Sarah Hawley

Mariel Spark knows not to trust a demon, especially one that wants her soul, but what's a witch to do when he won't leave her side - and she kind of doesn't want him to? Mariel Spark is prophesied to be the most powerful witch seen in centuries of the famed Spark family, but to the displeasure of her mother, she prefers baking to brewing potions and gardening to casting hexes. When a spell to summon flour goes very wrong, Mariel finds herself staring down a demon - one she inadvertently summoned for a soul bargain. Ozroth the Ruthless is a legend among demons. Powerful and merciless, he drives hard bargains to collect mortal souls. But his reputation has suffered ever since a bargain went awry - if he can strike a deal with Mariel, he will earn back his deadly reputation. Ozroth can't leave Mariel's side until they complete a bargain, which she refuses to do (turns out some humans are attached to their souls). But the witch is funny. And curvy. And disgustingly yet endearingly cheerful. Becoming awkward roommates quickly escalates when Mariel, terrified to confess the inadvertent summoning to her mother, blurts out that she's dating Ozroth. As Ozroth and Mariel struggle to maintain a fake relationship, real attraction blooms between them. But Ozroth has a limited amount of time to strike the deal, and if Mariel gives up her soul, she'll lose all her emotions - including love - which will only spell disaster for them both.

Calladia Cunnington knows she's rough around the edges, despite being theheir to one of small-town Glimmer Falls' founding witch families. While her gymobsession is a great outlet for her anxieties and anger, her hot temper still getsthe best of her and manifests in bar brawls. When Calladia saves someone froma demon attack one night, though, she's happy to put her magic and rage togood use...until she realizes the man she saved is none other than Astaroth,the ruthless demon who orchestrated a soul bargain on her best friend. Astaroth is a legendary soul bargainer and one of the nine members of thedemon high council-except he can't remember any of this. Suffering fromamnesia after being stripped of his immortality and banished to the mortalplane, Astaroth doesn't know why a demon named Moloch is after him, nor whythe muscular, angry, hot-in-a-terrifying-way witch who saved him hates him somuch. Unable to leave anyone in such a vulnerable state-even the most despicabledemon - Calladia grudgingly decides to help him. The two set out on an uneasy road trip to findthe witch who might be able to restore Astaroth's memory so they can learnhow to defeat Moloch. Calladia vows that once Astaroth is cured, she'll kick hisass, but the more time she spends with the snarky yet utterly charming demon,the more she realizes she likes this new, improved Astaroth... and maybe she doesn't want him to recover his memories, after all.