The sizzling first novel in New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter's new paranormal romance series, Otherworld Assassins — featuring a black ops agent who is captured and enslaved, and the beautiful deaf girl who holds the key to his salvation. A twisted menagerie exists, and otherworlders are the main attraction. Any time this zoo is about to be shut down, it vanishes and reappears somewhere else. When Solo's latest mission is compromised, he wakes up in a cage, the newest 'animal' on display. Vika is his new handler as well as the zoo owner's daughter, and she's been tasked with Solo's care and feeding. They are supposed to be enemies, but they become lovers — until his feelings for her are used against him, and he's put to the ultimate test