say this is the best book of the genre I've ever read. Sav R Miller is a genius when it comes to writing. I love Kal & Elena so much, I come back to this book every few years, and I can reread it like it's the first time again.
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  • Amanda
    3.0 out of 5 stars Spicy Hades X Persephone with a Mafia Twist…
    Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2023
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    ~ 3 Stars ~

    Another Apollycon 2023 read. I was actually really excited about this because I have literally SEEN THIS BOOK EVERYWHERE! In fact, a friend said she was reading it right before I picked it up. A complete surprise.

    *This is a modern day mafia retelling of Hades X Persephone. I would highly suggest reading Sweet Sin the prequel novella, before reading this because it just irons everything out so well!

    * AND CHECK THOSE TW’S!!!

    In general I really liked both of the MC’s and become emotionally invested in their story. BUT the plot felt like a very bad reality TV plot coming to life. Like it is addicting, and you can’t look away from the train wreck that is happening right before you, BUT it was a bit uncomfortable. I won’t lie. And for that truth b@mb to just drop like that, and then have it all wrap up so quickly, felt very odd. I really thought this was going to be drawn out longer.

    I had a little bit of an issue with the prose being very flowery and metaphorical. At points it was so distracting and actually took my focus off the story to try and figure out all this flowery language. I will say that as you proceed into the book farther, it happens a little less, but you definitely have to get over the hump.

    Overall, I love that this is the first in a series of modern day retelling of the Greek myths, but keeping them in the same world as this story, and all connected. So each one is a bit like it’s own standalone. It’ll be nice to be able to just pull one of these off the shelf when I’m in the mood to do so. I’m really excited to see how each of these stories develop.
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  • Misslilie
    3.0 out of 5 stars une bonne intrigue
    Reviewed in France on January 31, 2022
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    C’est un bon livre avec une bonne intrigue assez prenante, mais j’aurais aimé que l’auteure prenne plus de temps pour développer certains aspects psychologiques de Kal. On cerne assez bien Elena, son regard sur le monde dans lequel elle a grandit, mais il reste pas mal de passage inexpliqué le concernant. C’est ce qui m’a laissée sur ma fin.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Words cannot describe how much I loved this book
    Reviewed in Brazil on October 3, 2021
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    I don't write reviews often (mainly because I don't know what to say), but this book got me hooked from the first page and I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to the author. Honestly, I'm usually a very slow reader, but I couldn't put it down and finished it in less than 24 hours. Everything was amazing, the world-building was engrossing, the pacing was on point, both of the main characters were equally interesting (and I can't remember the last time a character pissed me off as much as Carmen), and the darkness surrounding it?? Omg, perfect!
    Although this is not a fantasy book, it definitely felt magical, thank you so much for letting us read about Kallum and Elena's story!
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  • Fanny
    2.0 out of 5 stars No story…
    Reviewed in Sweden on December 8, 2024
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    Omg no. Another book attempting to write something inspired by the mythology of Hades and Persephone’s love story. You want a good one? Look up author Scarlett St. Clair. Her hades and Persephone retelling is out of this world. This is just another book trying to be creepy and sexy at the same time but it’s really lacking characters with character. There really are no story. It’s not complex and complicated and beautiful. It’s more simple and very plane.
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  • authenticallyantonia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Promises & Pomegranates
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2024
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    **REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS**

    Promises & Pomegranates by Sav R. Miller is Book 1 in the Monsters & Muses series which is a series of six interconnected standalones and is a follow on from the Sweet Sin prequel novella. It is not required but advised to read the novella before Promises & Pomegranates as it gives us an introduction to the FMC & MMC as well as some secondary characters that are pivotal to the characters and plot.

    The story itself begins with Kal and Rafael chatting in the latter’s office as it has come to their attention that the security feed all over the Ricci’s home has been infiltrated and the tryst between Elena and Kal are now on a flashdrive that Rafael is now watching thanks to Kal showing it to him. Believing there’s a blackmailer out there intent to bring down his already crumbling empire  Rafael needs Kal’s help and knows he doesn’t work for free so when he asks what his price to help ensure the blackmailers stay quiet, the answer is simple: Elena’s Soul is the price to be paid.

