Carly Randal finds herself stranded in more ways than one, and the only one to rescue her is a man with tiger-striped hair and golden yellow eyes. With no name or clan and only a memory of savage captivity, Tiger now lives in the Austin Shiftertown where he struggles to belong and searches for an identity. When the beautiful stranger Carly arrives in town Tiger knows full well who she is. Carly will be his mate, he has no doubt. Now he has to convince her.