Masseuse, hedgewitch, healer... Although Missouri Hess can take pain and illness away with her touch, and pull truth from a liar every time, she considers her strange talents a curse. Being a healer is a lonely existence when the people you help, shun your truth-telling side. Nevertheless when misery calls, Miz is compelled to answer.Thomas Hunter is a government agent and a member of an elite Special Forces team—emphasizing the word *special*. In human form, Thomas is a mouth-watering hunk of rippling muscles. Since he's in Bitter Creek Holler to meet the local werewolves, he's spending most of his time prowling the woods as a jaguar, ready to greet shifters in parlay or meet the enemy with fang and claw.But Thomas doesn't know the area, or realize until too late, that he's become prey. When Miz rescues his furry form from a conibear trap, the beast in him claims her as his own. It's up to Thomas to work out the details and convince the bewitching healer she's his mate.