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?