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I gasped or tried to My mouth opened but I couldnrsquot draw breath His lips pearly wet parted and he blew into my mouth My lungs expanded beneath his weight When I exhaled he sucked my breath in and his weight turned from cold marble into warm living flesh Since accepting a teaching position at remote Fairwick College in upstate New York Callie McFay has experienced the same disturbingly sensual dream every night A mist enters her bedroom then takes the shape of a virile seductive stranger who proceeds to ravish her in the most toe-curling wholly satisfying ways possible Perhaps these dreams are the result of her having written the bestselling book The Sex Lives of Demon Lovers Calliersquos lifelong passion is the intersection of lurid fairy tales and Gothic literaturemdashwhich is why shersquos found herself at Fairwickrsquos renowned folklore department living in a once-stately Victorian house that at first sight seemed to call her name But Callie soon realizes that her dreams are alarmingly real She has a demon lovermdashan incubusmdashand he will seduce her pleasure her and eventually suck the very life from her Then Callie makes another startling discovery Her incubus is not the only mythical creature in Fairwick As the tenured witches of the college and the resident fairies in the surrounding woods prepare to cast out the demon Callie must accomplish something infinitely more difficultmdashbanishing this supernatural lover from her heartldquoVivid and enchanting Darkrsquos letter-perfect gothic style is a satisfying tribute to previous gothic novels and the paranormal elements including incubi fae vampires and witches make this a stellar romancerdquomdashBooklist Top SFFantasy ldquoJuliet Dark develops a complex detailed world where magic reason and gothic literature enjoyably intersectrdquomdashPublishers Weekly.