Too Late, You Worshipped the Wrong Goddess

A proxy bride chooses the Underworld lord over her faithless war god lover.

Hestia enters a marriage pact with Hades, Lord of the Underworld, posing as her vicious sister to reclaim their mother's stolen relic. Years earlier, she devoted herself to Ares, the God of War, only to suffer relentless betrayal. When remorse finally drives Ares to her door seeking reconciliation, she has already severed ties and found contentment in her new life beside Hades.

• fantasy
• romance
• contract marriage
• second chance

1. Hestia marries Hades as sister's substitute
2. Goal: recover stolen maternal relic
3. Ares betrayed her repeatedly before regretting it

Mythology romance readers who prefer a heroine who moves on from toxic devotion to a healthier partnership.