River of Shadows (Underworld Gods #1)

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Magical witty deliciously seductive...River of Shadows is a uniquely immersive & tantalizing journey of love and sacrifice that has you rooting for Death and his little bird. -</em></strong><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> Bestselling author Sav R. Miller</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Take Hades & Persephone transport them into twisted Nordic mythology add in Beauty & the Beast and some Alice in Wonderland and you get the high steam dark fantasy River of Shadows.</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When 24-year old Hanna Heikkinen's estranged father dies she reluctantly makes the trip to Northern Finland for his funeral. Being in the enchanting land of ice and snow feels miles away from Hanna's busy life back in Los Angeles especially under the complicated circumstances.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when Hanna discovers that her father's body is missing that's when things really get weird. A mysterious man Rasmus tells Hanna the truth: her father was a powerful shaman who went into Tuonela the Realm of the Dead in order to barter for more life and has been held captive by Tuoni the God of Death. The only way her father can be freed is if she travels with Rasmus into the mythical underworld to rescue him.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Willing to do anything to have a second-chance with her father Hanna accompanies Rasmus into the dark and bloody realm traveling via the River of Shadows stalked by dangerous creatures monsters and the living dead until they finally come into the haunted kingdom ruled by Death and his family.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Only for her to be captured and held prisoner by the God of Death himself.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Turns out Death is intrigued by Hanna's beauty and fierceness and makes a bargain with her. If she marries him and spends an eternity in the Realm of the Dead as his wife he'll set her father free.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But even the most noble sacrifices come with hidden costs and Hanna's might involve the most unexpected of all things: her heart.</span></p>