What's a woman to do when the only man she's ever loved is taken from her far too soon?
Does she try to love again?
Stay single, satisfied with memories of a once-in-a-lifetime kind of love?
Or does she grieve herself into an early grave?
At forty-one, Quality Arceneaux never thought she'd be the one asking those questions. But when her fianc , Slate Lirette. A beloved principal and pillar of Slimeville, Louisiana, is murdered without justice or closure, grief becomes her new identity. Her tarot cards warned her about death, but nothing could have prepared her for losing Slate.
Now the cold case hangs heavy over her heart, turning her bitter and emotionally hollow. Even her own therapy chair has become a place she dreads. Desperate for answers, love, and peace, Quality meets someone who just might hold the key.... Ephesians Fontenot. A glamorous baker with a dark spiritual side. She offers Quality hope through rituals, spells, and whispered promises to bring back what was stolen. But the price for such magic is steep. The dead aren't meant to return.
When Slate rises again, he isn't the same kind, charming man. He's angry. Possessive. Vengeful. And with new powers pulsing through his veins, he's ready to hunt down his killers and reclaim the woman he still calls his. Even if it means unleashing hell on the Dirty South, one demon at a time.