This Immortal Heart A Novel of Aphrodite

Aphrodite rises fully formed from the sea, already beautiful and already powerful. She moves through Olympus and the mortal world with both passion and calculation, and her free will gives her influence over every living creature.

Then fate puts her in front of Ares, the god of war. He is surly, hot-tempered and disliked by everyone, and he lives to stir up conflict. Aphrodite bristles at him, since he seems her opposite in every way.

Gods turn out to feel the highs and lows of love and loss as keenly as mortals do. Aphrodite and Ares are pulled together despite themselves, and their affair stretches across many human lifetimes.

As the years pass, Aphrodite starts to doubt the games the gods play and the part she takes in them. This is a mythological retelling from the goddess's point of view, built around a love story. Zeus rules the kingdom they live in, and it has little room for fire or defiance. Aphrodite must weigh her loyalty to her divine purpose against a love that can only end in ruin.