Brylee Cunnings has a secret that only a handful of people know. If word ever goes out to whom she really is, it'd be the end for her now that the whole werewolf community is being ruled by a militaristic council. Unfortunately for her, a mandatory order has been implemented and she and some of her pack members are required to oblige. Following that order requires her to move away from her secluded home and into an academy of dominating werewolves. Here, she'll learn to face her true struggles and maybe even break a few rules to save herself. Her once quiet life has turned upside down so she must learn to survive. Although in the midst of surviving, she meets a person who's also been hiding himself as well, a notorious soon-to-be alpha, Maddox Reed.

Bliss has always been different. Because of a condition called CIPA, she’s never felt pain–no headaches, no cramps, no charlie horses. She also can’t sweat, cry or even play sports without endangering her life. And the worst part? She knows she has an expiration date, and it is probably fairly soon -- most people like her don't live past the age of 18. So, what's a girl to do? Well, if you're Bliss, you give the world the finger and decide to live life on your own terms. For her, this means training with her top-secret government agent mom in the art of hand-to-hand combat, and convincing her mad scientist dad to invent a special suit that will let her seek out the world's dangers without overheating and biting the big one. She is determined to take the world on, fighting the “bad guys” and leaving her mark during the short time she has. But when an old friend from CIPA camp asks her to help track down others like them who've suddenly disappeared under mysterious circumstances, her reckless lifestyle is put to the ultimate test. Especially when the junior government agent-in-training her mom assigns to help them with the case turns out to be totally hot--and totally into her. Torn between her feelings of anger toward the life she's been dealt and the one she could have if she just let others in, Bliss takes off on a mission that might just be her last.

Lily was an accident. That’s what Mom and Dad said, when they broke the news to me and the brothers over second-time-around meatloaf and corn on the cob. An accident, as if they were apologizing for puncturing holes in the inflatable pool with the lawnmower...