Accidentally Demonic

by Dakota Cassidy

Berkley Sensation titles by Dakota Cassidy KISS & HELL THE ACCIDENTAL WEREWOLF ACCIDENTALLY DEAD THE ACCIDENTAL HUMAN ACCIDENTALLY DEMONIC ACCIDENT ALLY ...

Accidentally Demonic

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1101171634

Page: 352

View: 683

Love gets a bit devilish in this contemporary romance from the national bestselling author of The Accidental Werewolf. When mild-mannered Casey Schwartz wakes up in jail, she has no memory of how she got there. But after her sister, Wanda, bails her out, Casey has more to deal with than a foggy memory—like abrupt mood swings and fireballs shooting from her fingertips. But things really head south when a vampire shows up on her doorstep... Vampire Clayton Gunnersson is seriously hot. And seriously taken—by a demon. In a ritual gone wrong, Clayton tried to get rid of his unwanted bond, but spilled some demonic blood on Casey, getting her possessed in the process. Now, Casey has to share her body and manage to keep her growing attraction to Clayton in check, because falling for her demon's boyfriend just might get Casey killed...from the inside out.

Accidentally Demonic

by Dakota Cassidy

After waking up in jail with no idea how she got there, Casey Schwartz discovers that she is possessed and must share her body with a demon, who just happens to have a very hot vampire boyfriend. Original.

Accidentally Demonic

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Berkley

ISBN: 9780425232286

Page: 341

View: 811

After waking up in jail with no idea how she got there, Casey Schwartz discovers that she is possessed and must share her body with a demon, who just happens to have a very hot vampire boyfriend. Original.

Accidentally Dead Again

by Dakota Cassidy

Accidentally Demonic is a hold-your-sides, laugh-out-loud book. With vampires, werewolves, and demons running around, paranormal romance will never be the ...

Accidentally Dead Again

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1101588608

Page: 352

View: 526

He was just looking for a night of fun. After a wild work-sponsored Halloween party, entomologist Sam McLean wakes up with a spotty memory—and a pointy set of fangs. Sam’s one-night stand wasn’t just dressed as a vampire; she had the bite to match. Somehow, Sam's unconscious body ends up at the OOPS office, where paranormal crisis counselors Nina, Marty and Wanda give him the down-low on accidentally becoming a creature of the night. What he got was an eternity of trouble. Dealing with a newbie like Sam is no easy task, but things get even more crazy when Phoebe Reynolds—a woman who claims to be Nina’s sister—storms into the office and causes a catfight that ends when Phoebe is accidently bitten by Sam’s recently formed fangs. Now, the OOPS girls have two fledgling vamps on their hands, and their powers—and the attraction building between them—are unlike anything they’ve seen before…

Accidentally Divine

by Dakota Cassidy

Polanski Brothers: Home of Eternal Rest Sexy Lips 66 Accidentally Paranormal, a Paranormal ... The Accidental Werewolf 2. ... Accidentally Demonic 5.

Accidentally Divine

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Dakota Cassidy

ISBN:

Page: 346

View: 106

Heaven ain’t missin’ this angel… At a fateful New Year’s Eve party, Georgina Maverick, a little bit drunk, a lot mired in guilt from her tortured past, trips and falls off a rooftop, tumbling ten stories to her almost death. Little does George know, her friend and co-worker, Dexter Bridger, the man she discovers also happens to be her guardian angel, is on the case. He saves her from landing toe up in the mortuary, but he opens an entire can of worms when he nicks her shoulder and turns George into an angel, too. With the help of the OOPS ladies and some divine intervention from Dex, George is learning how to be a guardian angel in the hope she can earn her permanent wings. But it ain’t easy when your newbie wings are strap-on (you read that right), and your angelic glow nearly fries the eyeballs right out of the head of your new cranky, vampire friend. But worse? All the secrets that haunt both George and Dex are coming home to roost. For instance, how did Dex become a guardian angel anyway, and why doesn’t he have his permanent wings after all this time? And for the love of all that’s good looking, why is he so stupid cute? How can a girl focus on getting it together with that kind of distraction? Yet for George, the questions cut far deeper. Why is it so hard to overcome her brutal past and find the thing she’s always wanted—peace of mind and acceptance? And how the heck is she supposed to be someone’s guardian angel and guide them to emotional safety when her own life is such a wreck? Worst of all? Who’s been lurking in the shadows trying to steal George’s wings? Because if someone gets their hands on her wings, guess what? She loses her soul. Forever…

Accidentally Dead

by Dakota Cassidy

Berkley Sensation titles by Dakota Cassidy KISS & HELL MY WAY TO HELL THE ACCIDENTAL WEREWOLF ACCIDENTALLY DEAD THE ACCIDENTAL HUMAN ACCIDENTALLY DEMONIC ...

