A man. A tiger. A tornado. Jared Montaine owns a big cat rescue in Florida and faces financial pressures, getting over his ex-wife, and the challenge of suburbia creeping ever closer to his enclave for the animals. But when a tornado wrecks part of the refuge, Jared's worst fear comes to life: his Siberian tiger, Sultan, escapes. It's a big cat handler’s nightmare: a tiger on the loose, confused, lost -- and hungry. Jared races against the police, the media, and the hysterical public, all of whom are clamoring for the tiger's hide. He must re-capture Sultan before the cat is killed -- by traffic, by SWAT, or by a civilian who just wants to shoot a tiger. With fellow wildlife handlers at his side, Jared fights desperately to find and capture Sultan before the tiger injures or kills a human. Because that would lead to his worst nightmare -- having to kill the tiger he hand-raised from a cub. Jared’s commitment is tested -- to his animals, his refuge, and his belief that saving the life of even one tiger is worth losing everything.

The Tiger Whisperer

Valerie pulled the curtains closed over the one intact window. She took a deep breath and plunged into murky waters. “Peter, why did Juliana leave?”


Peter blinked, his expression one of owlish surprise. “Honestly, I don’t really know. We were all surprised when it happened. Even Katherine. The night before Juliana left for Michigan, she came over to the apartment, gave us her keys and the refuge checkbooks and the bill file. Real cool about it, real professional.”


“No hint of trouble before that?” Valerie knew she was prying but couldn’t stop herself. Why would this woman leave a man like Jared, who had such a big heart? Did she leave him or the life with the cats?


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