[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Romance, Alternative, Paranormal, Shapeshifters, Werewolves, MM, HEA] For countless years, the herald of the gods guided others to happiness. When his magic runs out, his existence seems to vanish. But the herald’s friends refuse to abandon him, and through their efforts, a magical beanstalk appears in Nexus. It is their only way to their guardian, but no one can touch it. No one—except for one man. Once trapped in the curse of Nexus’s prince, Lyre survived with his mind intact solely because of a beautiful, silver-eyed stranger. The beanstalk’s appearance brings back forgotten memories, and through them, the song of a lost love. It brings him back to the herald. Unbeknownst to Lyre, his mysterious savior is actually Prince Aeron, the son of Hades and Persephone. Once the herald, he is now the captive of his own ancestry. To reclaim his soulmate, Lyre has to face the underworld itself. In a battle against Lyre’s own demons and Aeron’s secrets, can the music of their bond prevail?

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.

Gertrud the Great (1256–1302) entered the monastery of Helfta in eastern Germany as a child oblate. At the age of twenty-five she underwent a conversion that led to a series of visionary experiences. These centered on “the divine loving-kindness,” which she perceived as expressed through and symbolized by Christ’s divine Heart. Some of these experiences she recorded in Latin “with her own hand,” in what became book 2 of The Herald of God’s Loving-Kindness. Books 1, 3, 4, and 5 were written down by another nun, a close confidant of the saint, now often known as "Sister N." Book 5 details the sickness, deaths, and afterlife fates of various Helfta nuns, novices, and lay brothers, as witnessed by Gertrud in her visions. It also describes Gertrud’s preparations for her own death and her predictive visions of her ultimate glorification in heaven. The Herald concludes with Sister N.’s personal account of her presentation of the whole book to the Lord at Mass, the welcome he gave it, and the privileges he attached to it. The Book of Special Grace, which mainly records the visions of Mechtild of Hackeborn, was probably compiled by Gertrud herself with the help of Sister N. Parts 6 and 7 recount the deaths of the abbess Gertrud and of Mechtild, her younger sister. As many passages overlap, sometimes verbatim, with corresponding chapters in book 5 of The Herald, a translation has been included for purposes of comparison.