How Could I Still Love Your Inner Demons By: Shanda Massey How Could I Still Love Your Inner Demons is about loving someone you hate at the same time. Author Shanda Massey took a lot of abuse to keep her daughter safe. People aren’t always what and who they appear to be, and she took a lot of pain to try and make her family work. Shanda loved her abusive husband but hated him at the same time, and she stayed with him because she didn’t want her family to be broken up and her daughter be one of those kids who didn’t have both parents around. She wants her readers to realize that no matter how bad your situation is, you have the power and the upper hand to get away, and it’s okay if things aren’t perfect in your relationships. The one getting abused is not at fault.