

He wants to be mated, wants love and a family. Gorgeous Nurturer Aristide, is a rare male.

She’ll have to choose whether to run from the man who threatens to strip away her defenses, or listen to her heart and become the woman she was always meant to be. Sebastian is not only a risk to the secrets she’s worked so hard to conceal, but also to her career. Unfortunately, that means working with a Pantera diplomat to solve the latest assaults in New Orleans. She’s created a new identity and is determined to become a successful FBI agent. Reny Smith refuses to allow her amnesia to ruin her life. But his honorable intentions have met their match when his liaison turns out to be a beautiful, mysterious woman who stirs his most primitive instincts. He’ll do whatever is necessary to protect the Wildlands, even if it means working with the human FBI to prove the Pantera aren’t responsible for the sudden rash of puma attacks. Sebastian Duval has devoted his life to ensuring the survival of his people. Now, determined to solve the crime and keep Mia safe, with his ARES buddies backing him up, Lucas will have to reconstruct the murder victim’s last days-and follow a lethal trail that leads right back to the fate of the woman he still loves.

But it’s soon clear that isn’t true for either of them. Mia has never forgiven Lucas for breaking her heart, and she’s convinced her feelings for him are in the past. When he discovers a dead man clutching a picture of Mia that bears a threatening message, his fiercest protective instincts kick in, and he knows he must go to her.

But since surviving captivity, he’s a changed man-and a crucial member of ARES Security. Clair’s prestigious family had a political future neatly planned out for him-one that didn’t include his high school sweetheart, Mia Ramon. Highly skilled, intimidating, invincible, and one by one, tested again and again. Five brave military heroes have survived the hell of a Taliban prison to return home-and take on civilian missions no one else can.
