First published 2012
Jessica Ward spots Bobby Ray Smith across the room and decides to show her high school crush exactly what he missed. Back then, her gangly frame and broken heart turned to mush around the wolf shifter. Now she runs her own successful business and can handle a fling with a predator. NYPD cop Desiree MacDermot reconnects with childhood friend Mace Llewellyn, but the lion shifter has changed. His gold eyes track her every move and he purrs when he gets close. Former Marine Dee-Ann Smith investigates hybrid shifters forced into illegal dogfights. Her wealthy boss Ric Van Holtz insists on helping, though his persistence threatens her carefully guarded heart. Detective Lou Crushek works methodically to catch criminals until someone starts murdering his targets. The killer turns out to be a curvy tiger shifter whose skills awaken feelings the bear thought he had buried forever.
Genres: romance, contemporary, paranormal-romance, urban-fantasy
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, second-chance
Setting: NYPD, New York
352 pages · Kindle Edition · Kensington Publishing Corporation
Content warnings: violence