Evocation

David Aristarkhov grew up as a psychic prodigy under the eye of his occultist father. Now close to thirty, he practices law in Boston and works as a medium for a secret society of practitioners. His life is comfortable, and he has no wish to disturb it.

That ends when he learns the Devil is on the way to collect on a bargain struck by one of his ancestors. The deadline is close, and David has little time to break the curse.

His best chance rests with Rhys, his ex-boyfriend and a rival inside the society. To reach him, David has to get past Rhys's wife, Moira, a powerful medium who can barely stand David at first.

The three are forced to pool their gifts and search a library of arcane books for the terms of a century-old deal. They also have to sort out what they feel for one another.

This is the first book in The Summoner's Circle, a queer contemporary fantasy. It leans toward character and relationship more than plot, so the tangle between the three matters as much as the curse and the clock.