The god of Death needs a holiday. He nominates Eamon the Handsome Ghoul to act in his absence.
He is granted permission on condition that he goes in disguise and undertakes to locate and recover Oengus, the God of Love, who has gone off the grid.
Disguised in a body swap with a misogynist New Orleans detective, he begins to live in his new role.
He must deal with feelings for Pauline his now wife and also investigate the underworld city of New Orleans with its mixture of the modern and ancient magic and voodoo.