Instead of trying to find your perfect match in a dating app, we bring you the “Author-Reader Match" where we introduce you to authors you may fall in love with. It's our great pleasure to present Katharine McGee!
Writes:
I’m a fan of romance, drama, shocking plot twists and over-the-top settings, looking for readers who love the same! I have three children (ages 6, 3, and 9 months) and live in my hometown of Houston, though I spent several years in New York and in the San Francisco Bay Area after college. As a reader, I gravitate toward epic stories with sprawling plotlines and tangled casts of characters - usually historical fiction or fantasy, though I have a soft spot for contemporary romance. My latest book, UNGODLY RICH, reimagines the Greek gods as a family of billionaires in the modern world, with all the complicated drama and magic that entails! When I’m not writing, you can find me swimming with my kids (it’s hot in Texas!), eating chips and queso, or curling up on the couch with my husband to watch a prestige drama (think Succession, White Lotus, or Your Friends & Neighbors)!
About:
Classics nerd seeks readers who like their romance with a side of complicated families - and magic.
What I’m looking for in my ideal reader match:
• You love a book with multiple romances playing out at the same time (some new, some old, some slow-burn, some steamy from the start)
• You read all of Percy Jackson and have moved on to Emily Henry and Kevin Kwan, but miss hearing what the Greek gods are up to in the present day
• You like the romance of a Shonda Rhimes show mixed with the moral ambiguity and lavish settings of The White Lotus
• You like your book to be an armchair passport that transports you all over the world, from private clubs in New York to the Argentinian mountains to yachts in the Mediterranean
• You like to imagine a world of Aperol spritzes poolside or champagne on private jets, where the drama is big and the stakes are dangerously high
What to expect if we're compatible:
• A romance that you’ll want to cheer for, despite an actual Pantheon of in-laws fighting to tear it apart
• A cast of characters that will make you laugh, swoon, and occasionally throw the book across the room
• Chapters that switch narrators, so every “just one more chapter” turns into three
• Sly one-liners from the Aeneid and Odyssey, there for the real classics nerds (not required, but fun if you can spot the Easter eggs!)
• A love triangle that turns into a love quadrangle, with a lot of other messy drama thrown in, because the Greek gods are the original dysfunctional family
A Novel
Old gods, new rules. New York Times bestselling author Katharine McGee puts a modern-day twist on ancient mythology in this bold reimagining of the Greek gods as a family of billionaires—with all the messy drama that entails.
When Julia Dodds meets Harry Adams, love hits her like a lightning bolt. He’s adventurous, charismatic, and impossibly handsome. Little does Julia know that her boyfriend has left out a few key details. His name isn’t Harry: it’s Ares, as in the ancient god of war. His mother is Hera, and his father is Zeus.
Soon, Julia is caught up in a world of wealth and privilege as she joins Harry at a lavish family reunion. Except these billionaires don’t just have wealth—they have divine powers. And the moment she steps onto their private island, Julia becomes their latest target.
It’s no secret that the Gods love to meddle, and when it comes to Julia, Harry’s immortal relatives each have their own agenda. Harry’s mother, Hera, will do anything to protect her own. Harry’s sister-in-law Aphrodite has a deeply personal reason for hating Julia, and tasks Hermes, keeper of family secrets, with digging up dirt. Meanwhile, Hades has spent years trying to upend Zeus’s power—and now he finally sees an opportunity to strike.
Set against a globe-trotting backdrop that sweeps from New York’s exclusive private clubs to the wilds of New Zealand to the gated estates of the British aristocracy, Ungodly Rich is a story of love, revenge, secrets, sex, and the most ancient motivator of all: family.
Fantasy Magical Realism | Women's Fiction | Fiction Literary [ Crown, On Sale: July 7, 2026, e-Book / audiobook, / eISBN: 9798217086108 ]
Katharine McGee is the New York Times bestselling author of the American Royals series, the Thousandth Floor trilogy, and A Queen’s Game. She studied English and French literature at Princeton and has an MBA from Stanford. She lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband and their two boys.
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