Accidentally Dead

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1440629587

Page: 336

View: 638

A vampire puts the bite on a dental assistant. It's a lousy first day on the job for Nina Blackman when a patient, loopy from the anesthesia, bites her. At least he was cute. But for real drama she can't beat the next evening. Nina wakes up with a set of razor-sharp fangs, bionic vision, supersonic hearing, and a taste for blood. But there's a good explanation: It's her patient, Long Island vampire Greg Statleon. Actually they're perfect for each other-if Nina's willing to commit to one man for eternity.

Accidentally Catty

by Dakota Cassidy

... DROPPED A BLONDE ON ME KISS & HELL MY WAY TO HELL THE ACCIDENTAL WEREWOLF ACCIDENTALLY DEAD THE ACCIDENTAL HUMAN ACCIDENTALLY DEMONIC ACCIDENTALLY CATTY.

Accidentally Catty

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1101513306

Page: 368

View: 998

A purrr-fectly scintillating new novel from the national bestselling author of Accidentally Demonic. Katie Woods never thought she'd be forty-one, divorced, and thrust back into the dating world. To start fresh, Katie uproots her veterinary practice to upstate New York-not exactly the hottest dating scene on the planet. But when an unconscious cougar appears at her clinic, Katie's newly single life gets a much needed jolt of the supernatural kind. After Katie examines the cougar and leaves him caged overnight, she's shocked to find a big strapping specimen of young, hot man in its place. And when the scratch she got during the exam results in some unnatural side effects, Katie has more to deal with then her animal attraction to a much younger guy-she has to figure how to stop herself from becoming a cougar of the four-legged variety.

The Accidental Unicorn

by Dakota Cassidy

The Accidental Human 4. Accidentally Demonic 5. Accidentally Catty 6. Accidentally Dead, Again 7. The Accidental Genie 8. The Accidental Werewolf 2: ...

The Accidental Unicorn

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Dakota Cassidy

ISBN:

Page: 328

View: 433

Oliver Baldwin has a problem. And it's a big one. He has a unicorn horn. A unicorn horn that's pink and purple and shoots glitter everywhere. Everywhere... But that's not all it does. So what's a guy who, out of nowhere, has a swirly horn sprout from his head to do? He calls the ladies of OOPS and in the process gets a bird's eye view of a world he never knew existed. The good news? Oliver meets a woman named Vinnie who just might change his mind about never falling in love again. The bad news? It's really hard to find the time to get to know someone you think might be the woman of your dreams when you have crazy unicorn hunters hot on your tail, a handful of gods and goddesses who'd like nothing more than to hack your horn off for its special power... Oh, and the threat of imminent death...

The Accidental Genie

by Dakota Cassidy

Accidentally Demonic is a holdyoursides, laughoutloud book. With vampires, werewolves, anddemons runningaround, paranormal romancewill neverbethe same.

The Accidental Genie

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1101613548

Page: 352

View: 546

She’s all bottled up. Jeannie Carlyle is a caterer extraordinaire, more than ready to handle any challenge thrown at her. But when her client asks her to open up a rare bottle of gin for a party, Jeannie is shocked when a guy in poofy pants pops out and she gets sucked inside. Trapped in the bottle, Jeannie does the only thing she can think of and uses her cell phone to search the term “paranormal” and finds the number for OOPS—Out in the Open Paranormal Support. Until he sets her free. Werewolf Sloan Flaherty isn’t keen on dealing with distraught women, especially since his sister-in-law Marty basically forced him to man the OOPS phones. But when Jeannie calls in a panic, Sloan is the only one available to find Jeannie’s bottle. After giving it a good rub, Jeannie emerges dressed like a character from Arabian Nights and starts calling Sloan “Master.” Now, they need to figure out how to break their unwanted bond, before the wishes Jeannie can’t stop granting get them into more trouble than even the OOPS girls can handle…

The Accidental Werewolf 2 Something About Harry

by Dakota Cassidy

... KISS & HELL MY WAY TO HELL THE ACCIDENTAL WEREWOLF ACCIDENTALLY DEAD THE ACCIDENTAL HUMAN ACCIDENTALLY DEMONIC ACCIDENTALLY CATTY ACCIDENTALLY DEAD, ...

