After living her life as the Clawford halfling and blemish to her family's prestigious werename, Lexia is sold in the annual Ceremony of Mates to a determined bidder set on claiming her. Now, with a future and a mate Lexia never anticipated, she'll need to acclimate to a new side of her society as a bride to one of the wealthiest, most powerful weres in the Nevermore Clan, Lucien Blumont. Integrating into her weresociety for the first time, Lexia will face darker, more intoxicating, and more mysterious truths her halfling life never prepared her for, and she'll have to do it all while navigating her biggest challenge ever, Lucien.