A toxic game of cat-and-mouse between a battle-hardened exorcist and the demon determined to possess her as his permanent vessel: more gory relationship horror from the author of Our Winter Monster

Claire Maple is a second-generation exorcist who’s spent her life fighting predators. She’s strong but masochistic. Sharply wry. Angry. She forces demons out of vulnerable strangers, but feels dispirited that everyone—people, demons, and especially herself—seems incurably broken.

She meets a charismatic demon named Nyx who wants a body of his own . . . and, over the course of an electrifying conversation, recognizes Claire as a rare, perfect host who could keep him not just for a couple hours, but for the rest of their lives. They form a dangerous, enlivening bond as Claire—aided by a pair of dubiously harmless men fighting their own metaphorical demons—tries to kill him, and as Nyx enflames her lifelong struggles with self-loathing, alcoholism, and loneliness. One of them has to die. But what if people and their demons are made for each other?