The Accidental Werewolf 2 Something About Harry

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1101630302

Page: 320

View: 999

From national bestselling author Dakota Cassidy comes the latest in the series that "gets better and better with each book." (Bitten by Books) He’s in a furry situation. Accountant Harry Ralph Emerson has always been a by-the-numbers kind of guy. But when he finds himself trapped at work sprouting an obscene amount of hair, he knows his odds for maintaining normalcy are zero to none. After a frantic internet search, Harry goes through the OOPS—Out in the Open Paranormal Support—checklist and comes to a disheartening conclusion: He’s turning into a werewolf and he needs help ASAP. She might be the only solution. Werewolf Mara Flaherty has long carried a torch for Pack Cosmetics’s sexy single accountant, even after her attempt to seduce him went down in flames. When her sister-in-law, Marty, shows up to handle Harry’s OOPS emergency, she tasks Mara with showing the hirsute hottie the ropes. But Mara knows Harry’s condition is a result of her lab experiment gone wrong—and the previously mild-mannered object of her affection is about to give her a piece of his mind…

The Accidental Dragon

by Dakota Cassidy

ACCIDENTALLY. DEMONIC. “Thefinal memberof Cassidy's trioof decidedly offbeat friends faces her toughest. “TheAccidental series by Ms. Cassidy gets better ...

The Accidental Dragon

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Penguin

ISBN: 1101630264

Page: 304

View: 536

From national bestselling author Dakota Cassidy comes the latest in a series that "gets better and better with each book" (Bitten By Books). Firefighter McAllister “Mick” Malone knows he has a protective streak, especially when it comes to his deceased best friend’s sister, Tessa. But after twenty-five years of verbal sparring, Mick can’t help but notice that their recent arguments have started to feel a lot like foreplay. And while Tessa knows exactly what to say to get him going, Mick is thrown for a loop when he actually starts breathing fire. Antique-store owner Tessa Preston has loved Mick Malone since she was ten years old—not that she’d ever admit it. Fighting with Mick is the only thing keeping her from an embarrassing romantic confession, but when the sexy firefighter accidentally ingests some ancient dragon scales masquerading as powdered aspirin, Tessa finds herself handling something much hotter than long-simmering sexual tension…

The Smoking Nun

by Dakota Cassidy

The Accidental Human 4. Accidentally Demonic 5. Accidentally Catty 6. Accidentally Dead, Again 7. The Accidental Genie 8. The Accidental Werewolf 2: ...

The Smoking Nun

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Dakota Cassidy

ISBN:

Page: 236

View: 957

Sister Trixie Lavender, reporting for Miss Marple duty! It’s been months since the evil residing inside me has reared his violently helpful head, and things are pretty peachy. My demon sidekick Coop continues to assimilate with the unsuspecting humans, our tattoo shop is busier than ever, we’re more and more involved in our little community of Cobbler Cove…heck, I’d even begun to attend the occasional Sunday sermon (after safely confirming my body wouldn’t burst into flames upon entering Our Lady of Perpetual Grace, of course). Yep, life is pretty good for me and mine. Until the shocking murder of our new friend, Sister Ophelia, during a church-sponsored speed-dating event. Talk about flirting with death—literally. I can’t fathom who’d want to kill a sweet little ol’ nun, but as I’ve learned by now, life in small-town Oregon isn’t always what it seems. When a second corpse is found, the stakes are even higher as Coop and I, along with our good friend Higgs, race to unmask a killer. But when my demon breaks free yet again, the killer’s not the only one in danger of being exposed…

Play That Funky Music White Koi

by Dakota Cassidy

The Accidental Human 4. Accidentally Demonic 5. Accidentally Catty 6. 7. 8. 9. Accidentally Dead, Again The Accidental Genie The Accidental Werewolf 2: ...

