Bred by capricious parents for his innate leopard-shifting abilities, billionaire Jake Bannacotti has spent his life in an emotional vacuum - especially after a tragic twist of fate has left him to raise his infant son alone. But when his path crosses that of an enigmatic young woman, Jake s life takes a detour he could never have predicted. There is something irresistible about Emma Reynolds - something Jake can t live without. She s the first human to stir something in him he s never felt before so he hires her as his son s nanny to keep her close. It soon becomes apparent that she may not be all that she seems, yet what s raging between them is pure animal instinct - out of control, burning wild and as hot as the lick of a flame.