A Primal Lust, A Fierce Love - Call of the Pride, #1

Jessica has always wanted to be a dancer but her body has other ideas. She is curvy and voluptuous and just not cut out to be anything special. Or so she thinks. Locking up the dance studio after training late Jessica is attacked. What comes to her rescue is nothing she could ever have imagined. Nicholas is tall, sexy and handsome, the perfect Alpha Male. Jessica cannot believe that a man like Nicholas would ever be interested in someone like her.
But he is. Nicholas has a beast within him that calls to Jessica. A beast that wants to claim her body, heart, and soul for itself. Her perfect mate, or so it appears. But Nicholas is not the only one who wishes to own Jessica. A rival pride and their ruthless Rex has his sights firmly set on her too. Jessica can't help herself and against her better judgement falls for Nick's sexy charms. But that puts her in even greater danger.
When the rival Rex discovers that she is Nick's mate he no longer wants her for himself... Now it has become a deadly game of cat and mouse. But dominant were-lions are not Jessica's only problem. Something else wants the blood that runs in her veins. Will Jessica learn to trust Nick and accept his true feelings for her? Or will her insecurities get in the way and cost her not just the love of her life but everything she holds dear? In a fight for her heart and her life, can Jessica emerge unscathed physically and emotionally? Or will it prove to be too fierce a love?Complete at 32, 000 words.
Adult 18+. The first two chapters originally published separately in serial format, titled Primal Lust.