    Elena Ricci’s wedding day, around 8 weeks after the events of Sweet Sin. She is betrothed to Mateo De Luca who isn’t a nice guy and their marriage is more of an agreement between their fathers more than love. Elena is not a fan of Mateo and he is abusive and degrading, however, she gives him as good as she gets – she was taught to fight and she’s good at it, even if it is a man that is hurting her. Whilst we don’t see the abuse on page it is implied in the FMCs POV after the fact. She’s so deeply infatuated by Dr Kallum Anderson who she freely gave her virginity to on her 20th birthday 8 weeks prior to her wedding.   

    Dr Kallum Anderson is 32 years old, has a medical degree and is the enforcer/fixer for Rafael Ricci and Ricci Inc. Kal was only 13 when he met Rafael and his wife Carmen while he was at hospital with his mum who was dying of an aggressive form of cancer. When she succumbed to her disease, Kal reached out to his biological father who wanted nothing to do with him and he ended up in the foster system and soon he was picked up by Rafael from the street and groomed into being a fixer/enforcer by Rafael and groomed into a relationship with Carmen – the relationship is not depicted but it is implied and discussed.

    On the wedding day, Elena is dreading the whole thing and she’s told she will learn to love her husband and as they are about to leave, he requests to see her and she’s trying to avoid it but she goes to see him anyway. When she arrives at his room, she sees him on bed looking very ill and throwing up and she is just watching him and then as the life slowly drains from him, she hears the voice of the person she has been longing for – Dr Kal Anderson – who makes no attempt to save Mateo’s life. We then realise that he is responsible for the demise of Mateo and they are soon joined by a priest and Rafael and Kal then forces Elena to marry him instead under the guise he is trying to help her – he is, but he is also trying to help himself.

    Once the ceremony is over, they are back in the Ricci home and Kal is being grilled by Elena’s younger sisters while Elena is packing to leave. He decides to cut the interrogation short and goes to Elena’s room, hearing voices inside and he enters the room seeing her mother Carmen but no Elena. Carmen begs him not to take her daughter by trying to use her manipulation tactics on him so give Elena time to flee but Kal simply breaks her hand and finds Elena on the balcony of her room. She resigns herself to her fate and allows him to inject her neck with a substance so she passes out and when she comes around, she’s on a plane and confused as to why they are there and where they are going.

    She soon finds herself on Aplana Island off the mainland of Boston which is going to be her new home. The home she finds herself in is a remodelled hotel that is now the home of Dr Kal Anderson and she soon feels like a captive in the marriage and her life, realising she was freed from one prison to another.

    Luckily, the relationship between Kal and Elena starts to develop more, both are infatuated by each other and the sexual tension and chemistry between both characters is electric and you can feel it as you read through the pages. Whilst on the island, Elena and Kal find out that her parents are pushing the narrative that she was kidnapped by Kal (technically she was but Rafael agreed to it). They feel betrayed by Kal as he wanted to leave the mafia side of things and you don’t simply just get to leave. The marriage to Mateo was going to secure Rafaels future but as the wedding didn’t go ahead he had to pay out a small fortune to the Bollente family to ensure that he and his family remain safe and he blames Kal for this. Carmen on the other hand is just jealous that Kal is with someone else and that someone else happens to be her daughter.

    As they navigate through their marriage and start to explore the island, Kal is hellbent on trying to get a relationship with his long lost sister and believes if he has a wife and familial unit it will help the relationship and also give him access to his grandfathers trust so he can pay his sister. We meet Violet and she’s very similar in personality to Kal and while they are talking outside Kal’s bar, he had given Elena strict instructions not to leave and ensured that his staff would keep an eye on her. As she goes to leave, Vinny, a staff member tries to stop Elena and insults and assaults her and she fights back, leaving him a crumpled mess on the floor but not enough to stop him injecting a substance into her leg. Realising people are paid to mind their business Elena leaves and finds she’s gone out the wrong door.

