Last year, Pierce died - just for a moment. And when she was in the space between life and death, she met John. Tall dark and terrifying, it’s his job to usher souls from one realm to the next. There’s a fierce attraction between them, which Pierce carries back into our world. But she knows that if she allows herself to fall for John she will be doomed to a life of shadows and loneliness in the Underworld. When things get dangerous for her, her only hope is to do exactly what John says. Can she trust a guy who lives for the dead?