Play That Funky Music White Koi

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Book Boutiques

ISBN: 1944003827

Page: 281

View: 988

Twists, turns, and suspects aplenty! "My tiny town of Fig Harbor's just recovering from our last tango with murder, only to be faced with yet another—and this time, it sure looks an awful lot like a vampire's on the loose in the Pacific Northwest. Vampires are just Twilight fiction, right? I'm not so sure after a murder victim is found in my koi pond right next to my favorite fish, Koi George, (not good!) with bite marks on her neck, and a gothic antique chalice next to her body with what sure looks like blood residue. By now, everyone knows I can't keep my nose out of a good mystery. But when I literally try to stay out of the fray while our town conspiracy theorist is yelling vampires have invaded our beloved Fig Harbor, I have no choice but to gather up all the garlic I can buy and put my sleuthing shoes back on!” No way. Vampires aren't real. Period! Or are they? Find out in Play That Funky Music White Koi Book 2 of A Lemon Layne Mystery from USA Today bestselling cozy mystery author Dakota Cassidy. A Pacific Northwest mystery with amateur sleuth Lemon Layne, the best Sherlock Holmes wannabe west of the Mississippi! A Lemon Layne Mystery series by Dakota Cassidy 1. Prawn of the Dead 2. Play That Funky Music White Koi What readers are saying... "Lemon Layne and her friends are funny and fun. She is the best amateur detective ever!" ~Nancy "I love her relationships with her mom, Coco, Justice, and the other towns people. I can't wait for the next one!" ~BadgerGrad99 "There is a crazy mix of suspects and the usual bunch of crazies at Lemon’s back that guarantee this to be a fun mix of murder and mayhem." ~D. Antonio

How the Witch Stole Christmas

by Dakota Cassidy

The Accidental Human 4. Accidentally Demonic 5. Accidentally Catty 6. Accidentally Dead, Again 7. The Accidental Genie 8. The Accidental Werewolf 2: ...

How the Witch Stole Christmas

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Dakota Cassidy

ISBN:

Page: 246

View: 622

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Er, not so much. . . It's Christmas, and I, ex-witch, Stevie Cartwright declare this my favorite time of year! I love the decorations! The food! The Hallmark Channel holiday specials! This year promises to be better than ever because for the first time in a very long time, I'm going to have more than just Cheez Whiz, Triscuits and the wish to be surrounded by family and friends. My carefully planned holiday bonanza includes all the usual suspects. My bat familiar Belfry, my dog Whiskey, my ever-present ghostly spy friends--dashing Brit Winterbottom, stalwart Russian Arkady and my parents. However, nothing comes easy for this amateur sleuth, not even a neighborhood decorating contest. You know, the one I've been painstakingly prepping for months? Something goes horribly awry with my Christmas display (think bikini-clad carolers, pink flamingos and real, live turkeys) to start. But the worst? The dead body of the famous Chef Pascal Le June in my nativity scene! It becomes clear someone's trying to ruin my Christmas, and that someone must pay! But when Belfry goes missing, and the danger takes on a paranormal edge, I find I have more to lose than ever before. . .

Good Witch Hunting

by Dakota Cassidy

The Accidental Human 4. Accidentally Demonic 5. Accidentally Catty 6. Accidentally Dead, Again 7. The Accidental Genie 8. The Accidental Werewolf 2: ...

Good Witch Hunting

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Dakota Cassidy

ISBN:

Page: 292

View: 711

What happens when an ex-witch/medium, an ex-nun, a demon, and a dead British spy meet? Murder! After a really busy summer, things have settled down for my crew here in Ebenezer Falls. That is until my favorite Spy-Guy, Win has a crazy recollection of the night he was murdered! His memory leads us to the new tattoo artist in town who just happens to be an ex-nun named Trixie Lavender. Sister Trixie has a gifted tattoo artist for a sidekick who just happens to be a demon straight from the bowels of Hell… A demon who, coincidentally, is accused of murder, that is! You know what that means—Stevie and gang to the rescue!

Witch Slapped

by Dakota Cassidy

The Accidental Human 4. Accidentally Demonic 5. Accidentally Catty 6. Accidentally Dead, Again 7. The Accidental Genie 8. The Accidental Werewolf 2: ...

