Tala Cunnington is a seventeen year old normal girl. Apart from the name that she so hates: Tala, meaning 'wolf' in Native American. She moves to live with her father after problems with her mother. But is there more to her new home than meets the eye? With a mystery boy who wants so much to do with Tala and yet also so little. With people staring at her left, right and centre for her association and connection with this guy. Maybe she's walked into something more than she expected or even bargained for. Jay Black is the mysterious guy. He is traumatised by events that happened in his past, which he blames himself for even though what happened could not be helped. He views himself as a monster, who, every full moon of every month between dusk and dawn, is forced to shift and turn into an animal of the night. All he really wants is to protect Tala from himself and what he is. But how can he continue trying to leave her alone when he needs her and when it hurts him to be away from her?