Publisher's Synopsis
Julitta Sinclair is a teen with a complicated past and a soon to be complicated future. During a family vacation in France, her mother Chanel disappears under mysterious circumstances. Her father Joseph leaves Julitta with his mother Marie, an island medicine woman whose shop is called A Soul in Need. On a hot Halloween afternoon, Marie approaches three mysterious strangers after she notices them staring at her shop. The men offer to find Chanel if Marie will capture the Nefarious Nine -evil spirits who've escaped from hell. Marie realizes that the visitors are demons, and refuses to help; yet she's tricked into signing a contract anyway. Because she was tricked, Marie stubbornly disregards her obligation to the devil, opting instead to care for Julitta and her shop. But when Marie becomes desperately ill, a dying Marie tells Julitta about the contract, Julitta finds the demons and make them a new offer. If they'll give Marie more time, Julitta and Niko will capture the Nine
