Hecate (Cate) is a fallen goddess pining over the loss of her soul to Hades. How does an immortal trapped in a human body cope with ennui and a persistent ex? She does what every human does, of course. She drinks too much and sees her therapist once a week. Pithy and sadly lacking in social skills, Cate is determined to make the most of her ordinary life, even if Hades has other plans for her.
Hades is determined to keep her soul until he's "gotten over" the injury Cate caused his beloved wife, Persephone. The ex, Ares, seems determined to be a part of Cate's life even if she wants nothing to do with him. She blames him for her predicament and knows he's the one thing she wants more than her soul.
Complicating matters is the war she's trying to avoid with her ex-best friend, Isis, now queen of the vampires, and the war that's always threatening to brew over between Ares and Bacchus, Cate's best friend. Bach and Cate are just friends, so why does Ares and Bach seem to be fighting over her? All Cate wants is to do her job, go home to her dog, and live out the next hundred years until Hades decides she deserves her soul back.