Danger lurks in the shadows and desire shimmers in the sultry heat as leopard shifter Drake Donovan is sent to a Louisiana bayou to investigate a murder. He's ready for anything except the insatiable hunger that rocks him when he meets Saria Boudreaux, a woman with a compelling motive-and ability-to distract him from the task at hand...

Christine Feehan has had more than forty novels published, including four series which have hit #1 on the “New York Times” bestseller list. She is pleased to have made it onto numerous other bestseller lists as well, including “Publishers Weekly”, “USA Today”, “Washington Post”, BookScan, B. Dalton, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks, Ingram, Borders, Rhapsody Book Club, and Walmart. In addition to being a nominee for the Romance Writers of America's RITA—>?—> Award, she has received many honors throughout her career, including a Career Achievement Award from “Romantic Times” and the Borde