Cassia Rivers thought returning to her small hometown of Darkwood would be a simple, if bittersweet, transition. After all, running her late father's veterinary clinic was a way to honor his memory and escape the chaos of her old life. But when she meets Killian Blackwood-the brooding, impossibly intense Alpha of the local werewolf pack-she's thrust into a world far darker and more dangerous than she ever imagined.
Killian is everything Cassia doesn't want: domineering, emotionally closed-off, and infuriatingly magnetic. As Alpha, he's sworn to protect his pack at any cost, but he never expected his fiercest battle to come in the form of a stubborn, sharp-tongued human-or so he thinks. From the moment he lays eyes on Cassia, his wolf knows she's something more. But with the pack's safety at stake and rogue wolves threatening their borders, Killian can't afford distractions, especially not a woman who has no idea what's lurking beneath the surface of her quiet life.
As Cassia starts experiencing strange, primal instincts and heightened senses, she begins to suspect that her ties to Darkwood are deeper than she realized. Her dormant wolf side awakens, unraveling family secrets and pulling her closer to Killian. Their connection is undeniable-an electric bond that burns hotter and fiercer with every encounter. But Cassia refuses to be anyone's weakness, and Killian refuses to lose control.
When a powerful rogue leader sets his sights on Cassia, intending to use her newfound powers to destroy Killian and his pack, the stakes are raised. Together, Cassia and Killian must fight to protect not just their lives, but the bond that could save-or destroy-them both. Along the way, their walls crumble, their pasts collide, and their desires threaten to consume them.
Following the death of her mother at the hands of her father, Denali had left the shifter life behind her. Being a female, she did not have the ability to shift, which made her decision easier. Everything seemed to fall into place with her decision when she sees a add for a maid position that offers room and board near a local college. Here, she could continue her mothers work and maybe one deal fulfill her dream.
After she accepts, she finds out that her employer was the most well-known shifter in the shifter community. He is also the most sought-after male as well. He was a rich billionaire who had yet to find his mate and gave tons of female shifters hope of a better life. Denali is just relieved she will never see him. Who would come to their winter getaway in the middle of summer after all?
Just days after she starts, he does just that. He pays them a surprise visit, then demands answers of the staff as soon as he arrives. He can smell his mate's scent, but there are too many she-wolves there to tell whose scent is whose.
Xena, a girl who has fought with Denali since she arrives immediately steps forwards. Denali isn't sure she is right though. Something about his scent rouses something deep inside her. Something no She-wolf is supposed to have.
Xena will do whatever she must to make him hers. She would even make Denali disappear, permanently. Being the daughter of another wealthy wolf, she could make it happen. Denali just needs to decide if he is worth risking everything for. If love is worth the leap of faith and risking everything. If she doesn't, Xena will live the life she deserves, with Denali's destined mate.