Witch Slapped

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Dakota Cassidy

ISBN:

Page: 222

View: 262

What's a girl to do when she's a broke, shunned ex-witch with a very tiny, very hungry bat familiar named Belfry to feed? Hello. My name is Stevie Cartwright, and I've been witchless for thirty days. If only there was a support group for down-on-their-luck ex-witches who've had their powers slapped right out of them (literally). Just as I was licking my wounds after returning to my hometown of Ebenezer Falls, WA, and navigating my suddenly non-magical existence with the help of my familiar, the only friend I have left in the world—things got sticky. Enter an ex-spy and newly departed spirit named Winterbottom, who's infiltrated my life with his sexy British accent and a couple of requests... Thanks to Belfry's successful attempt to use me as a human antenna to the afterlife, I can somehow hear Win. I should be ecstatic; helping departed souls used to be my witch specialty. It's like I got the teensiest piece of my old life back. Except Win's dropped me right at a dead woman's feet. Madam Zoltar, the town's beloved fake medium, has been murdered, and Win wants me to catch the killer. My old life won't be worth much if it gets me whacked before my new life has barely begun--and that seems to be exactly what the killer has planned!

Where There s a Witch There s a Way

by Dakota Cassidy

The Accidental Human 4. Accidentally Demonic 5. Accidentally Catty 6. Accidentally Dead, Again 7. The Accidental Genie 8. The Accidental Werewolf 2: ...

Where There s a Witch There s a Way

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Dakota Cassidy

ISBN:

Page: 266

View: 573

Goin' to the chapel and we're gonna get married! No, silly. Not us. Team #Stewin is still enjoying being engaged and a nice long winter hiatus from murder and ghost chasing. Until we open up Madam Zoltar's for the beginning of tourist season and the first customers are a bridal party from the seventh level of you-know-where! When the soon-to-be ex-husband of the matron of honor is found dead at the motel where the bridal party is staying and she's accused of his murder--a murder we're convinced she didn't commit--our quiet comes to a screeching halt. Add in the matron of honors dead twin, who appears to be desperately trying to get some kind of message to us, Belfry who's behaving strangely, and more poofy pink dresses than you can count, and you've got yourself a mystery. A mystery we're determined to solve! The gang's all here. Join us for another romp in Witchless in Seattle, won't you?

Jingle all the Slay

by Dakota Cassidy

The Accidental Human 4. Accidentally Demonic 5. Accidentally Catty 6. Accidentally Dead, Again 7. The Accidental Genie 8. The Accidental Werewolf 2: ...

Jingle all the Slay

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Dakota Cassidy

ISBN:

Page: 228

View: 639

Welcome to Marshmallow Hollow, Maine, a holiday mystery, where it's all Christmas all the time and murder is hung by the chimney with care... I'm Halliday Valentine (yep; funny name is funny), a psychic witch who's recently moved from New York City back to my very human hometown of Marshmallow Hollow, where I run the family factory that caters to all things Christmas. I inherited the factory from Mom, who inherited from Nana Karen, but now it's just me (kinda...long story), my curmudgeonly British familiar hummingbird, Atticus; one ungrateful rescue cat; my talking reindeer, Karen; and my BFF Stiles (the only human aware of my witchy side). Oh, and Digby Dainty (known as Hobbs), the tall drink of water who rents my guest cottage. And who I wouldn't mind getting to know better. We have a lot in common, including a love of true crime. So as macabre as it sounds, when a shady real estate tycoon shows up dead in the middle of the annual ice festival, I'm thrilled to spend time with Hobbs, flexing our amateur sleuthing skills. Well...not thrilled. I mean, a guy's dead after all. But he did try to con some businesses right out from under the hard-working locals. In fact, the only thing more surprising than a murder in our charming Christmas town is how many of my friendly, beloved neighbors seemed to want the man dead...

Carnage in a Pear Tree

by Dakota Cassidy

Accidentally Demonic 5. Accidentally Catty 6. Accidentally Dead, Again 7. The Accidental Genie 8. The Accidental Werewolf 2: Something About Harry 9.

Carnage in a Pear Tree

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Dakota Cassidy

ISBN:

Page: 216

View: 372

Welcome to Marshmallow Hollow, Maine, a holiday mystery, where it's all Christmas all the time and murder is hung by the chimney with care... Hellooo! I'm at it again, and only a day after my last run-in with a killer! Hobbs and I are growing closer and closer, but there always seems to be a mystery waiting for us just around the corner, nipping at our heels and thwarting our hot romance. A very nice waiter named Joey Scarpetti, from the Marshmallow Hollow Ski Lodge is dead, and it happened in my backyard in my pear tree, no less. So what’s a girl to do but investigate? On top of that, I catch Hobbs having coffee with a very stylish, flawlessly beautiful, natural blonde (hair envy here!), and I’m in a bit of a tizzy. But when I have a gruesome vision of a young woman, so grief-stricken she wants to leave this plane forever, I know I have to find out if my vision is from a future event and if so, is there a way I can prevent a horrible tragedy? All bets are off the table as I hunt for a killer and try and save a young woman’s life!

