I wasn’t supposed to have her, but now that she’s mine, anyone who tries to take her from me will burn. As a demon prince of the Underworld, I’m used to the heat. But after an accident leaves me bound to a human woman, I find the feisty little baker is turning up the fires within me. I originally set out to make her pay for being so arrogant as to pry into my mind, but now as I gaze into her eyes, I can tell she’s been hurt enough. She doesn’t need my judgment, she needs my protection, and I’ll show anyone who looks at her wrong just what it means to suffer. Even my own kin… All I wanted was answers. Instead, I ended up signing a blood contract. I meddled into things I shouldn’t have in search for the truth about my mother, and now I’m paying the price. I thought that having my soul bound to a demon would be payment enough, but as it turns out, that’s just the start. His boss expects him to bring me in for prosecution. But when he refuses, I start to wonder if maybe there’s more to him than I first believed. And when I find out a demon can speak to the dead, I just might get some answers about my family after all. But neither of us is prepared for what we learn from talking to the damned …