Nemesis in Love

by Marie K. Savage

ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR WHEN THE GODDESS OF RETRIBUTION AND VENGEANCE IS ON THE JOB

Once again, Nemesis, Immortal Goddess of Retribution and Vengeance, has been called back to Earth, this time from a beach vacation on a lovely little water planet in Canis Major. Her job? As always, she is to work with her friends in the Pantheon League to serve justice and mete out punishment for evil transgressions against gods and humans. Born in the primordial past, Nemesis has seen it all. She’s done it all. And she is prepared for anything—except love.

Cy Bigelow has a target on his back. Harold Jensen, the world’s first multi-trillionaire and self-declared Chancellor of New America, wants to destroy Bigelow Enterprises and take its land and mineral rights for himself. But Cy hasn’t spent years dragging the company he inherited back from the brink of bankruptcy to give it up without a fight. And Jensen is ready to give him one.

As the connection between Nemesis and Cy deepens, she pledges to do everything in her power to protect him and those he loves. Even if it means going to war with her own immortal family.

In the first book of the new Pantheon League romantic suspense series set in a near-future dystopian world, join the gods and goddesses of the Pantheon League along with Cy Bigelow, Mat Cárdenas, Brooks Paxon, and Mason Cox—four best friends from southern Arizona—as they go head-to-head with the dark forces undermining American democracy and sowing discord around the world.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication March 10, 2026

Reviews

[☆Laura☆]

Cuando la diosa Nemesis vuelve a la Tierra después de años lejos, descubre que el país ha caído en manos de un gobierno cruel que castiga a quien se atreve a oponerse. Su intención era observar y mantener distancia, pero un hombre cambia sus planes: Cyrus Bigelow, un demigod que desconoce su origen y está a un paso de perder la vida a manos de sus enemigos.

Al salvarlo, queda atrapada en una red de corrupción, violencia política y decisiones capaces de desatar conflictos divinos. Cy, que siempre ha cargado con un sentido de justicia casi instintivo, se convierte en una pieza clave para detener el avance del régimen que domina el país. Su hija y su familia también se ven amenazadas cuando Eris, la hermana de Nemesis, decide utilizar a la niña como arma.

A medida que la situación se vuelve más peligrosa, Nemi y Cy forman una alianza inesperada que los conecta más de lo previsto. Lo que comenzó como una intervención obligatoria se transforma en una lucha por proteger a los inocentes y evitar que el mundo caiga en manos de un poder destructivo. La diosa que siempre ha entregado castigos se enfrenta a un reto nuevo: decidir si vale la pena conservar aquello que acaba de encontrar en el lugar que juró no volver a necesitar.



Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

[Cinnamon&Pine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set only a few years from now, this novel imagines a fascist new America where deportations, segregation and work camps have become reality. The intent seems to be: a reckoning with today’s politics and a warning of a potential future development.
To me the execution opens with a substantial info dump and felt repetitive, weaving many historical parallels together with a full Greek pantheon of gods and their offspring in a way that felt sometimes more forced than cohesive.

By the 25% mark, the point is made—repeatedly. Personally I didn’t like the MMC’s lingering marriage (even if platonic).
Romance-wise, it’s insta-love with no real tension and emotional depths.

Around the half something shifted, it got way better: faster, more engaging, and less didactic.

A solid 3-star read with potential, a set-up for the sequels to come, which will hopefully answer all those open questions.