Holly Ambrose spends her youth enduring relentless emotional cruelty from her father and her privileged sister Irina, mocked by the entire pack for her inability to shift into wolf form. When the terrifying Alpha Evander Edgerton of Blackwood demands an arranged bride, the family offers Holly as a sacrificial lamb so Irina can escape the union. Desperate for any avenue away from home, Holly agrees to the perilous marriage.
Expecting a brutal demise, Holly is stunned to find that Evander treats her with unexpected tenderness, recognizing a rare spirit beneath her scarred exterior. But when Irina's fiancé regrets abandoning Holly and attempts to claim her back, jealousy drives the sisters into open warfare. Holly must embrace her inner strength to defend her new home against her family's treachery.
