Lyra endures endless mockery within her werewolf pack for lacking an inner beast, treated as an embarrassment by haughty shifters. Her bleak future changes when she collides with Asher Blackthorn, an intimidating Alpha commander cursed by ancient sorcery so that anyone coming into contact with his skin instantly incinerates into gray cinder.
Astonished that his touch leaves her completely unharmed, Asher hires Lyra as his private castle attendant for an astronomical wage. Behind locked manor doors, clumsy potion spillages and charged midnight encounters melt the hardened leader's icy isolation. But as dangerous pack rivals scheme to exploit Asher’s legendary vulnerability, Lyra must unravel why she alone is immune to his deadly curse before hostile Alphas stage a coup.
