A sheltered panther shifter gains an inheritance that can only be accessed once she's married; her harsh and unforgiving father and family hopes to take it all from her too, no matter who she marries. When Mason, a man she's been noticing since they were both young and attending the same stuffy society events, comes courting, she doesn't trust that his intentions are true. Mason is intent on proving Celine is his mate, and that he chooses her, money or no.

This was so much fun, I loved being plopped into this world of shifters, and dueling families. It has a grittier bite to it, like Cate C Wells shifter books, and I loved that Mason was intent on both worshipping Celine and showing her how to unleash both her panther and her inner badass. The way he protects her from her shitty family, so hot!

This was a fairly quick and sexy read, with a hero who is immediately head over heels for our fat heroine.

Content notes: blood, shifting, guns and gun violence, toxic family, fatphobia (countered by main characters). This is a Black romance (both love interests are Black).

Thank you to my friend Essie who recc'ed this on Twitter!