It is a young adult, fantasy, paranormal romance published in 2010 under Delacorte Press.

It continues the story of Lucinda Price, who is cursed by being reincarnated every 17 years after involving herself in a romantic relationship with a fallen angel named Daniel.

Something seems to be different during this lifetime, and Daniel is determined to keep Luce safe from hostile forces while he teams up with other angels and demons in an eighteen-day long truce.

He installs Luce at the prestigious Shoreline school in Northern California, where she meets a number of nephilim students who have yet to choose between good and evil.

Luce is frustrated by Daniel's unwillingness to be honest with her and is determined to discover the truth on her own.

The book still revolves mostly around the concept of religion, fallen angels and reincarnation with the introduction of shadow travel.

Carrie R. Wheadon of Common Sense Media said, "This book is romance purgatory -- stuck and seemingly going nowhere.

Oh sure, Lauren Kate had a good thing going in the first book -- that is, if you liked Twilight at all and wished the vampires really had wings instead."

With twice the amount of drama, suspense, mystery and passion as the last book..."[2][3] Torment debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List, remaining at that position through the week of October 17, 2010.

[4] After the dramatic events of Fallen, Cam and Daniel make an eighteen-day truce to protect Luce from the Outcasts--beings who are neither angels nor demons.

Daniel will do anything to protect her, which includes forcing her to stay at Shoreline to keep Luce safe.

At one time, when Daniel comes to visit her, he sees Miles kiss Luce on a window sill.

Luce is stressed from the violence and decides to find out more about her past lives by jumping through one of the shadows, leaving everybody behind her.

Daniel sends Luce to a new school in California called Shoreline, where, as he said, she will be safe.

However, every time results in an argument between the pair as Luce grows impatient with the fact that Daniel cannot tell her anything.

He makes a pact with Daniel for 18 days so that both could hunt outcasts sent by the elders who are trying to kill Luce.

Like Cam, she doesn't have a huge role in the book but she turns up at a convenient time and sort of clues Luce in a little bit without revealing too much.

In Torment, he will also transfer and study at Shoreline (it is speculated that following orders of Cam and Daniel) to oversee Luce better.

Miles kisses her at one point outside her dorm room and confesses his love to her, Daniel witnesses the encounter.

(Although in an extract it is revealed that nothing much really happened other than the fact that she tried hitting on him but he was too emotionally scarred by Luce's last death.

He is the first of the teachers to agree to Luce's work with the Announcers (shadow beings that are able to store messages of the past).

According to Torment, a few Nephilim have wings and may possess minor supernatural talents (clones, mind reading, etc.)