Lion shifter and Third Shift co-founder Elijah Richter is on a mission: seduce arms dealer Mirko Aston's gorgeous girlfriend, use her as an entry point to the organization, and discover what the global terrorist is planning. It should be simple. Then he meets Meghna Saxena-Saunders-influencer, celebutante, ex-wife to a handsome Hollywood hotshot, and a highly trained apsara assassin-and all his plans are blown out of the water. Meghna immediately clocks the mysterious stranger watching her at a VIP party and decides she's curious enough to play along. She and Elijah fall headfirst into their lusty bed of lies, but when their steamy morning-after is interrupted by one of Aston's goons, both of their missions are thrown into jeopardy. Now Meghna must team up with Third Shift to cover her tracks, discover the truth, and resist falling for a man who thrills her to her core... before it's too late.
Joe Peluso has blood on his hands. But lawyer and psychologist Neha Ahluwalia is determined to help him craft a solid defense...even if she can't defend her own obsession. She knows Joe took out those Russian mobsters for good reason-they were responsible for the death of his beloved foster brother. But those six bad guys were part of the ruthless clan of bear shifters who control Brooklyn's Russian mafia, so Joe's vigilante justice has earned him countless enemies in New York's supernatural-controlled underworld and no friends in a government that now bends to Russia at every turn.Joe knows that creatures like him only deserve the worst-darkness, solitude, punishment. But meeting Neha makes him feel human for the first time in forever. He's never wanted anything in his life like he wants her, and he'll break almost any rule to spend another minute alone with her. But when the Russian mob attacks the jail for payback, Joe and Neha are forced to escape. Before long, they're on the run-from monsters who want him dead and from their own traitorous hearts.
The cocky charmer at your local bar . . . the awe-inspiring US Vice-President you'd lay down your life and your love for . . . the mysterious stranger who comes to your rescue one night . . . the beautiful woman you can't touch, because to do so might literally kill you . . . the smokin' hot roadhouse bartenders who take your troubles away, only to add new ones. These are the prem numbers. They almost always add up to passion.
Contains mature themes.
