Trouble Takes a Holiday... Though for Cary Redmond, meeting her shifter boyfriend's mother for the first time doesn't feel much like a vacation. Dealing with Deacon's gorgeous ex-girlfriend, his complicated family, the truth about who he really is, her faery mentor's emotional declarations, and the troublesome conflict escalating between the leopards and the cougars just adds spice to an already interesting month. Cary's used to surviving in the midst of chaos and impending preternatural wars. The real trick will be surviving Deacon's protective mother who just happens to be the Queen of the Leopards. Life in Cary's seventh year as a Protector just keeps getting more interesting. And more deadly. .