From the moment he was old enough to understand the role that fate had in store for him, Derrick Blackmon had been groomed to one day take over as Bengali of his father's weretiger Streak. Given the long lives that weres and shifters lead, Derrick thought he would be well into his hundreds before he would be called upon to wear the mantle of leader. Unfortunately that was not the case. When tragedy strikes, cutting down his parents in the prime of their life, Derrick must step up and assume his position as Bengali. His first act; to make sure that acts such as the one that claimed his parents never happens again. To do that, his streak must have a new doctor. When Derrick summons all available doctors, Vanessa Reid has no choice but to answer his call. But the good doctor doesn't take kindly to having her life in the city uprooted. She returns to the South with attitude for days and demons of her own that she's running from. The determined Bengali and stubborn tigress wage a war of wills. With both cats so strong minded, neither might survive the fallout when fate throws them another curve-ball...unless they can put aside their differences and find a way to work together.