New York is no place for a tiger – not for weretiger Sally Carter or for the white tiger she finds in a Harlem basement, guarding an enormous stash of heroin. Sally's daring rescue of the tiger attracts journalist Dave Gardner, who sniffs a story and a lead to a drug baron he's been trying to nail for years.

While Sally is determined that the white tiger will find a home in a sanctuary, Gardner follows a tenuous trail from the tiger back to the drug cache - and a whole lot of trouble. Soon Sally and her weretiger husband find themselves mixed up in a drug baron's plot for revenge where even their amazing weretiger talents may not be enough to save Gardner - or themselves.