Wickedly dark with a mystical edge, this story of an Italian love affair gone bad captures the irresistible pull of toxic relationships--from the acclaimed author of Carnality .
Heady, unsettling, and shockingly funny with its dead-on descriptions of codependent and abusive relationships, The Devil\'s Grip takes us on a breathless journey with the shadow selves we can\'t escape..
Their Grip on each other is so strong, it might be impossible to break, even after she puts an ocean between them, following another man to New Orleans.
Soon they\'re both cheating and lashing out, and she becomes more and more convinced he\'s not merely a violent man: there\'s a demon inside him, and inside her too.
Other women have begun to notice him, and she spirals into paranoia.
It\'s not long before the lying starts.
She feels bound to him, body and soul.
But he\'s the Mickey to her Minnie, and she can fix him--they can fix each other.
With his dark, ugly looks, people might stop and stare, wondering what someone like her was doing with someone like him.
Amidst the Renaissance architecture and amorous couples, she finds an unexpected love of her own.
A woman arrives in Florence, overwhelmed by the strange, warm city so different from her home.
Wickedly dark with a mystical edge, this story of an Italian love affair gone bad captures the irresistible pull of toxic relationships--from the acclaimed author of Carnality