Marcus Roth is a top criminal lawyer by time and demon-slaying warder by night, but he is simply among five warders-not really important to anyone but Joseph Locke, his hearth. Or so Marcus mistakenly thinks.

On a journey to Lexington, Kentucky, to celebrate Joe’s grandfather’s birthday, that belief adjustments as Marcus unwittingly uncovers a paranormal dilemma and ends up revealing his identity as a warder to Joe’s family. Faced with a traitor, demons, as well as the return of a vintage enemy, Marcus must put his own needs aside to save his friends-though in so doing he may eliminate the person he loves forever. Even coping with the ordeal might not be enough if Marcus can’t forgive himself and learn that his hearth and the others of his clutch can’t do without him.