Zane Gideon is determined to comb all of Hell's Rings, if he must, to find Wilder Swift. Unfortunately, his employer, the Hell Runners Society, instituted a lockdown on every Soul Saver and all seven of Hell's Gates. For more than a hundred years, gifted humans of the uber-elite, ultra-secret Society pledged their lives to rescue lost souls from the First Ring of Hell, but an accident during a covert mission to the Ninth Ring opened a secret door linking Hell to Heaven. Zane witnessed as all the lost souls escaped damnation in one fell swoop, turning the First Ring into an empty, white void. In the process, he lost track of Swift, now MIA for more than two months. The Society is forced into a risky choice-rescue repentant souls from deeper rings or close its doors. Forever-without finding Swift. Zane always believed the repentant deserved to be rescued as much as the lost and campaigns for the Society to raise the bar. All he needs to sway the council are two things. One-his guns that shoot holy water-filled bullets. And two-an oracle that can locate the repentant with visions. But the oracles lost their visions with the closing of the First Ring. All except one-the cold beauty Zane is hoping to defrost between his sheets. Protected from the Society by her grandmother, Delphine Claudel never knew her horrific nightmares were actual visions. Her grandmother relents her hold and reveals the truth to Delphine about her gift of sight. With Zane's help, she asks Delphine to join the Society. Though the cowboy is handsome and persuasive, Delphine declines. The visions drove her mother insane, and she refuses the same fate. But Zane doesn't accept her refusal. Neither does a council member with his own agenda. To protect Delphine from forced drug-induced visions, Zane invites her to his Montana home. There he offers her a deal-she helps him find Swift, and then her gift will be removed. She agrees, but being sequestered with the cowboy is dangerous. His intellect, more than his rugged sex appeal, incites changes in the way she approaches life choices. And the way she views this duty-bound man. She succumbs to his passionate kisses, and for the first time, she falls in love. Located by the Council, they are forced to run and end up confronting the very demon that destroyed Delphine's mother. Confident in her abilities, Delphine strikes a deal with a demon only to be pitted against the man who stole her heart. If Zane can manipulate the Lord of the Ninth Ring to withdraw the demon possessing Delphine, he can save her life. But he might have to sacrifice his life and the future of Hell Runners to do it.
