Journey to the Borneo rainforest in "The Awakening"--the novella that first introduced the Leopard people--where a beautiful naturalist's dream to live among the feral jungle creatures comes true. But an untamed, irresistible beast of another sort forces Maggie to explore her own wild side...

In the novel Wild Rain, Rachel Lospostros has escaped from a faceless assassin and found sanctuary thousands of miles from home, under the towering jungle canopy. In this world teeming with unusual creatures she encounters Rio, a native of the forest imbued with a fierce prowess, and possessed of secrets of his own. When Rio unleashes the secret animal instincts that course through his blood, Rachel must decide if he is something to be feared-or desired.