Beastess

Beastess /'biːstɛs/ (n.): a female worshipper of the Goddess of the Hunt, gifted with wild magic that enables them to transform into monstrous creatures, half-human and half-animal. In the megacity of Abraxas, where magitech is ubiquitous and the Supreme Church holds an iron grip, Alex Carpenter, a cadet in the city's paladin academy, is tired of being weak. Although he's been trained to hate the sinful ways of beastesses, he can't help but admire their strength. So when he is offered a chance to prove himself on an undercover mission to gather evidence to arrest Syd Beaumont, a suspected enforcer for a large underground crime syndicate of beastesses in the city, he enthusiastically accepts. However, as he gets wrapped up in the clandestine world of these wild women, he may end up getting just what he wished for, in an unexpected way ... — Description from novelcodex.org