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While they plan design, budgeting, and staging choices for prospective buyers, complications arise from unexpected structural and water-damage issues that force difficult tradeoffs. The story highlights partnership dynamics, financial pressure, and the tension between cosmetic expectations and real costs as they move room by room.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nChapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nAlso by Christine Pope  \nAbout the Author  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThis a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author ’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, places, organizations, or persons, whether living or dead, is entirely coincidental.  \nDEVIL TO PAY  \nCopyright © 2026 by Christine Pope Published by Dark Valentine Press Cover design by Indie Author Services Ebook formatting by Indie Author Services  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems—except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews—without permission in writing from its publisher, Dark Valentine Press.  \nTo be notified about new releases by Christine Pope, please sign up here.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nChapter One  \nTHE HOUSE ON WARM SPRINGS ROAD HAD GOOD BONES . SURE, THE kitchen cabinets were from the Reagan administration, and whoever had chosen the barf-green tile backsplash should have been charged with a crime against the design gods, but Delia could see past all that. The layout worked and wouldn’t need to be changed at all. Natural light flooded through the oversized windows, while the fireplace in the living room needed only a new insert to bring it up to date. The foundation was solid, the roof only five years old, and the previous owner—a snowbird who’d finally given up on the desert and decided to stay in Michigan year-round—had maintained the necessities even if she’d let the cosmetics slide.  \n“What do you think?” Caleb asked from across the kitchen, where he was measuring the space where the new cabinets would go.“Shaker style? Or are we going modern with this one?”  \nDelia held up two paint chips against the wall and squinted at them in the mid-morning light. Desert Sage versus Agreeable Gray. The sage had more personality, but personality was risky in a flip. Buyers in Henderson wanted neutral.  \n“White Shaker,” she said.“We’re not reinventing the wheel here.”He made a face.“Boring.”  \n“Profitable.”  \nCaleb grinned at her in response, and something in Delia’s midsection seemed to turn warm and fluttery, the way it always did when he looked at her like that. Six months since they’d started this…whatever this was.“Dating” seemed way too casual a word for someone who’d helped you banish a demon lord, while “partners’ felt downright clinical.“Lovers” was accurate but didn’t begin to tell the whole story.  \nHe came over to her so he could look at the paint chips up close, standing near enough that she could practically feel the heat radiating off him. Caleb always ran hot…literally. Delia supposed it was one of the perks—or side effects—of being a quarter demon.  \n“The gray,” he said, then tapped the Agreeable Gray chip.“It’s got some warmth to it. The sage reads cold.”  \nShe lifted an eyebrow.“Since when do you have opinions about paint colors?”  \n“Since I started dating a real estate agent who makes me look at paint chips every weekend.” He plucked the sage chip from her hand and held it up to the light.“Also, this one’s the same color as the pea soup my friends’moms used to make. Nobody wants to live inside pea soup.”  \nThat remark made her chuckle, and she took the chip back from him.“Gray it is. You’re getting better at this.”  \nA devilish glint flashed in his warm brown eyes.“I had a good teacher.”  \nWith the paint color settled, they worked through the rest of the morning, moving from room to room and discussing the other updates they needed to make, both of ","cbCairFqmYCT9y5R","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairFqmYCT9y5R","pdf",2280300,277,"English","en",105,"# Chapter One\n## Chapter Two\n## Chapter Three\n## Chapter Four\n## Chapter Five\n## Chapter Six\n## Chapter Seven\n## Chapter Eight\n## Chapter Nine\n## Chapter Ten\n## Chapter Eleven\n## Chapter Twelve\n## Chapter Thirteen\n## Chapter Fourteen\n## Chapter Fifteen\n## Chapter Sixteen\n## Chapter Seventeen\n## Chapter Eighteen\n## Chapter Nineteen\n## Chapter Twenty","[{\"question\":\"Who are Delia and Caleb in Devil to Pay?\",\"answer\":\"Delia and Caleb work together on renovating and flipping a property, and their relationship is shaped by both personal history and a supernatural background.\"},{\"question\":\"What major issue complicates the renovation plans?\",\"answer\":\"The master bathroom requires a full gut job due to cracked tile behind fixtures and water damage in the subfloor, increasing costs significantly.\"},{\"question\":\"How do Delia and Caleb decide on design and budgeting?\",\"answer\":\"They evaluate buyer preferences and renovation returns, with Delia focusing on design and staging concepts while Caleb handles structural assessments and cost implications.\"}]","Devil to Pay - 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