Part of Leopard People, book 2
First published 2009
Jake Bannaconni was forged by monsters into something cold and calculating. He built an empire through ruthless deals and iron control. Money flows to him like water. Enemies learn to step aside or face destruction. His shapeshifter blood makes him twice as lethal in boardrooms where ordinary humans play for stakes they cannot imagine. Then Emma Reynolds enters his world. She carries something Jake has never encountered: the ability to love without limits or conditions. Her presence threatens to shatter the careful walls he constructed around his heart. Jake planned to consume everything in his path, but Emma's love might topple his empire of ice. Two forces collide as Jake must choose between the revenge that shaped him and the woman who could remake him.
Genres: romance, fantasy, thriller, paranormal
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
443 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Jove