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Pub Date 19 May 2026 | Archive Date 19 Apr 2026


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Description

A hilarious contemporary fantasy about a junior sales witch stuck in corporate hell, who has to evade devilish pacts and her kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying mum to save a (surprisingly hot) demon, and work out how to hit her quarterly target.

Morgan Blackwater's mother is a kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying Shadow Council wizard. As for Morgan? Morgan's a junior salesperson at a tech startup that can't even decide what its product is. But with magic dyslexia and a disinclination to kick ass, Morgan is doing her best carving out a niche for herself in the mundane world.

Leaving work late one night, she discovers her boss dead from the effort of summoning a demon to trade his soul in order to make his quarterly target. The disturbingly-attractive demon, Lucareoth (Luke for short), is trapped here until he finds someone to sell their soul. While trying to sneak Luke out of the building, Morgan runs into her infamous mother. Apparently, someone has been summoning demons and she's here to get to the bottom of it.

Trying to protect Luke from her mother, Morgan gets sucked into the Infernal Plane and discovers hell really is a corporate nightmare. She only gets back home with a promise to deliver a human soul of her own. While her coworkers are really annoying, she's not willing to sacrifice their souls. The company's tech bro CEO, though, is another story.

With Caitlin Rozakis's signature wit, STARTUP HELL is a contemporary fantasy that exposes the demonic nature of the corporate world.
A hilarious contemporary fantasy about a junior sales witch stuck in corporate hell, who has to evade devilish pacts and her kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying mum to save a (surprisingly hot)...

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This paranormal romcom had everything I hoped for after reading the intro. I'll admit I was initially pulled in by the title alone, because who doesn't want to commiserate while trapped in corporate “hell”? Then when I saw the author was the same one who wrote Dreadful—which was one of my five-star reads last year—I knew I had to get my hands on this book.

Through a series of unfortunate events, the protagonist, Morgan, accidentally ends up in a deal with a demon—and his boss—for her soul. Adding to this huge mess, she also has to maneuver around a demon-hunting mother who doesn't understand her because she couldn't follow in the family footsteps, while dealing with a startup CEO boss who increasingly gets worse and worse, and the general bullsh*t that is Corporate America. Even if you're not in the corporate world, who hasn't thought (at least a tiny bit) that there are some coworkers who could go straight to hell and your job would be so much easier?

Ultimately, a recipe for disaster is created that Morgan can't bake her way out of. Add in a sprinkle of romance that isn’t overdone and corporate humor done so well that the author betrays her former life (coming from a corporate non-baddie myself—I see you), and I’m happy to give this five stars.



Thank you to NetGalley and Titan Books Publishing for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

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This was a great surprise for me. Demons, wizards, magic, romance... all things I don't usually go for, but add the corporate hell backdrop and this book had my attention.
I loved the premise of trying to help a demon that's stuck here and ending up only able to restore everything back to normal if both Morgan and Lucareoth (the demon) find someone who sells their souls to them.
The characters are somehow really relatable in spite of the fantasy elements, the writing is engaging and the humour fits perfectly. The romance was well integrated into the story and I actually enjoyed it, it felt authentic. The story is full of little details that really make this book stand out, it feels almost too realistic for a fantasy book, it was really a joy to read.
I am incredibly glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and read this one.

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This was such a fun critique of capitalism. Rozakis is amazing at taking these everyday stressors and turning them into a cozy, low stakes fantasy. I also appreciate how Morgan just wants to live a comfortable life and how even the magical can experience the mundane. It was easy to connect to the story and, at a time where everything feels so stressful, it was so nice to laugh and relax through a read.

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