Eve Hoall is an abnormally Dominant werewolf with a dark past. As an Northern alpha, she constantly has to act like she knows what she's doing and can't afford to question herself. But in her private moments, she wonders about her mate--would he love her? And would he only want her for her Dominance, or would he choose her for herself? When she meets her mate, these questions burn through her, and she comes up with a plan: go with her alpha mate for six months, but pretend to be as submissive as she can possibly allow herself to be. She's expecting him to be ashamed of her. But secretly, she hopes that he'll prove to love her, no matter what. Dimitri Borras, however, has his own secrets, and despite his obvious desire for his feisty Northern mate, there are things which keep him from accepting her. Things which are far more complicated that what Eve originally thought she was signing up for.