Step back into Nalini Singh's world and see a future earth as only she can imagine it -- a new earth where three races fight for power; the Humans, the Changelings (shape shifters) and the Psy, the current dominant race. The Psy, bred for their many psychic abilities, control commerce in the modern world, and with great amounts of money at their disposal, they are in a position to keep the other two races firmly in check.

Reproducing purely to create desirable genetic offspring, the Psy have developed their brains a hundredfold, yet their hearts and souls leave much to be desired. All emotion is drummed out of them at an early age by constant conditioning. And any Psy displaying an "unhealthy" emotional side is subject to a rehabilitation procedure that results in the total loss of the individual and leaves only a basic functioning automation behind.

A member of the powerful PsyClan NightStar, Faith NightStar is an extremely valuable asset to her family. Literally worth billions, Faith is considered the most powerful F- Psy, or foreseer, of her generation. Although she's able to predict business trends with amazing accuracy, Faith, like all F-Psy, is considered fragile and unstable. It's whispered that all F-Psy eventually go insane. Faith fears she may be losing her mind when she begins to have a series of visions that are not business related. She's begun to dream about a string of horrific murders. But she isn't sure if these murders are actual events that will come to pass, or if the dreams are a sign of her eventual descent into madness. When her sister is savagely murdered, Faith feels responsible. Despite her Psy training, she wants revenge. Seeking answers, Faith escapes her carefully guarded compound and sets off for DarkRiver Territory, a Changeling domain, in search of a rogue Psy who escaped their clinical world months before.

Faith finds answers, but not the ones she came looking for. Instead, she learns the truth about the control the Psy force has on society, all society, and not always for the common good. Atrocities are happening that the Psy council is well aware of and yet turns a blind eye to. Faith hears much of the truth from a fierce and angry male Changeling jaguar named Vaughn D'Angelo -- a Changeling male who excites her senses and long-buried emotions. Faith longs to experience the new sensations suddenly bombarding her, many of them coming from Vaughn. At the same time, she fears all the new input will short circuit her and leave her broken or worse.

A loner by nature, Vaughn has never felt the need to bond, to mate with one woman. Preferring to live alone, Vaughn satisfies his sexual desires with women who are like-minded and then moves on. His reaction to Faith shakes him to the core. He has no reason to trust the icy Psy; no reason to help her; and certainly no reason to want her to the point of delirium -- but he does. And Vaughn almost always gets what he wants. Eventually, Faith puts her fears aside and comes to him. And although no one realizes it yet, Faith has the power to change the world as they know it. But will she stay with her lover in his world or will fear and the promise of power in her own society drive her back to hers?

VISIONS OF HEAT is the second book in a fantastic paranormal romance series! Singh puts her own unique spin on psychics and shape shifters. And although we haven't met any human main characters yet, I feel sure they will pop up in future books. I can't wait to see how they will fit into Singh's new world.

Book Summary

Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A bad sign for anyone, but worse for Faith, an F-Psy with the highly sought after ability to predict the future. Then the visions show her something even more dangerous-aching need...exquisite pleasure. But so powerful is her sight, so fragile the state of her mind, that the very emotions she yearns to embrace could be the end of her.

Changeling Vaughn D'Angelo can take either man or jaguar form, but it is his animal side that is overwhelmingly drawn to Faith. The jaguar's instinct is to claim this woman it finds so utterly fascinating and the man has no argument. But while Vaughn craves sensation and hungers to pleasure Faith in every way, desire is a danger that could snap the last threads of her sanity. And there are Psy who need Faith's sight for their own purposes. They must keep her silenced-and keep her from Vaughn...