The Death Contract: Gods Among Us - The Kronos Arc Book One

She signed a contract with Death. He's here to collect. When mythology scholar Lyra Vance stumbles upon an ancient artifact that shouldn't exist, she accidentally binds herself to Thanatos—the primordial god of death who's been waiting millennia for someone foolish enough to invoke his name. The contract is simple: serve as his mortal anchor in a war between gods, or watch everyone she loves become collateral damage in divine schemes. But Thanatos isn't the cold reaper she expected. He's devastatingly beautiful, infuriatingly arrogant, and hiding secrets that could unravel everything she thought she knew about mythology. As ancient powers converge on the modern world, Lyra discovers she's not just a pawn in the gods' game—she might be the only piece that matters. The Kronos Arc begins with a bargain sealed in shadow and a love that could either save the world or doom it.