


Books in series

#1
Dazzling Brightness
1994
Emerging from the world of ancient Greece, Hades, Lord of the Underworld, and the mystical Persephone defy the gods of Olympus to defend an eternal love that they share between the sun and the shadows. Original.
From the mists of timeless legend... an enchanting, unforgettable tale of passion, intrigue and adventure that brings two mythical lovers magnificently to life...
HE was Lord of the Underworld, cast down by the gods into a kingdom of everlasting darkness. SHE was born with mystical powers in a place of eternal light. And somewhere between the shadows and the sun was a world of treachery, danger, and unending desire...
Against the savage splendor of Ancient Greece... from the exalted mountaintops of Olympus to a glittering midnight realm... they would defy the gods themselves to make their heaven right here on earth with a love that would blaze forever in... DAZZLING BRIGHTNESS

#2
Shimmering Splendor
1995
When Psyche, because of her beauty and so many suitors, declares she hates Love and Beauty, her father closes the Temple of Aphrodite. Aphrodite sends Eros to punish them, but Eros falls in love with Psyche. His loyalty to Aphrodite causes him to punish Psyche by marrying her to a monster (himself in disguise). Psyche admits her attraction to the monster, and needs to prove her love to Eros. 2nd of the Myth trilogy by Roberta Gellis; originally published by Pinnacle

#3
Enchanted Fire
1996
Orpheus...his music was magic.
His gifted fingers stroke lyrical enchantment from his lyre, seducing Gods and mortals alike. Until he is seduced by the bewitching Eurydice, a woman with the beauty of a goddess—a woman who tempts and torments him beyond earthly reason.
Eurydice...her magic was ecstasy.
Her power is the power of the immortals—a gift that has made her the most feared woman in Thrace. Fleeing a sorcerer of even greater power, she finds sanctuary aboard the legendary Argo—and dangerous desire in the arms of the proud, sensual Orpheus.
In Enchanted Fire, an unforgettable legend comes to life: the magnificent love story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Against the dazzling splendor of a world lost in the mists of time—where a shepherd named Jason searches for the elusive golden fleece, and a vengeful woman called Medea unleashes her powerful sorcery—a humble musician named Orpheus will journey to the darkest depths of Hades to reclaim a love as glorious as the heavens above.

#4
Bull God
2000
MOMMA DOESN'T TALK ABOUT THAT PARTY...
When gods still walked the Earth, a king could pray for a sign and have a white bull rise from the sea to confirm his claim to the throne. But a god's price was high, and when Minos did not keep his promise to the god Poseidon, the god meddled with Minos' wife...and the Minotaur, a child with the head of a bull, was born. The question is, did Poseidon intend his son to be worshiped as a new god, or is he the god's curse on Knossos, a monster that will destroy it?
Ariadne was the Minotaur's half-sister, the only one who would touch him and care for him when he was born. She was also high priestess of Dionysus, sworn to interpret his Visions, but one Vision destroys her peace. Dionysus Sees that the bull-head must die or bring disaster upon the realm. Can Ariadne agree to the slaughter of the deformed half-brother who clings to her as the only one who cares for him? Can she protect the Minotaur in defiancé of Dionysus' vision and dare the god's wrath? Should she?

#5
Thrice Bound
2001
Fleeing her tyrannical father, a powerful mage, Hekate seeks refuge in the Caves of the Dead, where her father's magic is powerless but where she is threatened by madness and despair, but she is rescued by Kabeiros, who breaks the terrible spell but cannot leave the Caves without being transformed into a black dog, unless she can free him from his curse. Original.
Author

Roberta Gellis
Author · 38 books
Roberta Gellis has been one of the most successful writers of historical fiction of the last few decades, having published about 25 meticulously researched historical novels since 1964. She was married to her husband Charles for over 50 years and they lived together in Lafayette, Indiana with a lively Lakeland terrier called Taffy. She has one child called Mark. Her page at the Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase