Synopsis: Some are born wicked. Some achieve wickedness. And some have wickedness thrust upon them... Noel Cardiff is trying his worst, but he just doesn't have the knack for iniquity. He's hoping to impress Lysi, the succulent succubus who, in the guise of a transfer student from Smith, is teaching the Yale freshman what temptation is all about. But between the shock of finding out his mother is a reformed demon, the jolt of discovering his own gift for sorcery, and the onslaught of true lust for a second-generation desert witch - well, is it any wonder the boy's in a devilish muddle? (from the back cover of the Ace Books first edition)