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

“I mean he makes me want to write love songs.” All in now. On air. No going back. “And I don’t think that’s something that gets more difficult over time. Or it only does when you forget how love makes youfeel, how important it is. But it’s easy again. I look at him and I feel like I can be the…the person he sees. And I love him.” Coming out muddled, in the wrong order, but nevertheless. “I actually brought you something else. It’s just a rough version, it’s a cover, actually, not something I’d normally—and I did it before we even—but I wanted to share. Can I?”


“Are you saying,” Marianne May said, “right here and now, to all our listeners, that Kris Starr is…what, in love with the New York Demon?”


“I am,” Kris said. To her, to Justin, to everyone. “I love him.”


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