The road to hell

Kessler's sizzling sequel to paranormal debut Hell's Belles puts ex-succubus Jezebel? the now-mortal Jesse Harris, a dancer at a strip club?stage center again. For a month after waking up in a hospital, the former 4,000-year-old, fifth-level succubus who used to seduce humans to claim their souls has been living a happy mortal life in New York with a devoted boyfriend, New York vice cop Paul Hamilton. So when Alecto, a Fury from hell, arrives and demands she return to hell to help Alecto's sister, Megaera (Jessie's former best friend who betrayed her), Jesse balks.