Olympians Ascending

The plan is simple-find my mate, bond her, and ascend as the next king of gods.I'm ready for this. Been preparing all my life. The world is mine, and nothing will stop me from fulfilling my destiny. Especially not a mortal female only meant as a means to my regaining my powers.But Irine isn't what I expected, and neither is the bonding, and that plan up there may need a tweak or ten. I must reevaluate my approach to... everything. For the first time in this life, I know what love is, and being an arrogant jerk won't help me get my happily ever after.

I can't risk bringing down her inhibitions. Not when that might destroy her.Yes, Poseidon and Hermes are ecstatically happy with their mates. Yes, they've also got super-cool powers, like blinking from place to place and affecting reality. Yes, I could have those powers too. No, I won't. Because I have something my brothers don't-memories from my first life.Doesn't matter that my soulmate just walked into my bar and my idiot of a brother hired her. I don't mess with my staff. And I won't be bonding with her. Or falling in love with her.Now can she please stop being so irresistible?

Unlike a couple of my brothers, I want to find The One. Want to mate. Want to feel as happy and complete as Poseidon is with his female. And yes, I want to ascend.Sucks for me that my soulmate hasn't been located yet. Though maybe that's finally changed, judging from how my all-knowing supernatural grandpa insists I need to take this modelling job.Worst-case scenario, I'll spend a fun week on an island. And meet a gorgeous romance writer who seems surprisingly closed to true love. Can I change her mind, or does fate have other plans for me and Joy?

I've chased Cassandra for millennia, though she's denied me and our bonding. I'd have given up long ago, if her resentful love didn't seep through our connection. Now she's finally conceded to be mine, but at what cost? I don't want to own her because of a bet; I want her to accept what she feels for me. What we are to each other. What we have. All I'm asking is for a chance to win her over. If I fail, I'm prepeared to forfeit the bond and my existence.