Interview With an Accidental

by Dakota Cassidy

A hotline for people who've been accidentally turned into a demon screams 'crank calls' for days.” Nina snorts and makes yet another face. Nina: “Right.

Interview With an Accidental

Author: Dakota Cassidy

Publisher: Book Boutiques

ISBN: 1625178956

Page: 50

View: 296

Find out who's doing what to whom and more, as Dakota Cassidy hosts the interview of the decade! Dear Readers, It's been seven (seven!) years since the release of book one in my Accidentally Paranormal series, and now, on the cusp of releasing book ten (hold me!), I figured it was high time I put together something that would not only help new readers jump into the fray several books in, but also help me remember what I wrote way back when. (Hey, I ain't gettin' any younger, and my brain is stuffed full of makeup tips and reality TV trivia.) So I called up my pals Nina, Marty and Wanda, who schlepped all the way out to my home in Oregon--with a few other fan-fave characters in tow, for Interview With an Accidental. During an intimate interview by moi, you can meet the ladies who have been mainstays in all of my Accidental books--if Nina lets anyone get a word in between all her, um...colorful commentary. Grab a cocktail and enjoy a gabfest with the girls, as well as a bonus chapter from my next book, Accidentally Aphrodite--for the low, low price of free! Consider it my way of saying thanks for keeping me company on these crazy Accidental adventures. May you join me for many more! USA Today bestselling romantic comedy author of The Accidental Dragon, Dakota Cassidy is puttin' on her tiara, sharpening her fav hot pink pen, and kicking her feet up on the desk to ask the hard questions. Get the inside scoop on all the hot, sexy cast members in this free, uproariously funny interview with the girls of her Accidental series. Accidentally Paranormal series by Dakota Cassidy Interview With an Accidental 10. Accidentally Aphrodite 11. Accidentally Ever After 12. Bearly Accidental 13. How Nina Got Her Fang Back 14. The Accidental Familiar 15. Then Came Wanda...With a Baby Carriage 16. The Accidental Mermaid What readers are saying... "Ok I'm hooked time to get a book!" ~D. McGuire "I can't wait to start the series and look forward to reading them." ~Loves to Read Perfect for fans of Larissa Emerald, Robyn Peterman, and Eve Langlais

Demonic Possession and Lived Religion in Later Medieval Europe

by Sari Katajala-Peltomaa

Offering a down-to-earth and concrete causality behind possession, like a demon accidentally swallowed with water from a well, could also make the ...

Demonic Possession and Lived Religion in Later Medieval Europe

Author: Sari Katajala-Peltomaa

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 0192591010

Page: 272

View: 337

Demonic possession was a spiritual state that often had physical symptoms; however, in Demonic Possession and Lived Religion in Later Medieval Europe, Sari Katajala-Peltomaa argues that demonic possession was a social phenomenon which should be understood with regard to the community and culture. She focuses on significant case studies from canonization processes (c. 1240-1450) which show how each set of sources formed its own specific context, in which demonic presence derived from different motivations, reasonings, and methods of categorization. The chosen perspective is that of lived religion, which is both a thematic approach and a methodology: a focus on rituals, symbols, and gestures, as well as sensitivity to nuances and careful contextualizing of the cases are constitutive elements of the argumentation. The analysis contests the hierarchy between the 'learned' and the 'popular' within religion, as well as the existence of a strict polarity between individual and collective religious participation. Demonic presence disclosed negotiations over authority and agency; it shows how the personal affected the communal, and vice versa, and how they were eventually transformed into discourses and institutions of the Church; that is, definitions of the miraculous and the diabolical. Geographically, the volume covers Western Europe, comparing Northern and Southern material and customs. The structure follows the logic of the phenomenon, beginning with the background reasons offered as a cause of demonic possession, continuing with communities' responses and emotions, including construction of sacred caregiving methods. Finally, the ways in which demonic presence contributed to wider societal debates in the fields of politics and spirituality are discussed. Alterity and inversion of identity, gender, and various forms of corporeality and the interplay between the sacred and diabolical are themes that run all through the volume.