Kris Starr used to be famous. Rock and roll. Sold-out shows. Literal magic. Empathic talents and screaming fans. But he has a problem or two. He's having a hard time writing new music. It’s Midwinter, which means he’s surrounded by depressing holiday cheer. And he's in love with Justin, his manager, who has a talent for rescuing almost- or once-famous bands ... and who’s hiding secrets of his own. Justin Moore, on the other hand, is very good at keeping those secrets -- he's had to be for years. One secret involves a demonic inheritance that would make him a target of suspicion. Another involves his past. And the third involves Justin’s feelings for Kris Starr, rock and roll icon and now his client ... and a powerful empath of his own.

A Demon for Midwinter

A few of his friends had called. Anna, who fussed over him on the phone and offered to bake and send banana bread; Kris couldn’t quite picture that tightly-coiffed platinum style producing anything from an oven, but Justin said thank you, so he supposed they’d find out. A few names he didn’t know, friends in the industry. Brendan “Chaos” Alvarez, Incantation’s dark and smoldering heartthrob front-man, who called from New Zealand and demanded loudly enough to be heard by everyone, “If I’m gonna be part of your coming-out story I at least want it to be true, the last time we hooked up was years ago, but I will so jump back in bed with you, J, you’re fuckin’ awesome, and also why the hell didn’t you tell me, you think I’d care?”


“Bren—” Justin attempted, both entertained and wincing on behalf of the enthralled familial audience.


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