2008 RITA for Best First Book
There's something about almost dying that makes a girl
rethink her priorities. Take Nicki Styx—she was strictly
goth and vintage, until a brush with the afterlife leaves
her with the ability to see dead people. Before you can say boo, Atlanta's ghosts are knocking at
Nicki's door. Now her days consist of reluctantly cleaning
up messes left by the dearly departed, leading ghouls to the
Light . . . and one-on-one anatomy lessons with Dr. Joe
Bascombe, the dreamy surgeon who saved her life. All this
catering to the deceased is a real drag, especially for a
girl who'd rather be playing hanky-panky with her hunky new
boyfriend . . . who's beginning to think she's totally nuts.
But things get even more complicated when a friend foolishly
sells her soul to the devil, and Nicki's new gift lands her
in some deep voodoo. As it turns out for Nicki Styx, death was just the
beginning.
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