The Demon Lover

Dr. Callie McFay, author of Sex Lives of the Demon Lovers, had no true intention of signing on as a professor of folklore during her interview at Fairwick College in upstate New York, but something about an old Victorian mansion off campus lures her to take up residence. As Callie sets up her new home, she is simultaneously seduced by a promising research project and a sexual creature she encounters in her dreams but cannot see or believe in during daylight. Eventually realizing that she must drive the demon away, Callie reluctantly seeks assistance from her neighbors and colleagues. She also begins to uncover her own heritage, which may explain her attraction to Fairwick and the incubus. In this surprisingly literary paranormal, Dark (a pseudonym for a “critically acclaimed literary suspense writer”) develops a complex, detailed world where magic, reason, and gothic literature enjoyably intersect. (Jan.)