    Unsure of her new surroundings and trying to get somewhere safe before the substances takes effect we see Elena stumble across a bus station and she settles on a bench waiting for staff to comeback so she can try and leave the island but she is soon feeling the effects of the substance and when her husband calls her to try and find out where she is, she is barely able to hold the conversation and just as she passes out we hear that strange men are approaching her.

    Kal finds his wife and sees her bloodied and bruised – most of which have come from her fight with Vincent and a business card next to her bearing the logo of Ricci Inc. on it. The men were sent by her dad to rough her up to scare Kal and Elena into having Elena returned to Boston. We start to see a caring side of Kal as he helps Elena recover after her ordeal and part of that is allowing her to watch as he makes Vincent pay the ultimate price for his part in hurting Elena.

    The story moves quickly and the timeline jumps a few weeks and we soon see Elena and Violet meet for the first time, neither one knowing who the other is and Elena feels Kal is being unfaithful so storms into the bar, the first time since her attack and demands to know who the girl is. The rippling tension between Kal and Elena is a constant throughout the story and it just keeps you hooked on finding out if they are both in this for real.

    We soon see them return to Boston to go to Elena’s sisters recital, however, when they arrive home, everything crumbles. Carmen drops the bombshell that her and Kal had an affair and makes Elena feel small and ridiculous. Elena flees the dinner and Kal tries to stop her but she still leaves with her sister and he then goes back to confront Carmen where he gives her a few home truths, fires a blank at her to scare her and then he goes after Elena.

    At the recital, they find they are seated next to her parents box and so Elena still really angry and hurt uses this to have sex with Kal one last time not caring who sees or hears and when they finish their intimacy she excuses herself and leaves. She runs out of the theatre and goes to a secure apartment her parents know nothing about. She stays there a few weeks and goes home to pack some of her things as she wants to be away from her parents and while she’s packing she finds her mum in her room and she gives her a few home truths and seals it with a punch. As she leaves, she drops a bombshell of her own as she sends an email containing all of the details of the illicit activity her parents have been involved in throughout the years to the police, knowing that being a rat is the very worst thing you can do.

    During their time apart, Kal has decided to dissolve the trust and to stop trying to pay his sister and used the money to buy his way out of Rafael’s grip and ensure no fallback can come his way should anything ever happen to Ricci Inc. He also decides to give Elena a true choice by giving her the space she needed to process things and drew up annulment papers citing fraud as the reason for the annulment. This is what brings Elena back to him, she is angry he served her annulment papers, knowing he knew where she was the whole time and didn’t look for her. They then confirm that they are in love with each other and when she tells him what she did to her family and realises that Kal was just a pawn and groomed by her parents she forgives him and they decide that there will be no annulment. Kal also then finds out who was sending him the grainy images of him and Elena and it was none other than 18 year old Riley Kelly who needs to disappear and needs Kal’s help – we find out more about her and her story in the next instalment – Vipers & Virtuosos.

    All in all this book was a great read from start to finish and the character development for both Kal and Elena is fitting and they are perfectly suited. There is a lot of love and passion between the two and it just explodes through the pages and it is a really good page turner. I struggled to put this book down and I am excited to see where the series takes me. I liked the fact that it is loosely based on the Greek myth of Hades and Persephone and they are referenced throughout the book.

    As always, with a dark romance, always check the trigger warnings/content warnings on the authors website before reading but if you like a good dark mafia romance with a morally grey MMC and a feisty and strong willed FMC then this is the book for you
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  • RaeMurphy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fun, sexy, modern retelling.
    Reviewed in Australia on October 4, 2021
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    Promises and Pomegranates is a fun, sexy, modern mafia romance retelling of the age old myth of Hades and Persephone.
    Well paced, with a storyline that suckers you in from the very first chapter, the novel Sav R. Miller is a must read! Highly recommend.
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