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 its his job to usher souls from one realm to the next. Theres a fierce attraction between them but Pierce knows that if she allows herself to fall for John she will be doomed to a life of shadows and loneliness in the underworld. But now things are getting dangerous for her and her only hope is to do exactly what John says . . .