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A queen, a king and a ruined city between them
Tender Cruelty returns to Olympus at the moment everything finally shatters. The barrier that kept the city safe has fallen, enemies circle the gates and the Thirteen are too busy fighting each other to mount a united defense. In the middle of the chaos stand Hera and Zeus, rulers in a marriage built on strategy, betrayal and the promise that one of them might not survive it.
Hera once planned to kill the man who shares her bed, a legacy heir who seized power with the same ruthless certainty as his father. Years of secret plots and sleepless nights have not prepared her for the truth that has crept in anyway. Somewhere between their late night arguments, political deals and scorching encounters, she has started to care what happens to him and to the city they are supposed to protect.
As Olympus burns and old enemies move in, Hera and Zeus have to choose whether they will cling to the roles that keep them apart or risk everything on a fragile alliance. Lovers, rivals and would-be assassins crowd their path, but the most dangerous choice lies between them. If they can face their own pasts and the hurt they have caused, there might still be a future where they stand side by side rather than across a battlefield.
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Preview Zara Hampton-Brown and Alex Moorcock as they trade points of view, bringing Hera and Zeus’s volatile, magnetic connection to life in the shadows of Olympus
Download the Free Audiobook: Tender Cruelty
Tender Cruelty by Katee Robert offers an intense listening experience set near the end of the Dark Olympus saga, where the city’s magical defenses have failed and power is slipping through the Thirteen’s fingers. At the center of the storm are Hera and Zeus, trapped in a marriage that began as a weapon and has turned into something far more complicated.
With a free trial you can cancel at any time, you can step into this world in audio without pressure. Narrated by Zara Hampton-Brown and Alex Moorcock with a duration of about 8 hrs and 11 mins, the dual performance leans into the contrast between Hera’s icy determination and Zeus’s controlled fury while giving space to the vulnerability neither can show in public.
The audiobook stays in your library forever even if you decide to end the free trial later. This flexible offer opens the door to thousands of other audiobooks and gives you a simple, risk free way to explore more dark romances and myth inspired stories. Press play on Tender Cruelty and let Olympus’s most dangerous couple draw you into their final reckoning.
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