Drew thrust his hand into her hair, his gaze gone that startling wolf-copper. “Tell me now.”
She did. And then, because she was in a good mood and she adored him and he’d taught her about opening her heart, she whispered more love words in his ear, until he broke every single one of Lara’s rules and drove them both to heaven a second time around.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Berkley Titles by Nalini Singh
Psy-Changeling Series SLAVE TO SENSATION
VISIONS OF HEAT
CARESSED BY ICE
MINE TO POSSESS
HOSTAGE TO PLEASURE
BRANDED BY FIRE
BLAZE OF MEMORY
BONDS OF JUSTICE
PLAY OF PASSION
KISS OF SNOW
Guild Hunter Series ANGELS’ BLOOD
ANGELS’PAWN
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ARCHANGEL’S KISS
ARCHANGEL’S CONSORT
Anthologies AN ENCHANTED SEASON
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THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS CAT
(with Lora Leigh, Erin McCarthy, and Linda Winstead Jones)
MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS
(with Charlaine Harris, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook) BURNING UP
(with Angela Knight, Virginia Kantra, and Meljean Brook)
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Singh, Nalini, 1977–
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1. Shapeshifting—Fiction. I. Title.
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For you, my readers
CAST OF CHARACTERS
In alphabetical order by first name Key: SD = SnowDancer wolves DR = DarkRiver leopards
Aden Arrow, Telepath (Tp)
Alexei SD Lieutenant
Amara Aleine Psy member of DR, former Council scientist, twin of Ashaya, mentally unstable
Andrew (Drew) Kincaid SD Soldier, mated to Indigo, brother of Riley and Brenna
Anthony Kyriakus Psy Councilor, father of Faith
Ashaya Aleine Psy member of DR, former Council scientist, mated to Dorian, twin of Amara
Ava SD, mother of Ben, friend of Lara
Barker DR Soldier
Ben SD pup, son of Ava
Brenna Kincaid SD, tech, mated to Judd, sister of Andrew and Riley
Clay Bennett DR Sentinel, mated to Talin
Cooper SD Lieutenant
Council (or Psy Council) The ruling Council of the Psy race
Elias SD Senior Soldier, mated to Yuki, father of Sakura
Evangeline (Evie) Riviere SD, sister of Indigo