The myths told one version. Here is another.
For those who devour an origin story…
Before Hades ever met Persephone, there was Cassie. His first love.
She became a problem. So history cut her out.
The God Who Broke Me
Welcome to my little corner of the internet! My name is Davina Fay and I’m an indie author publishing my debut novel: The God Who Broke Me (coming April 2027).
This story is my love letter to Greek Mythology. If you love morally gray gods, whimsical princesses, mythological retellings, messy characters, multiple POVs, and a golden-retriever heroine who somehow manages to be both incredibly powerful and an absolute disaster, then you’re exactly where you’re meant to be.
The God Who Broke Me is the first book in the When the Wind Knelt series, and I can't wait to share it with you.
A cursed fae princess.
Three newly crowned Gods.
And a prophecy that threatens to shatter Olympus before their reign can even begin.
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Cassie, a Daughter of Wind, carries the power of the sun in her veins, a gift from Helios, her Titan father. Long desiring a friend who isn’t afraid of her power, she’s thrilled when a young Hades is hidden away in her kingdom, forming a childhood bond that blossoms into first love as they grow up devoted to one another. But a date in the Mortal Realm turns deadly when they chance upon Hades’s father, Kronos, and Hades sacrifices himself to keep Cassie safe, leaving her with a wound that never truly heals.
Then war erupts and the Titanomachy begins.
Ten years pass without a whisper of news—until the portals reopen, and everything changes. Cassie is shocked to discover Hades is alive, but years of grief can’t prepare her for the God he’s become. As the newly titled ruler of the Underworld, the quiet boy she loved has turned into someone far more dangerous. And when Cassie is marked by a devastating curse, her world tilts on its axis.
One brother will love her. The other will trap her. And the third will take the thing she holds most dear.
Terrified, she flees into the arms of the God she thinks will protect her. But in the Underworld, a realm without sunlight, survival comes at a price—one the Sun’s daughter might not be able to pay.
A Little Bit About Me
Hi! I’m Davina. I’m an indie author and lover of all things romantasy and Greek mythology.