In 1996 she shifted to uncomfortably explicit giant bird/human stuff in The Eagle and the Nightingales. It's always awkward when you read a scene in which the human heroine and the giant sapient eagle hero get it on and his penis is described in loving detail and you remember that the author is a raptor rehabilitator who works with eagles and also has a whole bunch of pet birds at home.

ETA: and then there was Brightly Burning in 2000. See icon for specifics.