by Christine Feehan
February 20, 2024
February 20, 2024
In this pulse-pounding novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Leopard series, animal instinct unites two elite shifters whose heads are at war with their hearts.
Gorya Amurov might be known as his family's peacekeeper, but the leopard inside him wants nothing more than to claw to the surface and unleash hell. A harsh life has shaped him into a vicious fighter with a calm exterior, but Gorya knows it's only a matter of time until he loses all control. Deep down, he truly believes he'd be better off dead, and that no woman will ever accept him as a mate....
Maya Averina has spent years hunting the criminals who destroyed her life, and she always takes down her prey. She keeps to herself, stays under the radar, and never loses focus. But with her body burning up and her mind distracted by her first heat, an ambush takes her by surprise. Now she's trapped, an unmated female shifter about to be sold off to the highest bidder. Maya is ready to fight her way out—until the most dangerous, powerful man she's ever encountered arrives to set her free....
Gorya Amurov might be known as his family's peacekeeper, but the leopard inside him wants nothing more than to claw to the surface and unleash hell. A harsh life has shaped him into a vicious fighter with a calm exterior, but Gorya knows it's only a matter of time until he loses all control. Deep down, he truly believes he'd be better off dead, and that no woman will ever accept him as a mate....
Maya Averina has spent years hunting the criminals who destroyed her life, and she always takes down her prey. She keeps to herself, stays under the radar, and never loses focus. But with her body burning up and her mind distracted by her first heat, an ambush takes her by surprise. Now she's trapped, an unmated female shifter about to be sold off to the highest bidder. Maya is ready to fight her way out—until the most dangerous, powerful man she's ever encountered arrives to set her free....
Gorya
is an elite Leopard shifter. He's taken over the criminal enterprise
after killing everyone who used to run it. Now he's a better boss than
his predecessor because he doesn't allow women and children to be abused
the way he was as a child. Gorya hires another couple to watch
him closely because he thinks he might have to be put down because his
Leopard is a cold-blooded killer.
Maya is also
an elite Leopard and a killer. Her early life was very hard when people
killed her family and kept her as a sex slave. When she and others
escaped with the help of another, she grew up to be a killer that took
out the men who made her life miserable.
Now
Gorya and Maya's leopard's have mated and their human sides feel
things for each other but neither think they can truly be in a
relationship because they are so broken emotionally.
Maya
meets the people that Gorya works with and his cousins and they all
have to work together to bring down the bad people even though they
don't trust her and she doesn't trust them much. When they find out that
some of the people is Gorya's organization are still trying to traffic
women and children, they have to work together to find out who, take
care of them and save the women and children from a bad situation.
Gorya
is such a great character, he thought there was nothing redeemable
about him and he was so wrong. When he and Maya start getting closer
they bring out the best in each other and their leopards are helping
them to heal. It was sad watching how broken they really are but great
seeing how they tried to find a way though and make their relationship
work.
This book was a little wordy, dragged at times which slowed down the pace for me but all in all it was a great story.
I give this book 3 out of 5 Sheep!
Mary Kirkland - Dark Thoughts Blog
I
write every day and have done so since I was old enough to pick up a
pen. (I spent a lot of time getting in trouble at school for writing
instead of doing the things I was supposed to do.) Once I create my
characters, I try very hard to have them react to situations as they
really would. Sometimes I have preconceived ideas of what I would like
them to do, but they don’t mind me, because it would be out of character
for them. They take on a life of their own. Sometimes when I throw
difficult situations at them in the hopes I’ll get a certain reaction
and they don’t do what I want, I complain bitterly to my husband and he
laughs at me. Still, it is important to me to have them be real, not
perfect people, so they make mistakes we lesser mortals might make.
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