The Mane Event

Desiree "Dez" MacDermot is an NYPD cop who has not seen her childhood friend Mace Llewellyn in a long while. They have both changed, but Mace more than most. He is now a tall, broad-shouldered lion-shifter with gold eyes, and the way he sniffs her neck and purrs sets her whole body tingling.

A second story runs alongside hers. Ronnie Lee Reed comes from Tennessee, where she runs with a Pack, and she has moved to New York City to remake herself. Her plan is short: find a mate, settle down and stop using men for sex, even men as appealing as lion-shifter Brendon Shaw.

Brendon has other ideas. Once he decides he wants Ronnie Lee, the predator in him is set on catching her and keeping her. Both pairings are shifter romance in an urban setting, with alpha heroes who are comfortable in a suit and more comfortable without one.

The tone is playful and flirtatious, with a strong thread of physical attraction. Two couples share the pages, one built on an old friendship that has turned into something else, the other on a chase that one side is determined to win.