I picked _When the Devil_ off the shelf because it was short. I needed the momentum of finishing a book. This book was short enough to feel like a song. A murder ballad.

This is a feminist romance. A sapphic HEA blow to the patriarchy. The first person narrator was gaslit by the worst of fundamentalist "christianity" and her violent escape is viewed through that lens. Thus the title.

I wouldn't want every woman trapped in an abusive relationship to settle on this solution, but this story definitely argues that they should find *a* solution.