Mine To Possess by Nalini Singh (Berkley Sensation)

From the back: Clay Bennett is a powerful DarkRiver sntinel, but he grew up in the slums with is human mother, never knowing his changeling father. As a young boy without bonds of Pack, he tried to stifle his animal nature. He failed. . . and committed the most extreme act of violence, killing a man, and lost his best friend, Talin, in the bloody aftermath. Everything good in him died the day he was told that she, too was dead.

Talin McKade barely survived a childhood drenched in bloodshed and terror. Now a new nightmare stalks her, the street children she works to protect are disappearing and turning up dead. Determined to keep them safe, she unlocks the darkest secret in her heart and returns to ask the help of the strongest man she knows. . .

Clay lost Talin once. He will not let her go again and hungers to posses her with a clawing need born of the leopard within. As they race to save the innocent, Clay and Talin must face the violent truths of their past. . .or lose everything that ever mattered.

I Loved this book. I think it is at the top, with book one, for me. Talin and Clay loved each other and were best friends as children. But when Clay had to protect her when he was just 14 years old, everything changed. Then he was told that she was dead. When he sees a woman who reminds him of his childhood friend, and even smells like her, he must meet her. When he discovers Talin is alive, nothing will take her from him again. Talin and Clay work together to save innocent human children who are disappearing. These are Talins "babies" and she will do anything to find them. I enjoyed meeting many new interesting characters and finding out some new na interesting facts about the Psy.

This is a must read if you are following the series. If you haven't given this series a try, you should. Get book one you will love it.