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    Hellish
    Hellish
    Hellish
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    Hellish

    By Tina Glasneck and Ravenborn Covers

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    Fated mates? Love at first sight? I’ve been looking for my beloved for centuries, lost to me in time. Could he be the one?
    Lady Hel, the goddess of death, lost her one true love centuries ago. Since then, she’s shunned all romance. She's the ruler of Helheim... until she crosses Odin, the All-Father of the Norse gods. Odin has her exiled, cursed to look for her reincarnated one, true love, who died long ago.
    Now, stripped of her throne, and most of her powers, only time will tell as she tries to find her soul mate.
    Harley Andersen is a seven-year college senior with no idea what to do with his life. So far all he's come up with is killing time. When his best friend dares him to hop the gate of what's supposed be a haunted house, he encounters a woman who steals a lot more than his breath. And what she's offering could give him the future he's missing.
    She's a cold fish desperate to break a curse. He's a college student without direction. Could he be the one? It'll just require a trip to the past to find out.

    Hellish is a sexy standalone book in the HELL CHRONICLES. Fans will recognize characters from the DRAGON SERIES, but you don't need to read them first to enjoy this fantasy romance that turns the Beauty and Beast tale on its head. Hellish is the prequel to the novel dystopian fantasy Hellbent that continues to build on the story of Hellish.

    If you enjoy adventure, time travel, paranormal romance, and Norse mythology, then you will enjoy Hellish by USA Today Bestselling Author Tina Glasneck.

    Enjoy all of the books in this series:
    Hellish, Book 1
    Hellbent, Book 2
    Helltown, Book 3
    Hellbound, Book 4
    Hellraiser, Book 5
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVie La Publishing House, LLC
    Release dateApr 20, 2018
    ISBN9781949004038
    Hellish
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    Tina Glasneck

    USA Today bestselling author Tina Glasneck loves to write all kinds of books and genres (romantasy, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance). But her newfound love and passion are dragons and flawed women who are unaware of their own greatness. Be they shifters, riders, queens and gods, Tina's passionate about creating a magical world where love, danger, freedom, and power are just a dragon's breath away.

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      Hellish - Tina Glasneck

      present.

      Chapter 1

      Freyja: Asgard

      Unlike in the meeting room of the gods, where everyone would sit in a circle and discuss issues that pertained to all, today, one stood to accuse.

      Freyja stood on a platform at the head of the circle, overlooking the gathered deities, and Lady Hel, the goddess of Helheim, stood in the middle. Fury rested underneath her contrite smile.

      Do you know why we have called this meeting? Freyja asked.

      I take it that you have called it and no one else. Why, is your dear husband finally allowing you to wear the pants now? Lady Hel chuckled with a hint of distaste.

      Enough, Odin whispered, and the ground began to shake. You have intervened in matters regarding the dragons, and therefore have begun an act of treason against us.

      I don't know what you mean.

      The ring ... the ring that harmed your own son? Did you not think we'd find out? Freyja asked.

      "He is my son. What business is it of yours what I do with my family. I was purely looking out for his best interest, and his messing around with that girl is not it." Lady Hel crossed her arms and pushed back her shoulders to stand even straighter.

      Freyja stared at Lady Hel. The concern that she attempted to hide beneath her pride was self-evident. If Erich, her son, fell in love—was fated to be with someone—then who would be there for Lady Hel? She would be surrounded by people, yet alone; a guardian of the dead, and thus expected to be dead inside, too.

      We have decided that because of your crime, there must be repercussions.

      Crime? What crime have I committed against Asgard and the gods, for I am one of you?

      But you endanger us all by your misplaced loyalties.

      Freyja took a seat behind her platform, and Odin stood to pronounce judgment.

      My dearest, Lady Hel, I sentence you to live among the mortals and learn their ways.

      "You want me to do what?"

      Freyja walked down to where Lady Hel stood and placed her arms around her in a hug of friendship. Only true love will allow you to again ascend to your throne. When you find your beloved, your great love, you will once again find home.

      How am I supposed to do that? she scoffed.

      Freya smiled. I suggest you get creative.

      Chapter 2

      Harley: Present Day

      They say that place is haunted, Jake said. He tipped back his can of beer and emptied it in one long swig.

      The Gothic structure jutted upwards, supporting the urban myth that each nail and brick of it had been shipped over from Scandinavia in the fifteen hundreds, way before America had been settled.

      Under the night sky, seated on the bank of the river, the old Laufeyjarson Estate’s silhouette played upon the water’s ripples. The hint of summer hung in the air,  and around the camp fire they sat—Jake, Tony, Paul, Graham, Graham’s girlfriend, Emili, and Harley.

      Harley crushed the beer can in his hand and watched it twinkle, as if the light from the fire caught it just right.

      You can't be buzzed yet? Tony asked.

      Harley swayed. If he closed his eyes, he could swear that a small voice whispered in the winds. Thoughts of his mother and her telling him fairy tales from the old land nudged him.

      Let’s get to the point of this little intervention, Graham said. Are you finally going to graduate this year, Harl? You’re a seventh year senior and even my folks would be on my ass about them not having to pay tuition anymore.

      Graham snapped his fingers in front of Harley’s face. You still here with us, Harl? Graham had a way about him, often abrasive. Dressed in his basketball jersey and his baseball cap on backwards, it covered his salon-fresh, brown hair; everything about him screamed college jock.

      He surely didn’t have to worry what would happen once he walked across that stage. His old man had already set up a position. Family connections and all, but Harley wasn’t that lucky.

      His eyes flashed open and he watched Graham pull Emili in for a tighter snuggle until their bodies were so close that Harley couldn’t tell where Graham’s torso ended, and where Emili’s began.

      What was in that beer? he questioned. Don’t you all hear that? The soft wind again whispered Harley’s name and he stretched. Harley nodded, pushing all thoughts of otherness away. Those thoughts seemed to plague him—a rabbit hole waiting for him to jump down.

      I told you all we should have just gone to the mall, Emili said.

      Yeah, Paul agreed, but you can’t drink there. Campus had a no alcohol rule, the same way that it didn’t tolerate what the powers that be considered immoral behavior.

      What do you think is on the other side? Harley asked and pointed at the house. It beckoned him just like a brightly lit beacon. Was the only one who could see the tiny flashes of light dancing in the warm breeze?

      Instead of just talking about that place tonight, why don't you actually go and explore it? Maybe then you can get it out of your system, Graham said.

      Harley didn't really care one way or another, but if there was a chance he could get a closer peek at what was on the other side of the wrought-iron gate, he was all in. After all, they’d been talking about it long enough. Now was the time for action.

      Guys, do you really want to trespass? Emili warned.

      The fellas laughed. No one has heard from the last poor sod who decided to jump the fence, Graham said.

      Bet me fifty dollars and I'll go check it out, Harley

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