When down-on-his-luck tattoo artist Sam inks a forbidden five-headed deity onto a fragile Southern girl at the behest of Savannah’s most dangerous golden boy, he thinks he’s only selling his soul for a quick payday. But as the girl’s body warps with impossible pregnancy and her ghost comes calling, Sam’s caught in a nightmare of curses, betrayal, and old-money occult secrets. The ink is alive, and now Sam’s the next sacrifice—unless he can break the devil’s grip before dawn.
Offered $150,000 to burn cash for the dead, I thought I’d found the perfect payday—until the ritual began stealing my youth and feeding it to my client, the charming but monstrous Aunt Martha. Every bill I burned aged me years, while she grew young and beautiful before my eyes. Now I’m trapped, ancient and helpless, as she hunts for the last of the money—and my only hope is a childhood lucky charm and one desperate gamble.