New Camelot's Merchant Prince - Tales of New Camelot, #17

Brigid de Clare is a Vessel. Her body is a prison for an ancient Egyptian lion-goddess of war named Sekhmet. Brigid must find a mate to help her control the deity within her. He must be a lion—a man that is strong-willed and brave, a leader among men. It will be his onus to help her subdue the deity trapped in her subconscious. Sekhmet has two sides to her personality: the lioness who is forever hungry and eager to chase and take down her prey; and the cat, a playful and nurturing creature. When Brigid is under attack, the lioness physically manifests and defends her. Should the lioness escape Brigid's mental control and consume a blood feast, the living goddess Sekhmet will escape her Vessel prison, summon her beastly minions and destroy humanity. To keep the lioness subdued and Sekhmet imprisoned, Brigid relies upon a magical amulet. Via a circuitous route, the amulet has freed itself from her possession and landed in the hands of Eamon Durrow. Eamon began his career as a horse rustler. He elevated himself out of the gutter to become a crime lord, a clan leader and a wealthy merchant. When villains attack Brigid and take the amulet, the goddess is freed to reign terror upon the earth. Eamon must find a way to return Sekhmet back into the Vessel without the magical amulet or the powerful fey of New Camelot will destroy Sekhmet and Brigid.