A Heart For Valentine's Day

Adora's sister has a terminal heart condition and only a few weeks left. When Adora is told this, she agrees to a bargain with a demon named Aviel. He will arrange the procedure that saves her sister's life, and in return Adora will owe a debt that could take her freedom, her future and her soul.

Aviel does not leave her alone once the deal is made. He becomes a constant presence in her life, and she cannot keep away from him, even as she resists. Comfort starts to mix with doubt. As her world comes apart, she suspects he is not the rescuer he seems and that his interest goes beyond business.

The story is told in alternating first-person voices, Adora's and Aviel's. Aviel regards humans as predictable and sees Adora's desperation as an opening. Her devotion and her temper unsettle him, though, and he grows more attached than his plans allow. He tells himself she is a means to an end, but that claim gets harder to hold.

This is a stand-alone adult paranormal romance, steamy and complicated, with a dark edge and a happily ever after promised. Content warnings: dark themes, terminal illness, dubious consent, manipulation and death. It is a Valentine's season release about forbidden love.