When you grab a tiger by the tail, sometimes he bites back.

Veterinary trauma surgeon and animal empath Sasha Soskoff has found everything he ever wanted with his new partners Neal, Steve and Carlos. Life feels as safe and secure as it can be among a group of ex-Marine tiger shifters - until a homeless man is found, gruesomely mauled and murdered, near Neal's BDSM club.

When it's determined a rogue tiger did the deed, the jaguars' accusing eyes turn toward Sasha's lovers. The precarious balance of peace tips dangerously toward war.

Neal knows damned well none of his tigers committed the crime. Someone must be in Chicago without his knowledge or permission, and they'd better find him fast before uncertainty and conflict rip the tight-knit band apart from the inside.

As Sasha struggles to heal the stress fractures forming among his tiger family, he begins to wonder if his dreams of a home, and love, were too good to be true. And it's precisely that moment the killer strikes at the heart of the tiger clan—Sasha himself.

Warning: Contains explicit, adult sexual situations intended for mature readers:

This story depicts polyamorous BDSM sexual scenes.

This is a standalone novel with no cliffhangers and a HEA ending.

This is the sequel to Burning Bright and starts after the events of the first book. It can be bought alone but reading in order enhances reading enjoyment.

In this shifter universe, there is no M-preg or Alpha/Omega dynamics - just men loving men.