Of Love and Forge

A Neosphere Novel (Beyond a Contemporary Mythos)

By: Carly Spade

Narrated by: Thomas Locklear, Stella Bloom

The god of the forge...

Life was good in the Neosphere District. I’d made a name for myself as a renowned supernatural bounty hunter, holding the record for most harpies slayed. But the best part about living in the future? Avoiding the other Olympian gods. Banishing a guy from Olympus because he was “imperfect” tends to make one hold a grudge. Go figure. And no other god possessed the means to time travel. But I did. Thanks to the portal hopping device I forged.

Yup. Life. Was. Grand.

Until a bounty popped up on a certain love goddess. Aphrodite and I had been friends since we were wee gods. I’d be lying to myself if I never thought our “innocent” flirting banter were real on occasion—kidding myself if I said I never wanted things to go beyond platonic. Hence, why I recently kept my distance. For my own sanity. So, of course, I made the grave mistake of taking the goddamned bounty.

The goddess of love...

Since reconciling with my son Eros, after centuries of bad mojo, I’d decided it was time to clean up my act. Ride the straight and narrow. My companion service, Sans Solo, became just the ticket I needed. And it allowed me to use my powers in disguise in modern California under the name Vena Milo.

With the aid of my best friends, and fellow goddesses, the Graces, we ran a legitimate business. All was right in the world.

Until the volcano god showed up. Hephaistos. Heph—a lifelong friend who never failed to confuse me, mind, body, and soul. Especially when he showed up with a magical pair of handcuffs. His audacity pissed me off, but the mere sight of him, the smell of him, made my stomach flutter. That...I couldn’t deny. And when Heph's plan goes to Tartarus things got even dicier and we became...the hunted.

A cyberpunk fantasy Hephaestus x Aphrodite romance that defies myth but answers true love's call.

©2023 Carly Spade (P)2023 Carly Spade

Great!

Carly has written a fun story! I loved the volcano god and his love goddess. It was well worth listening to the adventures they had.
Stella and Thomas did a fantastic job narrating it. I was used to Thomas doing romance and he was marvelous in this fantasy world. They were a great team!

Of LOVE and Forge

okay, this has to be my favorite book of the Greek gods. to be honest I don't think I ever heard a book of Aphrodite and Hephaestus. this love story is so good. very enjoyable. you guys are going to love it. and the narrators did an amazing job too.

Love

Wow, I love this story so much. The narrators are incredibly talented and I really enjoyed listening to the book. They really brought the story to life with the phenomenal writing. Hephaestus and Aphrodite are my new favorite couple. Their witty banter turning into something more..whew (fans self) I absolutely adore Heph.

For Love

This was an interesting story, I loved the futuristic setting and the chemistry between Aphrodite & Hephaestus.
I’m curious about the Sovereign and what’s going to happen next.

Love and Forge!

I absolutely loved the "Contemporary Mythos" series so I was very excited to see this new "Neosphere" story. This one is a modern day spin on mythology with Hephaestus (Heph) and Aphrodite (Ro) finding more. The God of the Forge and Goddess of Love have a long history and were always good friends; often confiding in each other. This story is my first five into a cyberpunk story. It is very interesting and intriguing. I listened to an audio version of the story and thought narration was really good. The narrators did a good job bringing the story and characters to life. The author did a good job developing the story with some good twists.