by Lora Leigh
Part of Breeds, book 22
First published 2017
Cullen Maverick runs the Navajo Covert Law Enforcement Division from Window Rock, New Mexico. His six agents help him guard tribal treasures and keep them in Navajo hands. Nobody knows that Cullen was once called Judd, a Bengal Breed whose animal genetics went so deep they vanished completely. This genetic recession happens so rarely that scientists have documented only a handful of cases. Cullen believes his beast will never surface again. Then a determined police detective starts interfering with his operations. She pushes into his cases and challenges his authority at every turn. The tension between them grows stronger each day. Cullen tells himself it's just professional conflict, but something deeper stirs inside him. The detective's presence awakens feelings he thought were buried forever. His dormant Bengal genetics begin to respond. The primal creature that has slept within him for years starts to wake up. As his beast emerges, Cullen remembers why he let it disappear in the first place.
Genres: romance, action, paranormal-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: New Mexico, Window Rock
352 pages · ebook · Berkley