Neither of them was looking for love, or even lust. However, once they met it was a key fitting into a lock that opened and showed them the world neither of them had really paid much attention to before.Cressida Turbett wanted a mate, someday, at some nebulous point in the future. She wanted a man who loved her for her and not who her father was. She was happy and content as she was. Then Destiny gave her a wake-up slap.Dr. Bashir Khalfaoui was going on sabbatical when he was grabbed by the Shifter Council to see to a former council member's son. The brilliant psychiatrist takes the job, takes the pay, and meets an intriguing women who punches every button he has.