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Tangle of Need

Berkley titles by Nalini Singh

Psy-Changeling Series

SLAVE TO SENSATION

VISIONS OF HEAT

CARESSED BY ICE

MINE TO POSSESS

HOSTAGE TO PLEASURE

BRANDED BY FIRE

BLAZE OF MEMORY

BONDS OF JUSTICE

PLAY OF PASSION

KISS OF SNOW

TANGLE OF NEED

Guild Hunter Series

ANGELS’ BLOOD

ARCHANGEL’S KISS

ARCHANGEL’S CONSORT

ARCHANGEL’S BLADE

Anthologies

AN ENCHANTED SEASON
(with Maggie Shayne, Erin McCarthy, and Jean Johnson)

THE MAGICAL CHRISTMAS CAT
(with Lora Leigh, Erin McCarthy, and Linda Winstead Jones)

MUST LOVE HELLHOUNDS
(with Charlaine Harris, Ilona Andrews, and Meljean Brook)

BURNING UP
(with Angela Knight, Virginia Kantra, and Meljean Brook)

ANGELS OF DARKNESS
(with Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook, and Sharon Shinn)
ANGELS’ FLIGHT

eSpecials
ANGELS’ PAWN

Tangle of Need

NALINI SINGH

BERKLEY SENSATION, NEW YORK

THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP

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This book is an original publication of The Berkley Publishing Group.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

Copyright © 2012 by Nalini Singh.

Cover design by George Long.

Cover hand lettering by Ron Zinn.

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FIRST EDITION
: June 2012

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Singh, Nalini, 1977–

Tangle of need / Nalini Singh.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN: 978-1-101-56908-5

1. Shapeshifting—Fiction. I. Title.

PR9639.4.S566T36 2012

823’.92—dc23

2012005039

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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ALWAYS LEARNING

PEARSON

CAST OF CHARACTERS

In alphabetical order by first name
Key: SD = SnowDancer Wolves     DR = DarkRiver Leopards
Aden
Arrow, Telepath (Tp)
Adria Morgan
SD Senior Soldier
Alexei
SD Lieutenant
Alice Eldridge
Human scientist, in coma after a century in cryonic suspension
Amara Aleine
Psy member of DR, former Council scientist, twin of Ashaya, mentally unstable
Anthony Kyriakus
Psy Councilor, father of Faith
Ashaya Aleine
Psy member of DR, former Council scientist, mated to Dorian, twin of Amara
Ava
SD, maternal female, mother of Ben
Bastien
DR, brother of Mercy
Bowen
Security Chief, Human Alliance
Brenna Kincaid
SD, tech, mated to Judd, sister of Andrew and Riley
Cooper
SD Lieutenant, mated to Grace
Council (
or
Psy Council)
The ruling Council of the Psy race
Dalton
SD Librarian
Drew Kincaid
(full name:
Andrew
) SD Soldier, mated to Indigo, brother of Riley and Brenna
Elias
SD Senior Soldier, mated to Yuki, father of Sakura
Evangeline (Evie) Riviere
SD, sister of Indigo, daughter of Tarah and Abel
Faith NightStar
Psy member of DR, gift of Foresight (F), mated to Vaughn, daughter of Anthony
Felix
SD, horticultural expert, submissive
Garrick
Former alpha of SnowDancer, killed when the Psy psychically broke and programmed several of SnowDancer’s dominants to attack their own pack
Ghost
Psy rebel
Hawke
SD Alpha, mated to Sienna
Henry Scott
Psy Councilor (presumed dead), leader of Pure Psy, husband of Shoshanna
Indigo Riviere
SD Lieutenant, mated to Drew, sister of Evangeline
Jem (
real name:
Garnet)
SD Lieutenant
Judd Lauren
Psy member of SD, Lieutenant, mated to Brenna, uncle of Sienna, Toby, and Marlee
Kaleb Krychek
Psy Councilor
Kenji
SD Lieutenant
Kieran
Human member of SD, Senior Soldier
Kit
DR Novice Soldier
Lara
SD Healer, mated to Walker Lauren
Lucas Hunter
DR Alpha, mated to Sascha, father of Naya
Lucy
SD, nurse, assistant to Lara
Maria
SD Novice Soldier
Matthias
SD Lieutenant
Max Shannon
Human, Security chief for Nikita Duncan
Mercy Smith
DR Sentinel, mated to Riley
Ming LeBon
Psy Councilor
Nathan (Nate) Ryder
DR Senior Sentinel, mated to Tamsyn, father of Roman and Julian
Nell
SD Maternal dominant
Nikita Duncan
Psy Councilor, mother of Sascha
Pierce
SD Senior Soldier, based in Europe
Riaz Delgado
SD Lieutenant
Riley Kincaid
SD Lieutenant, mated to Mercy, brother of Drew and Brenna
Sam
Human member of SD, Soldier
Sascha Duncan
Psy member of DR, cardinal Empath (E), mated to Lucas, mother of Naya, daughter of Nikita
Shawnelle (Shawnie)
SD juvenile
Shoshanna Scott
Psy Councilor, wife of Henry
Sienna Lauren
Psy member of SD, mated to Hawke, sister of Toby, niece of Judd and Walker
Tamsyn (Tammy) Ryder
DR Healer, mated to Nathan, mother of Roman and Julian
Tatiana Rika-Smythe
Psy Councilor
Tomás
SD Lieutenant
Vasic
Arrow, Teleporter (Tk-V)
Walker Lauren
Psy member of SD, mated to Lara, father of Marlee, uncle of Sienna and Toby

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