Where saving the world is just another day's work... Claire Hansen goes where the trouble is. That's the job of a Keeper: cleaning up metaphysical disasters, closing holes in the fabric of the universe. Constant travel is hard, even with a talking cat alongside. But it beats the assignments older Keepers get. She'd hate to be stuck in one place for decades, minding a breach too big to mend. Then Claire finds herself in Kingston, Ontario, at a bed-and-breakfast with a literal gate to Hell in the basement, its assigned guardian nowhere to be found. It's fully stocked with weird-an evil Sleeping Beauty, a French-Canadian sailor's ghost, technicolor imps the cat denies seeing. The only employee is a Clark Kent-handsome Newfie with zero magic and less instinct for self-preservation. And guests keep arriving, with very particular demands. Disentangling history, mystery, and magic while keeping the B&B's doors open and the gates of Hell firmly shut has proven impossible before now. But since the alternative is being trapped forever, Claire will give it a try...

Tanya Huff lives in rural Ontario with her wife Fiona Patton, five cats, and an increasing number of fish. Her 32 novels and 83 short stories include horror, heroic fantasy, urban fantasy, comedy, and space opera. Her BLOOD series was turned into the 22-episode Blood Ties and writing episode nine allowed her to finally use her degree in Radio & Television Arts. Many of her short stories are available as eCollections. She's on Twitter at @TanyaHuff and Facebook as Tanya Huff. She has never used her Instagram account and isn't sure why she has it.