Alpha were-jaguar, Katarina "KT" Marant is trained to protect the pride so when her aunt disappears, KT naturally takes up the hunt. Her suspicion settles on the Collectors, humans who view shapeshifters as the ultimate big game.
Peyton Allers can't believe he's got to blow his cover to rescue a shapeshifter "princess." Even harder to believe is that she wants to stage her own kidnapping in order to catch the leader of the Collectors and find her aunt.
Everything goes sideways when KT is kidnapped for real and by someone she never suspected. Will Peyton find her before time runs out? Or will she become a true Collector's Item?
I'd never read anything by this author before. Nor do I read many shifter stories, but this was a free download so I snapped it up. I'm so glad I did. Ms. Golinowski is an artist with words, creating a fantasy/paranormal world with the confident broad brush of her description. I loved the shifter's internal dialogue with its human counterpart. Her attention to detail in her paranormal world lends an air of authenticity. So much so, I tumbled headfirst into the sifters' existence, believing everything the author put before me. Strong characters. Believable sensual attraction. Fast pacing. This is a well-crafted story you'll enjoy again and again. I know I will. It's gone in my Kindle Keeper File. Well done, Ms. Golinowski. Well done.
Fast paced, action packed and edge of your seat drama. I could not put this story down. It had so many moments through the book, that you only usually get one of in a regular story...it just builds up to crucial points over and over. The relationships were endearing and emotional, it felt very familiar and helps you really get to fall in love with the characters. Just fantastic, a brilliant idea for a paranormal genre tale.