Tiger Eye (Dirk & Steele, Book 1)

"Long ago they roamed the earth, plentiful and powerful, men with form of beast. Dragons, tigers, crows: shape shifters. Their world was magic. That world is gone, but some remain. Hers to command. He looked completely out of place in Dela Reese's Beijing hotel room--like he belonged to a myth, was the tragic hero of some epic tale, exotic and poignant. He was like nothing from her world, neither his variegated hair nor his feline yellow eyes. Yet Dela had danced through the echo of his soul, and she knew this seven-foot warrior would obey. His to protect. Hari had been used and abused for millennia; he was jaded, dull, tired. But upon his release from the riddle box, Hari saw his new mistress was different. In Dela's eyes he saw a hidden power, himself within reach of all he had lost, of avenging those wrongs. This woman was the key. If only he dared protect, where before he had savaged; love, where before he'd known hate. For Dela, he would dare all."--Back cover He looks out of place in Dela Reese's Beijing hotel room- exotic and poignant, some mythic, tragic hero of an epic tale. With his feline yellow eyes, he's like nothing from her world. Yet Dela has danced through the echo of his soul and knows this warrior will obey her every command. Hari has been used and abused for millennia. But he sees, upon his release from the riddle box, that this new mistress is different. There is a hidden power in Dela's eyes- and with her, he may regain all that was lost to him. Where once he savaged, now he must protect; where once he only knew hatred, now he must embrace love. Dela is the key. For Dela, he will risk all. When a young psychic acquires a riddle box in Beijing, she learns she can free the shapeshifter imprisoned inside, and that he is the beginning of an adventure--and a love--of a lifetime.