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 familys 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 its only a matter of time until he loses all control. Deep down he truly believes hed 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 shes 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 shes ever encountered arrives to set her free....
