Malyk's Salvation — Susan Hayes

Book Two in the Daemon's and Angels Series. Raven Thorne has dedicated her life to her family legacy: Cat's Cradle Sanctuary, a rescue center for big cats. Everything she loves is threatened when an unscrupulous resort developer sets his sights on her family's land and will stop at nothing to get it. When someone cuts the power one night and sets a dangerous panther loose, this gifted animal telepath has to find him before anyone gets hurt. When she tracks down her errant cat she finds he's made a new friend, a drop dead gorgeous daemon named Malyk. The attraction between mortal and daemon is instant and irresistible. Raven needs help to save her sanctuary, Malyk is looking for a reason to continue his immortal existence, and together they are a match for anything that either world can throw at them. Outside the bedroom Malyk is the protector, but when he's with his beautiful Raven, it's the walls around his heart that are under attack.