Bernice tried to live twice, by bringing death to one man so that she could live with another. Instead of the paradise she sought, Bernice found herself in an unholy hell, married to the devil. Lloyd’s death did not free her, did not make her happy; but now that she was with Carlos she knew who she was at last, and she accepted it. Bernice was the great-grandmother of every whore who ever lived, the slut of all sluts, the sickest, loneliest, most depraved and sinful woman on the face of the earth. She had no choice now, there was no going back. She’d earned her place in hell. ‘She could feel his fingers digging into her hair, his body growing hot, responding to her. He pushed her back on the floor, she clawed her fingernails into his shoulders, sank her teeth into his throat. She was going to have him now, on the floor, like this, even if it left her tormented, raving, even if it drove her crazy.’ FIRES THAT DESTROY is a relentless, revealing search into the soul of a woman unlike any other.