num_pages: 168
description: Danial Nial Rourke is the oldest son of a criminal shifter family but wants nothing to do with the family business. As a rare pureblood shifter with no abilities he's treated as human and is able to live a relatively normal life. One night out with his brother to celebrate his graduation changes everything. Now Nial is a convicted murderer and his pureblood status means he'll be going to Starke Penitentiary for criminal beasts. The high stone walls human prejudice and the worst of the shifter world make it a deadly place for someone like Nial. If his father can't pull some strings and get Nial protection he'll never make his next birthday alive. Ezekiel Ze de Koening is Nial's only chance for survival. He's gruff intimidating and a rare lion shifter indifferent one minute and protective the next. But Ze soon seems to grow fond of his new cellmate saying Nial's too pretty and weak to survive on his own. He'll babysit for now. Just when things seem to settle into a routine Nial is forced to confide in his protector. Hes much more than he claims to be and he's holding onto some deep secrets. And Nial is sure Ze is keeping secrets of his own. Secrets that could be deadly. When the violence inside escalates and their world unexpectedly explodes theres only one way out for either of them. Through an unimaginable trial freedom finally comes. But freedom will come with an unexpected price neither one was prepared to pay.
language: English
title: In the Lion's Den
publisher: None