He thought he'd be a wolf forever, until one snowy night changed everything.
He believed one mate was all you got, but Fate had other plans. She must get him to let go of past hurts before he can be her future.
Derek lost his mate, sending him into a shift that kept him a wolf for half a decade. An accident forces him back to his human form and into a small town. There, he stumbles not only into a pack, but into the woman who will change everything he’d ever believed about grief, mates, and love.
Lacey is trying to make it through grad school on her own by tending a bar. When Derek begins working with her, she starts to imagine a life beyond textbooks and tequila. But first she’ll have to break down both their walls, and bring her light to his darkness.
Derek doesn’t think he can have another mate. Lacey doesn’t want to be dependent on a man. But then the unthinkable happens, and they’re forced together to heal old wounds—and new ones.